TETRANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 187 



Fikments 4, very short, attached to the tube of the corolla at the 

 kw of each fissure. Mt^rs oblong, sai^ittate, pale brown, Gertn 

 an-led. Style filiform, twice as long as the corolla. Stigma capi- 

 tate. Capsule angled, inversely pyramidal, 2? celled. Jteceptach 



globe 



Flowers July. 

 The iniier bar] 

 led as a remedy 



tagnant waters, 



Button-wooeU 



ALLTONIA. 



Calyx communis (in- 1 Common calyx oblong, 

 volucTuni) oblongus, sim- I simple, 3 flowered ; pro- 

 plextriflorus, propriiisob- | per calyx obsolete, supe- 

 soletus, superus. CoroU I rior. Corolla irregular. 

 lula irregulares. Rectp- \ Receptacle naked. 

 taculum nudum. 



1. A LB ID A. Walt. 



A. foliis oppositis, ob- I Leaves opposite, ob- 

 longolaiiceolatis, sub- | long lanceolate, sonie- 

 scabris ; pedunculis op- | what scabrous ; pedun- 

 positis, solitanis fascicu- | cles opposite, solitaiy 

 latisque ; involucro quia- I and clustered 5 involu- 

 quetido. E. j crum 5 cleft 



Walt. p. 84. Pursh, 1 . p. 97. 



floot annual ? Stem erect, 4 angled, furrowed, sprinkled with a 

 ptndular pubescence, branches opposite. Leaves oblong, irregular, 

 «aceoltte, ovate, sometimes sliy;htiy fiddle-shapevl, scabrous near the 

 ^rgms ; common peduncles axillary, the lower ones generally soli- 



**ry, the upper in small clusters, oerhans beromino' snlitarv bv +.bft 



<itensiori of the stem. Invoh 



the incisions ? diminishing with age. Cor>^ .^..^^. 



^olucrum. Stamens twice as long as the corolla. Seed naked, ob 



Dff, 5—6 anp-laH. a1mn<;f hiei 



ftte 



crum 



Th 



AlUonia are probably species of Calvmenia. 

 ^row| near Columbia,'^ . ~ «- 

 'lowers in the spring. 



South-Carolina. Mr 



HEDYOTIS. 



Corolla 1 petala, infun- | Corolla I petalled, ibu- 



aibuliformis. Capsula S- | nel-shaped. Capsule B 



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