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* LIMNANTHE8 Douglasii. 

 Douglas L'mmanthes. 



DECANDRIA MO'^OGYNIA. 



Nat. ord. LiMNANTHE^, R. Brown in Loud, and Edin. Phil. Mag, 

 July, 1833. Lindley Nixus Planlarum, p. 11, No. 31. 



LIMNANTHES, R.Br. CaZ?/a; 5-partitus. Petala 5. Stamina 10. 

 NuculcB 5. — Herba annua, carnosa, glaberrima (Californica) ; floribus con- 

 spicuis. 



L. Douglasii ; R. Br. I. c. Beritham in Hort. Trans, vol. 1, n.s. p. 409. 



Annua, pallid^ inridis, succulenta, glabra. Caules spithatncsi, terefes, 

 ramosi, in planta culta prostrati v. saltern decumbentes, in spontanea erecti. 

 Folia alterna, exstipiilata ; petiolo tereti, supra sulcato, patente ; lamina tri- 

 foliolatd V. jnnnatd, 2-3-jugd cum impari ; foliolis lineari'Ovatis integerrimis 

 V. inaqualiter 2-3-lobis v. 2-3-partitis. Flores fragrantes, | pollicis lati, 

 axillares, soUtarii, laxt racemosi, pedunculis filiformibus, ascendentibus 

 ebracteoiatis folds longioribus. Calyx basi subcarnosus, 5-partitus, cequa- 

 lis ; laciniis ovatis acutis corolla brevioribus, quinqueveniis ; venis laterali- 

 bus intraynarginalibus simplicibus apice sepali cum intermedia confluentibus ; 

 cestivationc valvatd. Petala 5, subperigyna, cuneata,retusa, lutescentia limbo 

 albo, subsimpliciter venosa, cestivatione convoluta. Stamina 10, subperi- 

 gyna ; quorum 5 petalis opposita breviora sunt Jilamentis basi planiusculis, 

 5 sepalis opposita Jilamentis basi extus gibbosis : Antherse oblongcB, bilocu' 

 lares, supra medium ajjixce, versatiles, introrscB, (z'w ico7ie extrorsce incurid 

 pictoris) longitudinaliter dehiscentes. Ovaria 5, omnino disjuncta, sepalis 

 ideoque Jilameyitis gibbosis opposita. Stylus Jiliformis, laciniis 5 erectis te- 

 retibus stigmata tot mimita capitata gerentibus. Fructus calyce petalisque 

 persisteniibus induviatus, constans e nuculis 5 baccatis discoloribus rugosis 

 monospermis. Semen erectum. Embryo exalbuminosus, cotyledonibus car- 

 nosis plano-convexis, radiculd inferd. 



A neat little annual, with flowers of a delicate yellow 

 colour, bordered with white, and slightly but most agree- 

 ably fragrant. It is rather succulent in all its parts, is quite 

 destitute of hairs, and has all the appearance of being a 

 native of the sides of rivulets or of moist and shady places. 



* Apj)arcntly from Xinuri a lake, and a>''?oc a flower, in allusion to the sup- 

 posed habits of the only species. 



