TETRANDRIA DIGYNIA. ^iQ 



Moot annual ? 8te 



ilonillv branched. Leaves opposite, obtuse. Flowers sessile, axilla- 

 ry- <?fl/y.r surrounding the germ, and adhering to it when young, 

 with 4 short expanding segments, and 4 which appear interior, much 

 lonjfer, lanceolate, erect; 2 small loaves at the base of the caljx. 

 retals 4, obovfttc, white, caducous, alternating mth the segments of 

 4M€ catyx^ ami inserted into the summit of the germ. Filaments very 

 ^rt^Jnthers erect, largo, yellow. ^ Germ rather inferior Style 



'Sfi^iuft capitate. Ca;;s2(?/' 4 celled, nearly 



Yerr 



wuare, apparently crowned with the calyx. Seeds numerous, att 

 €d to wings of the central receptacle which extend into each cell. 



Thui platif, by the insertion of its petals and its adhering calyx, 

 *b.fh se^m only to separate from the capsule when both are drv, has 

 J^ime affinity to the senus Ludvvigia; while by its 8 parted calyx, 

 the coloQr of Its corolUand its opposite leaves, it approaches Ammannia. 



Orows in danin soils, two miles from Roaufnrf . non- fK« .«..;« ^^^a. 



ptember — October 



DIG r^i7.l 



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HAMAMELIS. 



IX"'""^; ..^''^Z/^ pro- I 3 flowered. Proner .« 



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Pnus 4.phvl,u, Petala \ ly:c ^ le^,^,^ 

 * Al/xbico 



Petals 



.^^j.«^ u,cornis,2-locu. Ma 2 horned, s celled 



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-'eSaSS^rirr I ,,^-r,'>'>-ate, acute. 



;"'J or toothed „po„ tl,rmarrins " ^R■*^''^..',"'''■""''" '""'"'T 



?'ntn. Pfia,. r„„. ,;_,.-- ™"^''"*- ' (Big.) Flowers arillary, in 



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""» ; Mlfs of a bony con,r,,.7 ' ="?."■« l" "vo recurved pro- 



ci wh.» ...*..„ .^' oonsistcnce, noluhcd w thin, rfu^l,..^^- 



•^k "lour, one eud (Kiluu ?^ wtoe ^ ' tegument bony, „r a ,binW 



