^ BIANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 1^ 



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Moot annual. Stem procuoibent, square, smooth. Leaves oblong, 

 ^evate, obtuse^ unequal, obscurely 3 — 5 nerved* Florvers axillary, so- 

 litary, on square peduncles, sprinkled vvith capitate hair. Leaves of 

 the calyx a little unequal, pubescent, ciliate. Corolla twice as long 



as the calyx, pale purple, resupine, 4 cleft; upper segment broader ; 



3 lower segments (forming the undet^lip) oval, obtuse, /^laments 4, 

 inserted into the tube of the corolla; 2 longer, equalling t!xe tube of 

 tlie corolla, sterile, forked near the summit, the points recurved; 2 

 shorter, filiform, fertile. •Anthers 2 lobed, incumbent, white. Germ 

 superior, oblo!)g-ovato. Style sliort. thick, persistent. Stigma com- 

 j)t essed, bilabiate. Seeds many, oval-, attached to a central receptacle. 



Grows in ditclies, around ponds. Plant small. 



JFlowers May — September. Bilated-leaved Lindernia, 



S. Attenuata. Miihl. Cat 



L. loliis lanceolatis | Leaves lanceolate and 

 ^bovatisque, basi attenua- [ obovate, attenuate at base; 

 tis J pedunculis foliis du- I peduncles twice as short 

 plo brevioribus. E. | as the leaves. 



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Root annual. Stem procumbent, square, smooth. Leaves some- 

 Mhat spathulate, serrulate. Flowers axillary, solitary, on short te- 

 rete peduncles. Leaves of the calyx nearly 'equal, serrulate. Sterile 

 filament!^ villous. 



Grows in wet places. Vall^Ombrosa, Ogechee, Georgia, 

 .flowers May — June. Tapering-leaved Lindernia: 



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MICRANTHEMUM. Micii. 



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Ca///2 i-partitns. Co- I Calyx 4 parted. Co- 

 rolla inaequaliter 4-jSda. ] rolla iinequcilly 4 cleft. 

 Capsula i-locukris, 2- Capsule i celled, s valr- 

 valvis, polysperma. J ed, nianv seeded. * 



i. OuBiciJiiATUM, Mich. 



M. foliis orbiculatis, I Leaves orbicidar, ab- 

 basi abrupte angustatis. raptly narrowed af base. 

 E. 



Mich. 1. p. 10. Pursh, 1. p. lO. 

 Anon, umbrosa, Walt. p. 63 



oppo 

 solita 



calijx a little spathulate, the two upper ones shorter. < (troltd shorter 

 than t!ie calyx, white: upper segments shorter, the lower elongated; 



