TRTANDTITA MONOGTNlA. 



^5 



!j inclinins: to one »idc. Invohicrnm sometime- with a fourth leaf, one 

 of the leaves always erect, and twice or thrice the length of the hori* 



zoutal ones. Baldwin. 



Foinid near Sunbury, Georgiaj by Mr. Le Conte. 

 Flowers October. 



2. PuMILA. 



Mich. 



K ? calyce nullo ; co- 



Calyx wanting ; coroU 



rolla compressa, blvalvi^ I la compressed, 2 valved, 

 valvis insequalibus; capi- j valves 



tulo subgloso. 



unequal 



head 



E, 



nearly sphericaL 



Mich. 1. p. 28. Pursh, 1. p. 46. 



Root fibrous. Stem erect, 3 — 6 inches long, S angled, glabroug. 

 Leaves shorter than the steui, subulate, acute, slightly keeled, ex- 

 panding, sheathing the base of the stem. /nroZucrum generally com- 

 posed of 3 leaves, unequal, long, similar to the root leaves. Flowers 

 placed vertically in a sessile, terminal, nearly globose head, which 

 frequently bulges at base, as if forming I or 2 smaller heads Calyx 

 or scale 0. Corolla 2 valved ; valves acute, compressed ; the keel 



green, sides membranous; exterior valve shorter than the interior. 

 Sramens 2. 



2 cleft. 



Germ compressed, oval Sftfle longer than the corolla. 



Stigmas 2. 



Seed naked. 



M 



I have examioed this plant frequently, and at least patiently. 



observations do not agree with the usualdescriptiouof this genus, au 

 may be incorrect. 



Grows in close damp soils, around ponds, &c. Very common. 

 Flowers August — December. Divarf Kt/llingia. 



8. Maculata. 



IVIich. 



K. calyce monophyllo 



Calyx one leaved, im- 



imbncatoj corolla bival- bricate; corolla 2 valved, 



>i 



5 



valvis ina?qualil)us ; | valves unec^ual ; 



heads 



capitulis plerumque tri- 1 generally 3, ovate, some- 



bus, ovatis, subacutis, ses- 



3. 



silibu 



Mich. 1. p. 29. Pursh,!. p. 4: 



Soot fibrous. 



what acute, sessile. 



stem 3 



-- 5 inches hi^h, 3 anjleJ, glabrous. Leaves 



and Involucrvm similar to those ot the prccedini; species, but rather 

 narrower. Flowem in 3—5 ovate, imbricate, acute heads, closely sit- 



Calyx I leaved, cuneate-laiicenlate, acute, with the midrib 

 green, longer than the flower w!iich it {guards. Corolla 2 valved, 

 valves concave, unequal j the exterior shortest. Stmnen I ? Uti^mas 



ting. 



