TETRANnRTA MONOGYXIA. tio 



if ads ; bractcis caJyce [ minal heads ; bracteas; 

 longioribus. E. | longer than the calyx, 



Mich. 1 p. 90. Pursli, 1. p. 111. 

 L. sulTruticosa, Walt. p. 90. 



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Foot perennial. Stem Iicrbaceous, erect, columnar, j^labrous, very* 

 ilightly marked bj the decurrent leaves. Laves nearly subulate^,- 

 Tf7 acute, obtuse at base, jilabrous. Flowers sessile, axillarv, some- 

 times a little remote, generally f rniin- a compact head. Bracteas, 

 wiich in most of the species are minute leaves at the base of the cap- 

 Mle, in this are lonsjer than the caljx, and lanceolate. Cabix lon'^er 

 »«n the -enn. (Fetals shorter thau the calyx. Mich.') In the sSe- 

 c^en no trace of a corolla is perceptible. I have never seen it in 

 ••/r. Capsule oblong, slightly winged. 



GeoriT\?T7' ^''^'^''ify diffused, ^ent from Louisville, 

 WOWS m ilamp soils. ^ 



o 



ust— October 



* » » Corollala-. | * » * ^jr^/j corollas, 



9. Pedusculosa. Mich. 



mK;,n?J" Propumbente, | Stem procumbent, ra 



mlicante ; tolas opposi- dicant ; leaves opposite 



b 



than the leav 



foliis longioribus. E 



Mich. l.p.88.~Pursh, l.p. m'i. 

 «-. arcuata? Walt 89. 



Hfc^or""2!„;!'fr^r'"-^^-^"^^^^^^*' branching, purple S 



J^f«'r.r. axillary, 4oltary; peduncles 2 ' ^7^. , '^"^' '-^* ^'i^'*^- 

 J-^K longer than tlie 4mP,fnI. niT '' ^' ''^"S as the leaves. 



*e «« of the plant, in:eK;d ^tttt:it^:t;f;e^^""^^''rg^*'- 

 "^ with the segments of the calyx Md^rnnl J ^'^""' alternat- 

 ^*^ calyx. hyU and .^i'ua^^ello y r;„w^"-"'^ ^'''^^' '" ^<'"S 

 »*^cent, opening ;hrough a cenfr:" "p^'e, ""'''''' ''^'^'^^'y ^o^icaf, 



C;Xll!jlr' P'^^^^ ^^ ^^- ^-v- country. 

 JO. LlNEAKIS. Walt. 



s,„?.;f>: trj::,"' ':«"l''- I stem erect, branching. 



•supcneangulato; fo. angled 



I- "Sxstifolia, Mich. 1 %: 11 



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