TETRANDRIA MONOGYNIA. ^iV 



In habit much resembling the preceding species. To Dr. Baldwia 

 I tm indebted for the observation that besides the other noted marks 

 of distinction, the calyx is alwajs erect in this species, and refl«cted 



in the forrner. 

 Grows in mirj and clayej soiI». 

 Flowers August — October. 



14. AtTERNIFOLIA. 



L. caule erecto, ramo- I Stem erect, branching, 

 so, scabriusculoj foliis al- J slightly scabrous ; leave* 

 ternis, lanceolatisj cap- ( alternate, lanceolate 

 sulis alatis. E. I capsules winffed. 



Sp.pM.p. 672. ' o 



L. ramosissima, Walt p. 89. 



L. macrocarpa, Mich. 1 p. 89.-.Pur8h, 1. p. 110. 



Hoot perennial. Stem 



9 





0» segments only approach each other loosely but are not unitef 



rSpte ° ' "" """^^ '"^ '"'S" "'<' "liatefopening through 

 To me rare. GrowsTmiles from Bcaufortin the swamo at the IT,i 



Decurrens. Walt 



' »s„si: t \ .S„s.i '=. 



Stamens 



^alt.p.8g. Pursh,l.p. 110. 

 ^' Jossifieoides, Mich. 1. p. 89. 



22- l«»re, winfedVg corda^^^^^^ '^^^ peduncles, 2^3 lines 



fe'^^ts of the^ cfl iL sWte/ hn n .r *^' ^^^^^•^ '^f *'^« peduncles. 

 '^obovate,lai^e?thaf^e c^^^^^^^^ germ acuminate, 's nerved. 



• *" ^® ^*'^^' yellow, Ciiducous, having a whit% 



