74 TRIANDRIA.— TRIGYNIA. 



of the calyx and corolla three times as long as the 

 flowers. 

 IIAB. Marshes. $. Culm 2 ft. high, slend. sim . 

 bristles of theft, capillary. 



TRIGYNIA. 



100. HOLOSTEUM. Caryophyllece. 



II. succulentum: leaves elliptical, fleshy. 

 HAB. Coldenham, New-York. -f-. 



01. MOLLUGO. Indian-chickweed. Caryophylleit- 



M. verticillata: leaves verticillate, cuneiform, acute: 

 stem branched, depressed; peduncles 1 -flowered, 



IIAB. Fields. July — Sept. 0. Stem prostrate, 

 spreading, dichot. ; pedunc. axill. ;Jl. small, white. 



102. LECHEA. Caryophyllece. 



\ . L. major : plant hirsute on every part ; leaves ob- 

 long-lanceolate, mucronate ; panicle leafy, pyrami- 

 dal ; branches floriferous towards their extremities : 

 flowers in fasciculate racemes, secund, on shori 

 pedicels. 

 HAB. Dry woods and hills. Aug. 2£. Stem erect, 

 often surculose ; ft. minute, round; stam. 3 — 9. 



2. L. minor: whole plant nearly glabrous ; stem assur* 



gent ; leaves linear-ianceolate, acute ; panicle leafy ; 

 branches elongated ; flowers on short pedicels. 

 HAB. Dry woods. Aug. — Sept. Stem slender, 8 in. 

 high; ft. twice as large as the preceding. 



3. L. racemulosa : plant covered with an appressed pu- 



bescence ; stem erect, with slender, paniculate 

 branches above ; leaves linear, acute, ciliate ; 

 flowers rather remote, alternate ; raceme naked. 

 HAB. Sandy fields. -f. 

 1. L. thymifolia : whitish-villose on every part ; stem 

 erect ; leaves linear, acute ; panicle leafy, elonga- 

 ted ; branches short ; flowers minute, in lateral and 

 terminal fascicles ; pedicels very short. 

 HAB. Sandy sea-coast. Aug. ii . Stem a foot high, 

 erect, firm, much branched; leav. vill. at base. 



103. PROSERPINACA. Haloragece. 



1. P. palustris : leaves linear-lanceolate, serrate: the 

 lower ones pinnatifid. 



