^00 TETRANDRlA MONOGYNIA^ 



4. Caroltnianum. Walt. 



L. inerme ; foliis fasci- [ Unarmed ; leaves clus* 

 eulatis, anguste cuneatis, I tered, narrowly wedge- 

 carnosis ; floribus quadri- 1 shaped, fleshy j flowers 

 fidis, tetrandris. E. | 4 cleft, tetrandrous. 



Walt. p. 84, Mich. 1. p. 95. Pursli, !• p. 97. 



A shrub 3 — 5 feet high, with long, slender simple branches, leave.* 

 sessile, in small clusters, glabrous, nearly linear, but manifestly wedge* 

 shaped. Mowers solitary, axillary* jPec?wwc/fs about half as long ts 

 the leaves. Calyx short, somewhat campanulate, 4 toothed. CoroUi 

 tubular, rather deeply 4 cleft, of a silver colour. Stamens as long as 



the corolla. . Berry red. 



I have never seen this plant in its native state, where it is said to 



-lie of very humble growth. 



Found by Mr. Wm. Bartram, in the saline rushy marshes of Caro- 

 lina. 



Flowers nearly through the whole summer. -^ 



Johnny Bartrm^ 



POLYPREMUM. 



Calyx 4.phyllus. Co- I Calyx 4 leaved. Co- 

 rolla 4-fida, rotata, fauce rolla 4 cleft, rotate, with 

 barbata. Stamina inclu- J ihe throat bearded. SU- 

 sa. Capsula compressa, mens included. Capsule 



bilocularis 



pressed 



\ 



1. Pro 



Sp. pL 1. p. 623. Walt. p. 85. Mich. 1. p. 82. Pursh, tp- ^' 



jRoof perennial ? somewhat fusiform, cespitose. Stem her ^^ 

 wect or procumbent, 6 — 12 inches high, nearly columnar, lU ^^^ 

 ed, the margins of the furrows sharply serrulate; ^^^^\ ^. 

 summit dichotomous. Leaves opposite, linear, sessile, **^^^^{j^^ac 

 rulate, slightly decurrent, and connected at base by a me ^. . 

 resembling a stipule. Flowers sessile, terminal and la j- ^ 

 ■ sion of the branches. Bracteoe? 2 or 4 surrounding the ^^^^^j^jp^t^ 

 calyx, exactly similar to the leaves. Calyx one r leaved, P^^^^i^jte, 



A r^arfprL spormpnts fiuhulafp. ariifp. sprnilate. Corolla tUDU ' i . 



ti; 



.(. 



as long as me tui^x, mu uiroav cioseu wiui nan t "^''^ ^\u verv 



segments oval. Filaments 4, inserted into the tube o/^Jie coro' , ^ 

 short. Anthers 2 celled, jrellow. Germ surrounded at oas; ,. 

 calyx, above free. Style slender, as long ^! *K*i"!'^.Ue'ner5ii'te.^ 

 ovate, compressed, 2 furrowed, nearly acute, pointed p t" V 

 style. Seeds angular, attached to a central receptacle. 



Grows in pastures, very common. 



Flowers May — September. 



