DIDYNAMIA. ANGIGSPERMIA. 4^ 



[LINDERNIA. L, Sec page 9 of the first 

 vol. of this work.] 



(Species. L. * grandiflora. Perennial; leaves nearly 

 round, thickish, entire and nerveless, subamplexlcaule; 

 peduncles very long-, axillary and terminal; stamina 4, the 

 2 which are sterile and forked partly exserted; stem creep- 

 ing-. Hab. On the spong-y margins of sandy sprin^^s and 

 . ponds in Georgia, (betwixt Savannah and Augusta in ma- 

 ny places.) Obs. Stem profusely creeping, angular. 

 Leaves opaque, crowded, nearly round and very smooth, 

 only 3 or 4 lines in length. Peduncle 10 to 15 lines long. 

 Calix divided to the base, segments linear and subulate. 

 Corolla large, of a violet blue, lower lip paler, 3-lobed, 

 lobes rounded, upper lip very short, bidentate. The 2 

 fertile stamina situated near the base of the tube, simple; 

 the 2 infertile stamina, partly exserted, and forked, end- 

 ing obtusel}^, the lateral stipe very slender, producing an 

 imperfect i-celled anther. Stigma bilammellate. Cap- 

 sule ovate, 2-celled, 2-valved, valves not inflected or sep- 

 tiferous; the alated margin of the seminal receptacle pro- 

 ducing a parallel dissepiment, which is rarely visible be- 

 fore the ripening of the seed, hence I have been led into 

 an error in asserting the capsule to be 1-celled. To intro- 

 duce this interesting and beautiful species, as well as to 

 correct an error, has been my motive for the second in- 

 sertion of this genus, which from its affinity to Herpestis 

 rather tlian to Gratiola ought still to be retained in this 

 class, rather than Dj anuria.) 



427. LIMOSELLA. Z. (Mudwort.) 



Calix 5-cleft. Corolla 4 and 5-lobed, equal. 

 Stamina approximating by pairs. Capsule 2- 

 valved, subbilocular, many-seeded. 



Small mai'sh plants sending out creeping shoots; leaves 

 and solitary flowers radical, peduncles axillary. 



Species. 1. L. temiifoUa. Leaves linear and very nar- 

 row, scarcely dilated at the points, scape 1-flowered, about 

 equal in length with the leaves. — Flower white, external- 

 ly blue. Iiviigenous to Germany and the borders of the 

 Delaware. See Journal Acad. Nat. Sc. Philad. vol. i. p. 

 115. 



A genus of 3 or 4 species, 2 indigenous to Eurqpe and 

 1 of them also common to America, 1 .it the Cape of 

 Good Hope and another in India. 



