MON^NDRl.V MONOGYXiA 



3 



m\ 



Involacrvvi at eacli joint many leaved; 



aiJrou 



ppe 



ones smalK Braciea^ spatlia- 

 ceous, two-flowerevl, sessile, 2-!eaveJ* coriaceous; outer leaf larger, 

 ovate, acute, jjlabrous witKout. ilownji)ii tie inner surface; sheathin 

 the inner leaf; t^e bractea with eve.rv part of t e pmicie almost covere 

 vith a vvliite powder. Calyx 3-leaved ; leadets ovate-laaceolate, acute, 

 concave, nearly equal, small, purple.* Covfilla 1 petalled, six f-art* 

 ed, purple; the 3 exterior segments obuvate, obtuse, equal; tlie 4tK 

 longer, obovate, rl^id, tapering at base, with t'iC m.-rgin rounded, 

 einarginatc; t\\G 5th lateral, sonewhat falcate, angled in the middle, 

 clavved at base; tbe 6ih lateral, similar to fie preceding, b'ut with 

 two setficeous processes at thr angle. A^ecfartj? rcsemblin[: a pefal, 

 S parted ; the exterior sc;^ment large, concave, rigid, truncate with a 

 sack at one -^ngle; the interior segnient filiform, as long as the petaU, 

 i^Mth the summit iufiexed, serving as a Jilament. Anther lateral, ona 

 called. Germ beneath, obov;ite, very smooth. Slide th\ck, spiraU 

 S-igma large, concave, (perforate,) inflei^ted, with the lov;er margiTi 



(lip?) elongated. JSTut.^ gloDosie, one celled, the shell U^xible, mem- 

 bianous. „ ' 



' Grows in damp soils, first discovered by Mr, John Fraser, near 

 Jacksonborough, South-Carolina, then ost to" our Botauiats, but after- 

 wards found by Mr- Middletan, mnv Middlcfon pface, Ashh^y River, 

 in trrpat ahim#fnnr*>. Seen by Ur. Baldwin near ht. Mary's, 6eurgiai, 



in o;reat abundance- 

 gLUn by me on James Island. 

 Flowers June — September. 



Powdered Thalia^ 



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SAUCORNl i. Gbn. PL. 14. 



Cr/?//:rvciUnculosus, in- 



teger. 

 i. 



Corolla o. Semen 



tire. 



Califx ventj'ico^e, eii- 



Corolla 0. Seed l. 



1. Heubace.v. 



I 



S. 



mosa 



annua, erecta, ra- 



artioulis 



a pice 



Anniial, erect, branch- 

 ing; joints notched at the 

 emarginatis; spicis oppo- | summits; spikes opposite, 

 sitis, axiilaribus j calyce axillai^ ; caljx truncate. 



truncato. 



E. 



Sp. pi. 1. p. 23. Mich. 1. p. 1. Clayton, p. 1. Bigebw, p. 2. Pursb 

 1. p. 2. 



• I have described the corolla and nectarium of this plant triUi some refer, 

 ence \o the Cahna. It appears however «s if the 3 outer sej;a.i nts v/fr>^ di.-i'.nct 

 peUls, while the fourth, fifth, sixth, »nd bipartite ncciuly supporting the anthen 



"■adijci'e firmly at base. ' 



