LuDwiGiA. ONAGRACE^. 523 



bibracteolate ; petals scarcely longer than the ovate-lanceolate somcwliat 

 spreading lobes of the calyx ; capsules villous, subglobosc-cuhical, with 

 slightly winged angles, e(|ualling or often shorter than the lobes of ilie 

 caivx. — Rdf. in med. rrp. New York-, 11. 2). .'3o8 ; Ratm. &^' Schull. sifst. 3. 

 p. 327. L". iiirsuta, Pui\sli,J1. 1. p. 110, not oi' Lam. .' L. pilosa, Ell.' sk. 

 1. p. 216; Ton.! jl. 1. p. 181; not of Walt.! L. permoUis, Burl. Jl. 

 Philad. \. p. 52. Isnardia hirsuta, Hook. S^- Am. in compan. lo hot. mag. 1. 

 p. 26, not of DC. ! 



In inoist ])laces, sometimes in nearly dry sandy fields. New Jersey ! to 

 Florida ! and Louisiana ! .Tune-Se))t. — .Stem somewhat woody at the 

 base, 1-2 feet high, simple or sparingly branched, hirsute with long spread- 

 ing hairs. Leaves rather crowded, 1-2 inches long, or often smaller, obtuse 

 or rounded at the base and closely sessile, hirsute on both sides. Flowers 

 mostly smaller than in L. virgata, bright yellow ; the pedicels shorter than 

 the capsule. Anihers linear-oblong. — Certainly distinct from L. virgata. 

 We have ascertained that this species is not the L. pilosa of Walter, as was 

 supposed, neither is it L. hirsuta of Lamarck (both these authors having 

 described the L. mollis, Michx.) : hence we are under the necessity of des- 

 cribuig it under a ditlercut name. 



— i^Hj. L. virgata (Michx.) : minutely puberulent ; stem erect, angled above ; 

 lower leaves oval or oblong; the upper linear, mostly elongated, obtuse, 

 closely sessile ; flowers (very large) axillary, on slender pedicels, which are 

 bibracteolate near the summit ; petals larger than the ovate reflexed lobes of 

 the calyx ; capsules subjjlobose-cubical, with winged angles, about the length 

 of the lobes of the ca\yi.— Michx. ! fl. 1. p. 89 .'^ Pursh, Jl. I. j). 110 ; Ell. 

 I. c. ? Isnardia virgata, DC. ! prodr. 3. jj. 60. 



In rather dry places, S. Carolina ! to Florida ! and Louisiana ! May- 

 Sept. — Stem 2-4 feet high, often with virgate branches. Lower leaves about 

 an inch long; the upper mostly 2-3 inches long and 2-3 lines wide, with dis- 

 tinct intramarginal veins. Flowers few, yellow. Capsule about 4 lines 

 broad. — The description of Elliott's L. virgata appears to be taken in part 

 from L. hirtella. 



* * Flowers sessile, mostly small : petals often minute or wanting : stylopodium 

 small, or none, 



-)I— 4: L. linearis (Walt.) : glabrous ; stem erect, slender, sometimes branched, 

 often stoloniferous at the base, angled above; leaves narrowly lanceolate or 

 linear, acute at each end; flowers axillary, solitary, sessile, rarely apetalous; 

 bracteoles very minute; lobes of the calyx triangular-ovate, much shorter 

 than the capsule, scarcely the length of the oblong-obovate (pale yellow) 

 petals; capsules elongated-turbinate and 4-sided. — Walt.! Car. p. 89 ; Ell.! 

 sk. I. p. 214. L. angustifolia, Michx. ! Jl. 1. p. 88. Isnardia linearis, DC. ! 

 prodr. 3. p. 60. 



In swamps. Wading River, New Jersey ! to Georgia ! Florida ! and 

 Louisiana ! July-Sept. — Stem 10-24 inches high ; the stolons bearing obo- 

 vate leaves. Leaves often crowded or fascicled, with minutely serrulate- 

 scabrous margins. Style short, very thick. Capsules 3-4 liues long. Seeds 

 oblong, very smooth. 



4--' 5. L. lini folia (Poir.) : glabrous ; stem erect, slender, often branched, and 

 'stoloniferous at the base, angled above; leaves Hnear, rather obtuse, tapering 

 at the base ; flowers axillar\-, solitary, sessile ; bracteoles minute ; lobes of 

 the calvx ovate-lanceolate, nearly as long as the capsule, and about the 

 lenffth of the petals ; capsules cyUndrical, slender. — Poir. ! suppl. 5. p. 513. 

 WilmingtOD, N. Carolina, Ddile ! (v. sp. in herb. Desf.) Georgia, Bald-' 



