^IS TETHANDHIA MONOGYNU.' 



lunate, bairj glanrl around the base. Filaments 8, shorter than tk 



petals* Anthers erect, pafTe jellow. Germ oWang, square, uingel 

 *f<^te short. Stigina capitate. Capsule very long^ square, winreiL 

 Grows in moist situations. Verj common. 



squarei winged. 



Jul J — Sept 



AMMANNIA, 



Corolla 4-petala, calyce I Corolla 4 petallcfl, in. 

 inserta, vel nulla. Calyx j serted into the calyx,orO, 

 1-phyIIus, plicatus, 8- | Calyx i leaved, plaited, 

 dentatus, inferus. Cap- 8 toothed, inferior. Cup- 

 siila 4-locularis. | sule 4 celled. 



1. Ramusior, 



A. caule erecto, subte- I Stem erect, somewhat 



reto ; foliis senfiiamplexi- I columnar j leaves senii- 



caulibus ; floiibus inferi- ( amplexicaul ; the lower 



oribus verticillatis. E. | flowers verticillate. 



Sp. |ll. 1. p, 678. 

 Mkh. 1. p. 99. ' 



r 



Root annual ? Stem 2 feet high, columnar, succulent, glabrou«* ^^^ 

 procumbent taking root. Z-Mres opposite, narrow lanceolate, at "•• 

 somewhat conlate, the lower nearly sessile, the upper entirely <>; '''*'"'' 

 trs axillary, sessile, the lower ones clustered, the upper &oUtarv;» 

 fimal! subulate leaves at the base of each calyx. Calyx persistent, 

 glabrous, truncate, envelo ing the germ even to maturity, 4 aTi;le<H 

 acute, exnanding, 4 plaited, incumbent. Petah small, obovate. verf 

 pale purple, inserted into the calyx near the summit, filantenii^ 

 inserted into the base of the calyx, altematin;; with the petals, ij^ 

 short. Jntkers globose, 2 celled, greenish, before flowering attacheti 

 to the stigmas. Germ superior, globose, 8 furrowed, ^tn/ '^^^ 



short, thick. Stigma obtuse, Se^ numerous, attached to wifl^^^ 



fending from the central receptacle into each celL 

 Grows in wet places. 



Flowers August — Septemberr 



g. HuMiLis. Mich, 



A. caule erecto, tetra- [ Stem erect, sqoaf^? 

 gono ; foliis laoceolatis, | leaves lanceolate, taper^ 

 basi attcnnuatis ,• floribus I ing at base j flowers soli- 

 aolitariis. E. j taiy** 



Mich. 1. p.99 



Am ramoiior ? Walt* p. 88» 



