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DIOECIA PENTA^'DRIA 



693 



petala. 



Stigmata 



2 



> 



sessilia. Capsula 

 minibus tomentosis. 



se- 



S-pelalled. 



Stigmas 



, sessile. Capsule 

 with tomentose seed. 



1. Gelosioid^s. 



bris 



■ 



I. foliis puoctato-sca- 



> 



inferioribiis ob- 



Leaves dotted, sea 



brous, the 



J owe I 



long, 



longis, aciiminatis, su- 

 perioribus ovato-lance- 

 olatis; panicula ramo- panicle 



acuminate, 



sa conferta; caule sul- crowded^ stem furrow 



ob- 



the 

 upper ovate-lanceolate; 



branching, 



cato. 



ed. 



Sp. pL 4. p. 764. Mich. 2. p. 243. Nutt. 2. p. 236. 



Root annual. 



3 — 4 



statn 



thickened at the joints, branches opposite- Leaves opposhe^ lanceolate 

 and ovate lanceolate, with a long tapering summit, irregularly serrulate, sca- 

 brous particularly on the upper surface, 2 — 3 inches long, 4 — 6 lines wide. 

 Flowers in compound terminal panicles composed of small spikes. Sterile 

 floret; calyx 3-leaved, persistent, leaves lanceolate, membranaceous, white; 

 corolla 5-leaved, leaves twice as long as the calyx, membranaceous, whitej 



5, much shorter than the corolla, attached to the base of the nec- 

 tary; nectary composed of 6 or 7 globular, yellow, glandular bodies situated 

 between the filaments. Fertile floretsj calyx and corolhi similar to those of 

 the sterile floret, but with the corolla surrounded w ith long hair. Germ supe- 

 rior. Styles 2, short. Capsule ovate, 1-celled. Seed 1, shining, compressed. 

 Our plant appears to differ in some respects from the usual character of 

 the genus. 



Grows along the saline rushes (scirpi, &c.) along the shoro. 

 Flowers September — October. 



ACNIDA. Gen. Pl. 1521. 



Masculi, 



Ca lyx 5 - 



partitiis. Corolla 0. 



Poeminei. Calyx 3 



partitiis. 

 Styli 0. 



5, sessilia. 

 h monosperma. 



Corolla 0. 



3 



Caps it' 



Stigma fa 



Sterile Jlorets, Ca- 

 lyx 5-parted. Corol- 

 la 0. 



Fertile jlorets, Ca^ 

 lyx 3-parted. Corol- 

 la Q. 

 mas 3 



sale 1 -seeded. 



Styles 0. 



Siig 



5, sessile. Cap 



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