310 PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



the nectary are simple, not divided at the summit ; neither is the nec- 

 tary caducous, as described bj S hreber. 



Grows in dry soils, along walls, fences and the edges of roads, 

 streets, &c- in places much trodden. Common in the maritime dis- 

 tricts of Carolina and Georgia. 



Flowers March — October. • Forty Icnot. 



The detoction of the whole plant sensibly increases the urinary dis- 

 charge. In domestic practice it is usual to give it ^varn), ad Ubituniy 

 .to patients labourin^^ under Ischury and Dysury. The remedy is gen* 

 erally successful. 



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2. FiCOIDEA. 



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A ? caulibus repenti- I Stems creeping, gla- 

 bus, glabris ; foliis lato- brous ; leaves broad lan- 

 lanccolatis, petiolatis ; | ceolatc, petiolate ; heads 

 capitulis orbiculatis, pii- | spherical, pubescent, 

 besceijtibus. Willd. 



Persoon, 1. p. 259. 



Iliecebrum ficoideum, Sp.pl. 1. p. 1208. Pursli,2.p. 445. 



Grows along the sea coast from Carolina to Florida. Pursh. 

 Flowers July — August. 



3. Vermiculabis. 



A ? glabra ; caulibus I Glabrous ; stem creep- 



repentibiis ^ foliis subte- ing; leaves nearly terete^ 



retibus, carnosis ; capitu- | fleshy ; heads solitary, 



lis solitariis, oblongis, ter- j oblong, terminal, 

 uninalibus. 



Gomphrena vermicularis, Sp. pi. 1. p. 1322. 

 Iliecebrum vermiculatum, Pursh, 2. p. 446. 



I have had no opportunitj of examining the two last species, I have 

 therefore placed them here with some hesitation. If they agree in 

 character with the first, they will probably constitute an interme- 

 diate genus between Achyranthes and Gomphrena. The last species, 

 »*owever, from its solitary terminal heads, appears to be closely allied 



Gomphrena. 



Grows along the sea coast from Carolina to Florida. Pursh. 

 Flowers June — ^August. 



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THESIUM. Gen. PL. 4*10. 



Calyx l-phyllus, cui I Calyx i leaved, in 

 stamina inserta. Nux whicli * the stamens ar^^ 



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