^i4 TETRANDTIIA MONOG\-NTA. 



biis, subdecuirentibn^ ; I brous^sliglitly dccuiTcntj 

 capsulis culiicis, sessili- capsules cubic, sessile, 

 bus, alatis, E. j winged. 



jRoof perennial ? Sfevi erect, rarelj branched, angled, gjahron. 

 Le^'veslongy lanceolate, tapering toward^ both extremities. Flunn* 

 axillary, sessile, solitary, numerous. Ca^^o* shorter tlian the capsule* 

 Capsule cubical, winged. 



Discovered by Mr. Le Conte, In the swamps in Georgia, ami *entt# 

 une by Dr. Baldwin. A variety with narrow leaves, and c«^..«!v. 

 ^lightly winircd, ^rows on t}\e neck about six miles from CLaileat^JB- 

 lowers tiirougli the summer. 



** Rndimeiitis tantum 1 ** With the rudimcnf$ 

 petaloriim. \ (f petals. 



7. Mollis. Miclu 



L. villosa ; caule erec- | Villous ; stem erect 

 tOj ramosissimo ; foliis much branched ; leave? 

 lanceolatis ; floi ibus pie- | lanceolate ; flowers gen- 

 rumque congestis j cap- | erally clustered; capsule 

 8ulagIobosa5bifoIiata, E. | globose, 2 leaved. 



Mich. 1. p. 90. Pursh, i. p. 111. 

 li. rudis ? "Walt. p. 89, 



Moot perennial^ throwing out many creeping suckers. ^^^ ^^ j 

 more branched than in any other species, covered, as every P*^*^^ " 

 the plant, with a soft villous down, scarcely at all angled, ^f^^^ 

 ' on the runners spathulate lanceolate, on the stem alterna(e,lancp<> t^ 

 acute at each extremity, Floivers axillary, sessile, clnstered tovf^ \ 

 extremity of tiie branches into a compact, cylindrical, If^ifj ^P^^^^ 

 Calyx as long as the germ, and nearly as long as the matiifp ^4^^^^^^ 

 Capsule globose, viUous ; the two bracteal leaves, which in the o~ 

 species are beloiv the capsule, in this are seated on it. „ ^^ 



Grows in ditches and bogs. The most common perhaps ol » ^"^ 

 species. 



Flowers August — September^ 



8. Capitata. Mich, 



L. caule erecto, virga- [ Stem erect, virgate , 

 to ; foliis lineari-Ianceo- leaves Hnear-lanceolaier 

 latis, ' glabris ; floi ibus glabrous ; flowers gc" ' 



plerumque conferto cax3- [ rally clustered into 



