188 TETRANBRIA MONOGYNTA. 



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locularis, polysperma, in- 1 celled, many seeded, in 

 fera. | ferior. 



1. GliOMERATA. 



H. foliis lanceolatis^basi I Leaves lanceolate, ta- 

 atteniialis, pubescentibus; [ pering at base, pubesceFit; 

 floribus in capitiilis, sub- I flowers in clusters, ses. 

 sessilibus, axillaribus ter- [ sile^axiliaiyandlcrminaL 



minalibusque. 



H. aui'icularia, Walt p. 85. 



Oldenlandia glomerata, Mich, 1. p. 83. Pursh, 1. p. 102. 



Hoot perennial, somewhat stoloniferous. Stem procumbent assur- 

 gent, 12 — 18 inches long, columnar, pubescent, somewhat branched* 

 Meaves opposite, entire, sessile, connected at base bj stipules which 

 have two long, subulate teeth and sometimes three short ones alter* 

 nating with them. Flowers in clusters/orming whorls, Bracteas 1-^3 

 at the base of eacli caljx, lacerate. Calyx 1 leaved, superior, p€r»** 

 tent, 4 parted, almost hispid. Corolla 1 petalled, deciduous, uhite, 

 shorter than the calj x ; tube very short ; border 4 cleft, filaments if 

 very short, inserted into the tube of the corolla. Jnthers n&tpj 

 lobose. Germs compressed, hispid. Style 0. Stigma sessile^ thick. 



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Capsule nearly globose, surrounded near the summit by tiie permi* 

 laent opening across the dissepiment. Seeds many in each cell, three 

 angled, blaclcish, attached to a central receptacle. 



Very near to H. serpylloidesof La Marck. This plant appears w 

 belong to the Hedyotis of Linnaeus where Walter originally p'»^^^^ 

 but I can scarcely discover any distinction between this g^"^^^ 

 Oldenlandia sufficiently strong to separate them. La 3Iarck m 

 united them. 



Grows in damp soils, common. 



Flowers June— October. 



SPERMACOCE. 



Corolla i -petala, in fundi- I Corolla 1 petalled, fuu- 

 bulifbrniis. Semina 2, nel-shaped. Seed S, ^^o 

 bldentata. | toothed. 



i. Tenuior. 



S. glabra, foliis hnceo- | Glabrous; leaves l»nceo- 

 tis ; staniinibus inclusis ; late ; stamens includea , 

 floribus verticillatis ; se- I flowers vcrticillatejsee - 

 minibus hirtis, Sp. pi. 1 [ hirsute. 



Pursh, 1. p. 105. 



