PENTANDRTA MONOGTNIA. 225 



Annual? .^tem 6—12 inches long, erect wTien simple, decximbent 

 »hen much divided, terete, succulent, and with the whole plant glau- 

 toun. lA>aves alternate, with small ones general! v in the axil, somev 

 what crowded, l-l J inch long, 3—4 lines wide, rather obtuse, taper- 

 ing at base, sessde. Flowers in terminal, conjugate revolute spikes, 

 tflfyx 5 parted, succulent, persistent. Corolla small, hvpocrateriforra. 

 « ite,the tube tinged with jellow, border 5 parted ; segments obtuse 

 tube as long as the calyx, 5 furrowed; throat aked. Jnfhers sesswl 

 in the base of the tube, sa-ltfate, acuminate. Germs 4, superior. Style 

 0, or very short Stigma thick, soinovhat conical, undivided, with a 

 jargin round its base. Seeds 4, coated on the out side witJi a tliick 

 lle^liy pulp, 2 furrowed, angled on the inside. " 

 ^Grows ,n soils affected by salt wviter, on tlie shores of Charleston har. 



Flowers May— Jul r. 



MYOSOTIS. Gen pl. 210. 



CoroUa liypocraterifor- I Corolla hypocrateii. 

 n^is, 5.fi{ia, emargi.Mata ; j form, 3 cleft, eniargi— *- - 

 rauce clausa foniicibus. | the throat closed 



farmed by tiie fil 



wi 



\ 



I aments. 



^j' pilosum : seminibus | Hairy ; seeds retrorse- 

 »'eato-glochidil)us ; fo- ]y aculeate ; leaves ovate 



" oyato-lanceolatis, acu. lanceolate, acuminate ; 



' inaus ; racemis divari- racemes divaricate. 



^^s Pursh, i.p. 134. I 



^^P-Pl-I. p. 748. Mich. 1. p. 129. 



W!ll/e~~£!^*'* n"°''' ^'"^"^'^"S- ^^a^'^s scabrous, oval, ovate and 



H the sp!!^''' '^ ^''''.*^' ''^'''''"''' ""^''^^ «•• P^^*^ Wue. Fruit nod> 

 prickles. covered except on the interior angle, with barbed 



^Crs"june-jd' '"^ *^'^ "^'^'' '^''^"'*' "^ Carolina. 



LITHOSPERMUM. Gen. pl. 241. 



^h7un ^"^^i^di^*"lifor- I Corolla funnel shaped, 

 da/ cT perforata, nu- the throat perforate, 



"f^yx S.partitus. I naked. Calyx 5 parted. 



Aa^ 



E\SE. 



^roilirvt'^"i '"^^'*' '• I ^^^ ''^"S^ 5 corolla 



vix calycem su- \ scarcely longer than the 



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