190 TETRANDRIA MONOGYNIA, 



DIODIA. 



Corolla 1 -petala, infun- I Corolla 1 petalled,fun- 

 dibuliformis. Capsula 2- ] nel-shaped. Capsule 2 

 locularis, 2-sperma. | celled. Seed i ia each 



. cell. 



1. ViRGINlCA. 



D. glabra ; caulibus pro- 1 Glabrous; stem pro- 

 cumbentibus, teretiuscu- j ciimbent, nearly terete; 

 Ks ; foliis lanceolatis ; co- j leaves lanceolate ; coiol- 

 rollis intus glabriusculis ; | la glabrous within j fruit 

 fructibus oblongis, gla- j oblong, glabrous. 



bris. Pursh, 1. p. 105. 



Sp. pi. 1. p. 580. 



Stem smooth, purple, slender. Leaves narrow, lanceolate. FloiC' 

 ers white. 



Grows in damp soils from Virginia to Carolina. Pursh. ColuiiioU' 



Mr. Herbemont. 



Flowers through the summer. 



2. Tetragona. Walt 



I), caule procumbente, I Stem procumbent, 



subangulato, glabriuscu- | somewhat angled, nearly 

 lo ; foliis cordato-ovatis, I glabrous ; leaves cordate 

 stipulis subulatis. K. ovate ; stipules subulate. 



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Mich 



jrla 



perennial. Stem somewhat angled, prostrate, crcepmS' - 



brous, succulent, hairj at the joints 



Calf 



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Uiaie, ciiiaie, segmeuis. riowers axuiary geoeraujr ow..— -^ ..^^ 



2 leaved, leaves subulate, persistent. Corolla white, nairj ^ 



Fruit oval, somewhat angled, composed of two connate cap 

 on the inner side, and containing one seed each. 



Grows in damp soils, very common. 



Flowers Ma^ — October. 



This genus is perhaps^too closelj allied to Sp€ 



rated from it* 



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