TETRANDRIA MONOGYNTA. ^H 



6—8 



*M glabrous, f-po'v* ternate, leaflets oblong, lanceolate, acuminate, 

 cr»'nnl:itc. ptihe-^cetit, veinec!, the under surface paler than the upper, 

 £— S incites long, 1—2 wide. Common petiole 2 — 3 inches lon^. pu- 

 J>e«r*'rit. Fjfaflets sessile. Flowers in terminal panicles. Of the 

 itcriie flout'rs the cali/x \cry hairy, the segments subulate, appressed. 

 r-'roi/a 4 petalled f if one petalled the segments cohere very slightly), 

 4ur J times as long as the calyx. P^to^s oval, oi)tuse, pubescent, 

 greenish. Filaments 4, shorter than the corolhi, tomentose at base. 

 Mers oblong, 2 celled. Germ small, hidden in the down of the 

 filaments. Style very sliort. Stis:ma bifid. "The fertile flowers sini- 

 ilir, but the g. rm more conspicuous. Capsule lanceolate, com.^ 



pr^«ed, 2 celled, not opening, surrounded by a circular membrane 

 Oeed I m each cell. 



Flowers of a srtron^ disagreeable smell. 



Grous in the middle and upper country, rare in the lower. Fouird 

 oear Savannah by Mr. Abbot. On James' island, 

 r lowers May— June. 



•m 



2. MoNOPKYLLA. La Marclc. 



P. foliis siniiilicibus, I Leaves simple, lanceo- 

 . anccolato-ovatis, subses- late-ovate, nearly sessile^ 

 si]il)us ; fructibus trialatis. \ fruit a win-ed 

 Urn. Encyc. p. 336. 



Of 





LUDWIGIA. 



pe 



ms!'V::^r'!"!' J": I . ^«'F * P-ted, snpe 



Corona i-petala, 



II!!:.. 9''P'"}'' t-gona, 



* 



polyspei 



<^pet(ilce, I ^ 



nor. Petals 4., ovo, Cai 

 side 4 angled, 4 celled 

 many seeded. 



M^m.us;bis. ' ^Vithout petals 



P^nte foliro^^^^^^^^ ^'T P'-^^trate, creep. 



^' ; can us .H '^"^ ^^''^^t^' tapering at base ; 



SB oblongis, capsule oblongt slightly 



}^- apeUla, Walt. 89. ' **"oiea.^ 



