^IS TETIIANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



Soot fibrous, perennial. Stem slightly angled, succulent, brand. 



Tng. Leaves verv entire, glabrous. Flowers solitary, axillary, 



sile J 2 small subulate leaves at the base of each flower. ( dux dffp. 

 Ij 4 parted ,• segments acuminate, shorter than the germ. CorolUO. 

 Filaments 4, opposite to the segments of the calyx, and one half ai 

 long. Anthers nearly round, £ celled, whitish. Germ inferior, tur- 

 binate. St^le short. Stigma capitate. jUapsuh oblong, dij^tlT \ 

 angled, crowned ■with the permanent palyx Receptacle ccQtral.witfc 

 a wing extending into each cell to which the seeds are attadMi 

 Seeds numerous, oval, glabrous. 



Grows in wet ground, ditches, bogs^ &?, 



Flowers nearly tho whole year. 



2, AXiATA. E, 



L. glabra ; foliis cune- j Glabrous ; leaves cu. 

 ato-lanceolatis, decur- neate-lanceolate, decur- 

 rentibus ; caule alato ; rent ; stem winged j cap^ 

 capsulis cubicis, sessili- sules cubic, sessile, 

 bus. E. I 



Stem about 2 feet high, sparingly branched, more stronglj wid^- 

 than any of our species of Ludwida exccptinor the doubtful L.juJSKf- 

 oides. Leaves alternate, cuneate, at base lanceolate or oval, t/ie »«* 

 gins irregukr as if denticulate. Caly.r shorter than thecapsu*^- 

 Capsule somewhat cubical, slightly winijed- , > 



the island. 



rf 



J^'lowers July — September, 



Island, in tlic uoo4e^ P^^ 



3. MicRocARPA, Mich. 



L. caulp decumbcnte, | Stem decumbent, sligW- 



subalato ; fojiis alternis, I ]y winged ,• leaves alter- 

 spatlmlato-obovatis ; flo- ) nate, spathulate-obovate; 

 jibus axillaribuSj sessili- | flowers axiUary, sessile- 

 bus. E. 



Mich. 1. p. 88. 



L. glandulosa ? Pursh, 1. p. Ill, 



Soot annual ? Stem about a foot high, branching, slightly ^^^^f 

 the decurrent leaves. Leaves acute, glabrous, oiargms " / 

 denticulate, about an inch long,S — 4 lines wide, '^^'o '"" f ^^,|-oi^ i 

 tuse. Capsule very small, 4 furrowed, discharging its s^'cu 



pore in the summit of the capsule. c ii af ^Val^8* 



Grows in damp soils. Rare to mc; Found in the fielus ai 



Hill, seven miles from Beaufort; 

 Flowers July — Septcmbt^j' 



