DIDYNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA. 



105 



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i "^"rr!!"^ P^^"* ^^^'^ description of the preceding will apply almost entire- 

 jy. _ liie Leaves are narrower^ less nerved and denticulate, but mere- 

 ly in proportion to their size. The Peduncles are shorter, and Mich re- 

 marks that tl]^ corolla is larger. These two species require to be further 

 exaramed. They differ in appearance very much from the plants with 

 Which they are associated— they are both very fragrant, particularly when 

 pruised so that you can discover them when riding through the grounds 

 m which they grow by the aromatic odour which tliey exhale under the 

 hoots of your horses. In this respect they differ very nuich from the in- 

 sipid earthy smelling species of Gratiola, Lindernia and other plants 

 to wJuch they are allied. They will perhaps constitute a distinct ge- 



nus. 



From character and from tradition I can have no hesitation in re- 

 leiTin| to this plant the Obolaria Caroliniana of Walter— with the Obo- 

 laria Vn-gmica he appears to have been unacquaint(^d. 



Grows in the pine barren ponds of the middle country, rare in the Iii 

 iftediare neighbourhood of the ocean. 



Flowers July— September. 



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4. MiCRANTHA. 



H. glabra^ siiccii 



• ^ 



J 



*^^ 



lent a ^ 

 silibus 



ioliis arete ses- 



leiit 



m n 



Glabrous^ Succu 



leaves 



closely 



ovatis ovali- sessile, ovate and 



biisque, obtusis, iiite^ 

 gerrimis, striato-iier 



; peduiiciilis fo- 



o 



vosis 



lio brevioribiis 

 lyce 5-phyJlo; 

 bifido. 



val, 



obtuse 



? 



ca 



nerved 

 shorter 



leaves 



} 



entire. 



? 



peduncles 



than 



the 



stylo 



style 



^ 



calyx 5. cleft 

 -cleft. 



5 



? 



Pmsh2. p. 418; 



Gratiola repens ? 



Sp. pi. 1. p. 103. 



teiy ^^hl^!rLT"'T '"''^ T'l""^- ^''^''' sometimes nearly round, 

 three o,7/.T' 5";'^nicing the stem. Peduncles axillary, short. The 



Very llll"^^ twto. " ^"^•^" ^''^'' *'" '''' ''''''''' '^'^'' ^^"-- 



the^" ronrS^il"f f r'^ rSf 'Pr^""T" ^^'" "«t now determine,whether 



Placed'n thTs tn„J '* r^ • ' 'f '^7 ^'""T''' ''^'''''''' ^^ «^' the plants 

 Grm P "'' ''''^y distmctly from Lindernia. ^ 



tlon T. ""! "'*" '"^'Sins of frosh water rivers in soils subject to inunda- 



:,-^v.iicc over. 



Flowers September^Octobei. 



banks 



Vol. n. 



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