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TBTANDRIA TRIGYNlA. 183 



Ijase, 4—6 lines lonj^, 2—3 wide* Stipules 2 — 4 or more at each 

 joint, membranous, ovate lanceolate, acuminate. Flowers in coryxa' 

 buse panicles terminal and lateral ; panicles dichotomous with a flower 

 in each division ; peduncles 1 — 2 lines lon^. Calya; persistent, leaves 

 acuminate, the keel green, margins membranous; the two exterior 

 leaves a little shorter. Petals three or four times shorter than the ca- 

 ]yxy emarLrinate, white., persistent. Filaments 3 longer than the co- ^ 

 rolla. Anthers nearly globose, yellow. Germ superior, slightly 3 

 ingled. Style one? persistent, 3 cleft >S'f/^mas simple. Capbule 

 ovate, one celled. Seeds many, 6 — 10, nearly .oval, attached by 

 their bases to the margin of the valve. 



I have never seen a flower with three distinct styles. 



Gmws around Charleston abundantly, and was probably introduced 

 from Spain or Portugal. 



Flowers May — June. • 



For jP, unijlorum of Walter, see Arenaria. 



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MOLLUGO. 



Calyx 5-phyllus. ' Co- I Calyx 5 leaved. Co- * 

 folk 0. Capsula S-locu- rolla 0. Capsule 3 celled 

 laris, 3-valvis. 3 valved. 



1. Vkrticillata. 



M, foliis verticillatis, 

 cuneiformibus, acutis ; 

 caule subdiviso, decum 



Leaves Terticillate, 

 wedge-shaped, acute ; 



stem somewhat divided 



^ente ; pedunculis uniflo- j decumbent ; peduncles 

 "s- Sp. pi. i.p. 403. I 1 flowered. 



AValt. p. 83. Mich. 1. p. 77. Pursh, 1. p. 92. 



Soot annual. Stem prostrate, branching, columnar, smooth. Leaves 

 H-ssiie, generaUy 6 in a whorl, glabrous. Flowers axillary, many 

 ^ound each whorl ; peduncles half an inch long, slender. Calyx en- 

 brano *' p'^f^ lanceolate, acute, 3 nerved, with the margins mem- 



^iojs. I<ilaments 5, longer than tiie germ. Mthers nearly round. 



Cflm!,r 'x'^'P^^^'** %^^sS, short. Sti-mas recurved, plumose. 

 attachpri "^'l ' ^ ^''^'■o^^'^d- ^^^ds many, somewhat kidney -shaped, 



^cnetj ,n two rows to a central receptacle in each cell. 



'ery common in cultivated ground. 



'lowers April— September. 



LECHEA. 



ea??/a: 3-phyIlus. Pe- I Calyx 3 leaved. Pe 



«^^« 3. Capsula 3-locu. | tals 3. Capsule 3 celled 



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