DTDYNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA. 



133 



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red, fiequently very brightly coloured near the summit. CoroUa 3?ellow- 

 ish, lotiGf, tlie upper lip nnrrow enclosing the stamens, the lower much 

 shorter, with the segments plaited, acute. {Anthers long, linear, with the 

 lobes unequal, cohering, producing a poUenifeious disk. Nutt.) 



Grows in damp soils in the middle and upper districts of Carolina and 

 (•eorgia. 



I'lowers June — Au'^ist. 



MELAMPYRUM. Gen. Plant. 999. 



alyx 4 fidiis, Co- 

 rollce labium super ins 

 compressum, mamine 



14. 



replicato. Capsula 2 

 loculaiis, obliqua,hinc 

 deliiscens. Semina 2 

 111 loculo singulo. 



Calyx 4 cleft. Up- 

 per lip of the corolla 

 compressed with the 

 margin folded back. 

 Capsule 2 celled^ ob- 

 lique^ opening on one 

 side, 

 cell. 



/Seeds 2 in each 



iNEARE. Lamark. 



M, foliis inferiori- 

 bus linearibns, iute- 

 giis, floralibus lanceo- 

 latis postice dentatis 

 floribus 



clistinctis. 



? 



axillaribus 



Lower leaves line- 



r 



ar^ entire, the upper 

 lanceolate, toothed at 



flowers axilla- 



> 



base 



ry, sohtary. 



Sp. pi. 3. p. 200. Pursh 2. p. 430. Nutt. 2. p. 58. 

 M. Americanum. JMich. 2. p. I6. 



Annual. Stem about 12 inches high, branching, terete, slightly pubes- 

 cent. Lower leaves linear, the upper generally lanceolate, all opposite, 

 on short petioles, the youngest dentate near the base. Flowers axillary, 

 smjill, on short peduncles. Corolla pale yellow, 2 lipped, the lower lip 



cleft. ^ -S^awcrts nearly equal. Co/jsr/fe oblique, compressed, acute, re- 



Seeds cartilaginous, oblong. 



wows in the mountains of Carolina. Dr. Macbride. 



