MONOECIA MONADELPHIA. 



661 



1. Carolinieixsis. Walt. 



P. foliis alternis, o- 

 valibus, obtusis, glab- 

 ris, sub-distichis: flori- 



Leaves 



alternate, 



oval, obtuse, glabrous, 

 soinewhat . distichous; 



bus paucis (2 — 4), axil- 1 flowers few (2 

 laribus, pedicellalis, nu- 



tantibus 

 distiche ramoso. 



? 



illary, 

 caule erecto, ] nodding; 



■4), ax- 



pedicels, 



stem 



E. 



erect. 



branches distichous. 



Walt 



209 



P. Obovatus, Sp. pi. 4, p. 574. Pursh, 2. p* 443. Nutt. 2. p. 22r^ 



Plant ^nnml Stem about 12 inches high^ glabrous, with alternate bran- 

 ches distichally expanding. Leaves alternate^ oval, generally obtuse, entire, 

 glabrous, the upper ones lanceolate, all distichous, on petioles about 1 line 

 long. Flowers axillary, nodding, on very short pedicels,, 2— 4 at each axil, 

 fertile and sterile intermingled. Calyx of both florets 6-leaved? Leaves 

 reddish at base, white along the margin- Stamens 6, united at base. Style 

 3, very short, 2-cleft. Capsule globose, somewhat depressed, 6? celled, 6- 

 valved, the valves opening elastically. Seed striate with elevated dots. 



As the leaves of this plant are very rarely obovate, I have restored the 

 original nanae proposed by Walter. 



Grows in damp soils, Prince William's, near Charleston. 



Flowers September — October. 



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MELOTHRIA. Gen. Pl. 68. 



I 



Mas cull, Qaly 

 phyllus, 3 — 5 c 



denta 



tus 



Corolla campa 

 nulata. Stamina 3, tu 

 bo corollas adnata. 



Sterile Jlorets, 

 lyx one-leaved, 3 

 toothed. Corolla cam 



Ca- 



—5 



Foeminei 



Cab 



U 



et Corolla ut in masc. 



Q^ 



men 



infe 



Sty his 1. Stigmata 3 



panulate. Stamens 

 attached to the tube of 

 the corolla. 



Fertile Florets, Ca- 

 lyx and Corolla as in 

 the sterile. Germ in- 



Sacca 3-locularis, po- ferior. ' Style!, 



ly spe 1 



Sli^- 



ma 3. Berry 3-celled, 



^>j 



man} 



seeded. 



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