ttiuMith on 



50 ♦ TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA- 



* 



suhpetiolatis, ore barba- I wbat petiolate, with the 

 tis ; caulibus erectis. Sp. throat bearded ; stem 

 pi. 1. p. 2 0. I erect. 



Walt. J). 68. Piirsh, 1. p. 81. 



C. luu^ifolia, Micii. 1. p. 9.2. 



Jfnnf perennial. Stem herbaceous, generally erect, 2 feet high, sfrli 

 aft', columnar, slightly pubescent Leaves oblong, sometimes ovate- 

 lanceolate, finely serrulate, scabrous on the upper surface, paler and 



1 tl.e under, sprinkled with a few hairs. Slipafh turrovved, 



fatfier smooth, I'nc mngm and throat ciliate, with a rufous beard. 



J-/ott'^rs clu9tere<l at the summit of the stem, sometimes axillary in the 



•pper leave*, /frarf^a nerved, scabrous; when extended reniform, 



%nclosin^' two pedicels one fertile, the other sterile. Calyx? 3 leav- 



t i : leavfs membranaceous, ovate-lanceolate, the upper one verv small. 



tornlla 5 petulled, petals nearlv round, clawed, sky blue, the mferior 



one smaller. Xn-iaries 3, ovate, yellow, emar-inate at the summit, 



contracted and ;i deft at base; with 2 lateral dands on foot stalks, 



CO oured, subulate, shorter than the filaments, inserted into t e upper 



».. e of the germ at its base. rVamnits 3, white, lon-er than the co- 



n.lla, inserted into the lower side of the germ at its base. Jnthen 



incumbent, furrowed, somewhat sagittate, yellow. Style lono-er than 

 tiie stamens. <=> ? j j o 



Grows in ditches and around ponds. 

 Fiovveri August— October. 





SYENA. Gen. PL. 88. 



rnljiT 3 pli}llus. Co. I Caiyj: 3 le^ved. Co- 

 rolh s-petala. Jklhera^ 1 ,'„//„ 3 ,,e(all,>.I. Mlhers 



!! . I'f • ,^T"'« '-val- ol,lo„5. cipsule 1 val- 



Vis, 3 loculai IS. I vcd, 3 celled. 



V 



1. Flpviatilts. 



m 



|p. pl. rp 254. Pursh. 1. p. S2. 

 JIavaca fluviatiiis. Aublet. if p. 4^ f 15 

 Mayaca Aubleti, Mich. 1. p. 26. 



late, 1-^2 lines long, /^/^m a t h r v f r * ^''''''' ^''r'^^'f '%-'^"^"- 



than the Ictvcs. raK/a:Dc^lTenr P->' "'^ "" peduncles longer 



(6V../^roeach v.lv/lit : S:... ^^'r^^'M-M as Ion, as the calyx. 



Flowers June* 



Moss-like Syerm 



