I^ DIANDRIA MONOGYNIA, 



bracing the stem; the lower ones obtuse: the upper rather acute* 

 Flowers axiilarj, solitary, nearly sessile. Corolla 4 cleft, one segment 

 larger than the rest, white, tinged with purple. Filaments^ 2 short, 



inserted into the tube of the corolla, ^ sterile, near its base. Capsule 



amooth. 



Grows in ditches and wet places. Common. 

 Flowers Julj — September. J3i 



4. SpniERocARPA. E. 



G. glabra; caule pro- [ Plantglabrous; stem pro- 

 cumbente, tereti ; foliis cumbent, terete ; leave's 

 ohovatis, basi attenuatis, | obovate, tapering at base, 

 serratisi capsula globosa. [ serrate: capsule globose. 



r«.l^ "^T M '"" f "*'*^' ^^^'""^ '•'^'^t ^t the joints, Heshy, fur- 



mved. Leaves sessile, obscurely 3 nerved. Flowers sol tary, axilla- 



V^Zdtl ""St^.^'T^ '^^^'^ ffi^^: ^^"^^^ 5 bracteal leavers' larger, 

 expanding, sh-htly toothed. Corolla with the tube sli-htlv ano-led the 



Shorter tUan the corolla, inserted into its tube, ^tithers 2 celled 

 ta iStll- ,''^";t -P-'-r. %^e filu".n?short: 



the want of sterile filame!!ts ^ ^ ^'°^"^^' ''P'"^«' ^"^ 



Grows in ponds 4 miles from Charleston, on the Neck 

 Flowers September—October. V j / ■ 



Seeds 



^ound-fruited 



Bracteis 



6. Q 



Mich 



** Without Bracteas 



is kto.subuk| s 'vel 4 h'™7"''"=ntteretc;lcaves 



uiaquaiibus. E. \T\xl\ V^"^^^^^'^ ""' 



Mich.l.p.6. Pursh,l.p. ,2 

 G. ramosa, Walt. p. 61. 



£ateTptl;:X^ ^r^--^^^ ^^^ P'^'>-cence 



^d, rounded at base, ^Uh ^tS a?;?''^^ ^^' ^I^--^^^' obscurely dot- 



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