MOJVOECIA TRIANDRIA. 



677 



4 



FoemineL Calyx 2- 

 phylliis. Corolla 0. 

 S lamina 0. Stylus 2- 

 paititus. Semen 

 compressum. 



/ 



w 



1. Patula. 



I 



A caule herb ace o, 

 tulo 



hastatis 



subdentatis; fructus ca- 



Fertile Jlo7^ets, 



Ca- 

 lyx 2-leaved. Corol- 

 la 0. Stamens 0. Style 



2-parted. Seed I, com- 

 pressed. 



? 



foliis triangu 



Stem herb 



1 



acuminatis, 



fycibus 



rhombeis, a 



pandi 



g; 



Jeaves t 



hastate, acumi- 

 nate, slightly toothed 



calyx of the fruit rhom 



pice denticulatis, disco I boidal, toothed at the 



1 



submuricatis. 



f 



V 



summit^ 

 cate on the 



to 



htly 



branch 



Sp. p]. 4. p. 964- Nutt. 1. p. 197. 



Annual. Stem prostrate, somewhat angled, 

 two feet long. Leaves attenuate, triangular, hastate, gejuerally entire, o^la- 

 brous, on petioles nearly an incli long. Flowers clustered on axillary and 

 terminal spikes. Calyx persistent, denticulate near the summit, muricate 

 or crested on the back. 



The plant of our low country which has been referred to this species ap- 

 pears to be certainly indigenous. It grows in brackish soils at the head of 

 tide water in many of our creeks. Bees creek, Pocotaligo, and near Cliarles- 

 ton. I havc;^ however, at present no specimen with mature seed, which J 

 could compare more accurately with the European plant. 



Flowers June to September. 



NGUSTIFOLIA. 



Stem herbaceous, di 



2. A 



A. caule herbaceo, di- 



varicato; foliis inferio- varicate; lower leaves 



ribus hastatis, subden- hastate, slightly tooth 



tatis, superioribus Jan- ed, the upper lanceo 



y 



uite 



ceolatis, integerrimis; 

 ft'uctus calycibus has 

 *ato lanceolatis 

 gerrimis. 



Sp- pi. 4. p. 965. 



VOL. II. 



late 



J 



entire; 



calyx of 



the fruit hastate lance 

 olate, entire. 



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