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?^^ TETHANRRIA MONOGYNIA. 



CENTAURELLA. Mich. 



Calj/x 4.phyllus ? (7o. I Calyx 4 leaved. . Co. 

 Tolla subcampanulata, 4- rolla nearly campanulatc, 

 fida. Capsula i-locularis, | 4 cleft. Capsule i celled, 

 2-valvis, calyce corolla- g valved, clothed with 

 quepersistenteinvoliicra- the persistent calyx and 



ta. 



coroU 



1. Verna. Mich. 

 C. caule simpllci, paucU [ Stem sample, few flower 



iloro, (1—3) ; coroUis ed(l— 3); corolla timce 

 calyce triple longioribus ; as long as the cal/x ; 

 stylo germensequante. E. j style as long as the germ, 



Mch. I. p. 98. 



Jtoot 



with 

 scar( 



iry slender fibres. Stem 4—8 inches 

 » glabrous, furnished near the summit 

 Leaves verj few, resembling scale«» 



jy" 



ternainal ; peduncles i—2 inches long, resembling the stem. Cali/x 

 persistent, deeply 4 cleft, glabrous 5 segments lanceolate, expanJins- 

 Corolla 1 petalled, white ; segments oblong lanceolate, persistent 

 Filaments 4,(sometimes more) half as long as tiie corolla, inserted into 

 »*s *«be, and expanding through the fissures. Anthers jucumbent, 2 

 celled, yellow. Germ superior, oblang, oval. Style persistent. Stigr^ 

 thickened, obtuse, 2 cleft, decurrent. Capsule oblong, 1 celleii, 2 vah- 



ed. Seeds very numerous. 



Grows in boggy and damp soila, in the vicinity of the oceafl. ^'«7 

 jommon in Chatham county, Georgia. The young or feeble plan» 

 frequently produce only a terminal flower. 



Flowers February — April. 



2. Paniculata. Mich, 

 C. floribus paniculatis ; j Flowers in panicles } 

 corollis calycem asquanti- ( corolla as long as the 



t)us ,• stylo brevissimo. E. | calyx ,• style veiy short. 



" Mich. I. p. 98. 



C. autumnalis, Pursh, 1. p. 100. 

 Sagina Viiginica, Sp. pi. 1. p. 719. 



Soot annual. Stem I foot high, square ; branches Iwaflna^ 



"fecaires minute, subulate, alternate near thft root, nearly opp«s»^ 



