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PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA 



** Florihis roseis. 



** Flowers rose colour. 



ed. 



3. Grac 



S. foliis 1 



? Mich 



Leaves lanceolate, 

 perioribus Ijiieaiihus ; flo. I upper linear ; flowers 



7 



corol- I rymb 



times 



longer 



corolla three 



than the 



inched 



lis calyce tiiplo long 



bus. 



Micb. 1. p. 146. 



S. stellaiis, Pursli, 1. p. isr. 



Boot annual ? Stem erect, terete, slightly furrowed, 12 

 high. Leaves opposite, sessile, entire, somewhat fleshy, obscurely 8 

 Derve«l, linear near the branches. Flowers solitary, on opposite, 

 brachiate branches, forming a small corymb. (Myx turbinate; 

 tiorder 5 cleft ; segments linear, much smaller than the corolla, en- 

 larging with the increase of tiie capsule. Corolla rotate, tube very 

 shQrt ; border 5 parted j segments obovate, obtuse ; the b sc bright 

 yellow, elegantly circumscribed by an angular crimson line. Filaments 

 5, just as long as the yellow base of the corolla, inserted into the 

 tube between the segments. Jnthers oblong, sagittate, yellow, reso- 

 lute. Germ superior. Style very short, 2 cleft. Stigma oblong, obr 

 tuse, spiral. Capsule oval, glabrous. Seeds numerous. 



Grows in damp, saline coves, and along the ed";es of marshes op 

 the sea islands. bo r 



Flpwers July— September, 



4. Brachiata 



5. foliis lane 



E 



paniciil 



brachiatis, pkrumque 



floris J corollis caljce du- I flowered 



plo longioribus 



E 



4 



Leaves lanceolate ; 

 panicle long ; branches 

 brachiate. geneiaily three 



: corolla twice 



long as the caly 



hrf iwf ' P '^'t^^^ ^"Sled. Leaves all lanceolate. Branches 

 Z,hlul' ^'^P^'^^^"^' ^^'•""ng a pyramidal panicle Segments of the 

 ealy.x linear lanceolate. Corolla of a bright rose colour; petals obo- 



acters 



I have not been able to ascertain what value can be placed on char- 



n,wl !^Lfiu" '"n ^?^""^.' '"''^"* ^^"^ comparative length of the calyx 

 am corolla The Chironia campanulata of Linnsus is nearly allied 

 to this, and more nearly to the preceding species, but is described as 

 having a calyx as long as the corolla. The original r,pecimen= «ef the 

 C campanulata were collected in Canada bv°Kalm, and the plant 

 wav therefore be distinct from our southern species. I have, to avoid 



SufW?'' •' ^"*.'^^.''««^-"ptioa of Linnaeus, and considered cu/ 

 sputtierQ species as distinct. 



