146 PENTANDRIA. MONOGYKIA. 



thers at first cohering. Capsule superior, 5- 

 valved, elastic. 



Tender and herbaceous plants with succulent stems; 

 leaves ahemate or rarely opposite, without stipules; pe- 

 duncles axillary, 1 or many-flowered. 



Species. 1 . /, * pallida, peduncles solitary, 3 or 4-flower- 



ed; lepanihium (petaloid nectary) olHuscly conic, dilated, 



shorter than tiie petals; spur recurved, very short; flower 



• citron yellow, sparini;ly punctate; leaf rhombic-ovate, 



mucronulately toothed. 



/. J\'oUtar,gere. Fursh. Flor. Am. 1. p. ITl. 



Obs. Stem tall and much branched, tumid at the joints, 

 diaphanous. Leaves of an uniform green, rather acute, 

 Jower ones upon longish petioles; Racemes from 3 to 5- 

 fiowered; bractes ovate-acuminate. Leaves of the calix 

 roundish, dilated. Petals 4, includinec the lepanthiuni; 

 2 lateral petals very unequally bilobed, larger lobe dilat- 

 ed, retuse, sparingly maculated with brownish red to- 

 wards the base. Lepanthium obtusely conic, broader than 

 long-, spotted; spur of the galea shorter than the calix. 

 Seeds elliptic compressed. — Flower considerably larger 

 than that of No. 2. and of /. ^Xolitaiigere, and very difte- 

 rently formed. In the vicinity of Pluladelphia it is much 

 rarer than the following, and flowers nearly a month later; 

 in July and August. 



2. * fulvHi peduncles solitary, 3 or 4-flowered; lepan- 

 thium acutely conic, longer than the petals; spur resupi- 

 nate, emarginate, nearly as long as the galea; flower ful- 

 I'ous, crowded with spots; leaf rhombic-ovate, obtuse, 

 mucrontilately toothed. J. hifora. Willd. sp. pi. L p. 

 Iir5. Pursh, Flor. Am. L p. 17L /. maculata. Muhl. 

 Catal. As several species are spotted I have not adopted 

 the last name, and ciianged the Ibrmer because it was de- 

 ceptive. /. JK'olitangere, |9. Mich. 2. p. 149. which spe- 

 cies it more nearly resembles than the preceding. 



Obs. Plant glaucous, and diaphanous, smaller than 7. 

 pallida, which it, however, closely resembles, excluding 

 the specific character. Capsule 5-angled, 3 to 5-seeded, 

 seed subprismatic with 4 angles. Cotyledones flat, cari- 

 nate, cupreous green. Perisperm none. Hab, Extremely 

 common on the alluvions of streams. 



This species is sometimes used for dying Salmon-red. 



The other species of this genus, with the exception 

 of / J\\ih'ta7igere of Europe, are indigenous to China, 

 India, and the Cape of Good Hope^ 



