PENTANDRIA MONOGYNlA. 331 



membranous along the margins. Filaments very short, insertad into 

 the tube of the corolla, .inthers sagittate, erect, yellow. JWcto- 

 rks 5, hairy, attached to the tube of the corolla by short pedicels at- 

 tenuating with the filaments; hairs jointed, yellow. Ge7*m superior, 

 conic. Style very short. Stigma concave, (somewhat 2 lobed, Mich.j 

 with the margins fimbriate. Capsule furrowed, 1 celled, 2 valvedl 

 sometimes 3 ? <Scec?s orbicular, compressed, roughened. 



Grows in ponds and streams, sometimes found in water 6—8 feet 



afq). 



Flowers June. 



HOTTONIA. Gen. pl. 2Q5. 



* 



Capsula l-locularis. | Capsule i celled. Co- 

 Corolla hypocraterifor- rolla hypociateriform. 

 mis. Stamina tubo co- | Stamens inserted on the 

 rollfe imposita. Stigma \ tube of the corolla 



globosum. I ma globose. 



1. Inflata. E. 



, H. scapis internodiis I The internodes of the 



mflatis ; floribus pedun- | scape inflated ,• flowers 



culatis; corollis calyce | footstalked ; corolla slior- 



Jreyioribus ; foliis con- terthan the calyx; leaves 



^rtis, pectinatis, submer- crowded, pectinate, sub- 



siSjlaciniis Ihiearibus. E. mersed, with the seg- 



■j. , I ments linear. 



«• palustris } Pursh, 1. p. 138. 



It cm!!A*^u' ^PH^SJ) generally submersed. Leaven long, irregular-, 

 iveraWfJ' "*'^"''^ pectinate. From the summit of the stem arise 

 ^ardsth ^^^-"^^^^ flower-stalks or scapes. Scoy^^s jointed to- 

 space hpl ^^"u"^'i' *^^ ^P^*^^ between the joints, but particularly the 

 ineafr u^ , ""^^ers, inflated. Powers vertlcillate, generally 4 

 Coro?/ffl ' K-* ■^'^'^""^^^ nearly half an inch long. Calyx 5 parted. 



From • ' apparently shorter than the cal yx. Capsule globose, 

 iin. sJP^-^'T"^ ^""^^ "'« *"''"™ MiUedgeville, Georgia, by Dr. Boy. 



f !owe« "^ western districts of Georgia, by Dr. Baldwin. 



vah 



HYDROPHYLLUM. Gen. pl. U7 



popsula l-locularis. 2- I 



'IS. 



s, 2- I Capsule i celled, 2 

 %a • ^^^^^^ campan- 1 valved. Corolla campan- 

 j interne striis 5, mel. | ulate, with 5 longitudinal 



