FfiN'TANDRlA MONOGYNlA, 



379 



4 



lifx somewhat cylindrical, slightly angled. Corolla yellow, obscure 

 at the base. Stamens yellow. Berry small, red. Linn. 



Grows alon^ the sides of toads among rubbish, &c. from PennsyU 

 nnfa to Carolina. Pursh. I have seen specimens from Pendleton, 

 South-Carolina, that appear *D belong to tms species. 



Flowers June— August. 



4. PRUINOSA. 



P. divaricato-ramosis 



sima, prostrata 



folii 



ovatis 

 qualit 



Divaricate, much branch 

 ed, prostrate ; leaves 



» 



acuminatis, inse- ( v ate, acuminate, unequal- 

 ly toothed ; inflated ca- 



de ntatis 

 cibus majusculis 



Sp.pl. l.p. 1023. 





lyx very larg 



P.obscura, Mich. 1. p. 149. Pursh, 1. p. 157. 



Root annual. Stem angled , slightly scabrous and pubescent, at first 



«rect, dichotomous, expanding so widely as to become prostrate. 

 Woi'esslio-Iiflir ftirrnaa miiiac!onn4 1 — Q nr 3 at cacli divislon J pctioIes 



we coroll 



a 



ng. Flowers solitary, axillary, nodding, 

 villous spots near the base "' 



Corolla ^aic, 

 Stamens'^ half as long as 



-, hairy, purple. Mtkers pale bJue. Persistent calyx 5 



*"p:5ed, unusually large. . 



This appears to be certainly the plant figured in Dill. Hort. Elth. 

 ^ 9. f. 9. 



Jrows in cultivated lands. 

 'lowers September-— November. 



^. ViSCOSA? 



P. foliis subgeminis, I Leaves sometimes by 

 ^valibus,repandis, pubes- | paks, oval, repand, pu- 



^entibus ; caule, herbaceo 



l^periie paniculate; ca- 



vcibus fructiferis pubes- 



^entibus. Pursh 



bescent; stem herbace- 

 ous, towards the sum- 



mit 



paniculate 



? 



fruit- 



j 



1. p 



bearing calyx pubescent 



%-pl. l.p. 1021. Mich. 1. p. 149. 



,.fooe annual, somewhat fusiform. Stem erect, 2-3 feet l.i§!i, 

 «chotomous, glabrous below, the young branches pubescent and vis- 

 «i. Leaves alternate, generally 1 at each division of the stem, lan- 

 2''^*<^» acuminate, tootlied, repand, slightly viscid and sprinkled with 

 r^s ; petiole 2-5 inches long. Flowers solitary, m the divisions of 

 r^tem; peduncles 1 inch long, erect when the flower expands, at- 

 '^^wards nodding. Calyx eampanulate, 10 nerved, concave, at base 



