33^ ^ENTAKDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



penoribus lanceolatis ; I per lanceolate ; petioles 

 petiolis ciliatis ; floribus | ciliate ; flowers nodding, 

 cernuis. E. 



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L. hybrida? Mich. 1. p. 126. Pursh, 1. p. 136. 



Walt. p. 92. 



L. quadiifolia, rar. 6. Sp, pi. 1. p. 818, 



JRoot creeping ? perennial. Stem 2 feet high, erect, branching, 

 square, furrowed, glabrous. Leaves opposite, the upper ones bv three* 



or fours, glabrous, the margins nfiely reaculate; petioles 1 — IJinch 



long, ciliate. Peduncles 1 flowered, 2 inches long, with the stem and 

 petioles sprinkled with black dots. Segments of the ca^y;r lanceolate, 

 acuminate, obscurely S nerved. Tube of the corolla very short, com* 

 posed of a purple ring, sprinkled with yellow glands, and 5tootiie(l on 

 the inner side ; segments rounded, toothed, mucronate, slightly cili- 

 ate at base, andl longer than the calyx. Filaments inserted betireea 

 the teeth of the annular tube of the corolla, much shorter than the 

 corolla. Anthers erecty 2 lobed. Germ superior, globose. Stijle as- 

 long as the stamens- Stigma obtuse. Seed ovate, glabrous. 



Grows in rich soils, high river swamps; rare in tlie immediate vi* 

 cinity of the ocean. 



Flowers June — July* 



9. QUADRIFLORA. SilllS. 



L. foliis oppositis, ses- | Leaves opposite, ses- 

 silibus, linearibus, longis- sile, linear, very loi^Sf 

 simis ; peduBCulis qua- peduncles by fours, ter- 

 ternis, terminalibus, uni- I minal, 1 flowered 



floris. Bot. Mag. 660. 



? 



Mich 

 L. longifolia, Pursh, 1. p. 135. 



stem £—3 feet high, branching, furrowed, glabrous. ^^^'*^^^^ ,t 

 stem opposite, very long, linear lanceolate, not dotted, uarro 

 base almost to a petiole, and dilated as the base embraces tne» . 

 a few hairs are scattered under the dilated base j at the f^^";^/^. 

 ea<;;U branch 4 — 6 smaller leaves form a whorl. Flowers 4-- ? ^^^^ 

 nal, on peduncles longer than the leaves. Segments of tne ca H ^^^^^ 

 lanceolate, acuminate. Segments of the corolla acuminate, « 

 crenate, longer than the calyx. Capsule 5 ? valved. Seed^ ^ ^ 



Macbride 



flowers 



