MONADELPHIA PENTANDRIA. 165 



small, obtusely 3 lobed^ of a very pale green, smooth on the upper sur- 

 face- Peduvdes 1 — 2 inches lono:, each bearm": a sinde flower. FloW' 

 ers small, tlie petals and nectary of a greenish yellow colour. The fruit 

 small- 

 Grows in close damp soils, very generally diffused over the country bu^- 

 not very common • 

 Flowers May— July. 



OPLOTHECA. NuTTALL. 



Calyx duplex, ex- ] Calyx double, the 



exterior two leaved, 



teriov diphyllus, trun 

 catus ; interior longi- 

 or, monophyllus, 5 fi- 



dus, tomentosus. Co- 

 rolla 0. Utriculus 

 monospermus, calyce 

 muricato inclusus. 



truncate; the interior 

 longer, one leaved, 5 

 cleft, tomentose. Co- 

 rolla 0. Utriculus 

 one seeded, inclosed 



\^ the muricate calyx. 



F 



LORIDANA. 



Nutt. 2. p. 79. 



Root perennial ? Stem herbaceous, erect, sparingly branched towards 

 the summit, pubescent, 3 to 4 feet high, tumid at the joints with long in- 

 ternodes. Leaves opposite, sessile, imear lanceolate, entire, a little sca- 

 brous on the upper surface, lanuginous underneath. Flowers in long com- 

 pact spikes 1 — 3 inches long, forming a Joose straggling terminal panicle* 

 Exterior Calyx membranaceous, half the length of the interior — the inte- 

 rior ovate, slightly compressed, 5 cleft at the summit and covered with a 

 cotton Uke tomentura. Staminiferous tube (Lepauthium) cylindrlc, bear- 

 ing 5 stamens nearly as long as the interior calyx. Seed finally inclosed 

 hy the interior calyx which hardens and becomes muricated with 2 crested 

 inargins and 2 dorsal protuberances on each side near the base. 



This plant which has been very acurately described by Mr. Nuttall, 

 ^as first found by Dr. Baldwin in Florida. It grows very abundantly on 

 the high pine ridges between the Flint and Chatahouchie rivers along the 

 federal road. 



Flowers through the summer. 



