HEX\NDRIA TRIGYNIA. 417 



bescent. Styles fapering, as long as the stamens. Stigma capitate^ 

 glandular. Capsules oblong ovate, 1 celled, pubescent, I— 3 seeded. 

 ^feds oblong, somewhat rough, slight! j winged, attached by the sum* 

 mit to the point of the capsule. 1 have seen 4 germs but never 2, 



Gro.vs in ditches and stagnant waters; at Ogeechee very common. 



Flowers May. 



TRIGLOCHIN. Gcn.pl. 616. 



Cah/v 6-\i,hy\\us. Co- \ Cabjx CAea\e(\, CoroK 



rnllai). ^ St/flnso, Cap. la 0. i^ti/le 0. Capsule 



sula f)asi dehiscens. | opening at base. 



1. Tkiandkum. A.^'ich. 



T. foliis tereti-lineari- I Leaves terete, linear, as 

 bus, scapum subjequaiiti- | long as the scape ; flow- 

 bus J floribus 3— i-andris. | ers with 3—4 stamens. 

 E. 



Mich. 1. p. 208. Pursh, 1. p. £47. 



Lpaves erect, smooth, acute, about 6 inches long, sheathing the base 

 ol the scape. Scape terete. Flouers mimerous, on \ery short ped- 

 uncles, generally in small clusters. Cali/.v most frequently 4 leav- 

 ed, leaves small, lanceolate, meiubranous, deciduous. h"il'am*nts 0. 

 Anthers sessile, 2 celled, sometimes only 1 or 2. Germs fre<|uentlr 

 4, cohering. Style 0. Shgma glandular, many cleft. Capsules 

 S— 4, gibbous at base,unitcd by succulent, spongy, hollow membranes 

 resembling false cells. Seed one in each cell, oblon"-. 



This species appears to be very variable in the ifumber of its an- 

 thers and germs. 



Grows on sands overflowed by salt water. 

 Flowers July — August. 



MELANTHIUM. Gen. pl. 6 18. 



Calyx 0. (^i^nM.pe.\ Calyx 0. Corolla Q^e. 

 talla, patens. ^i/aw^72/a tailed^ expanding. Fila- 

 ex unguibas- elongatis bi- | ments arising from the 

 glandulosis corollae. Cap. long biglandular claws of 

 sulcB 3, inflate, basi con- | the petals. Capsules 3, 

 DatsB. Semina j^\\xv2i^%\xh. inflated, connate at base, 

 plana, alata. j Seeds numerousj general- 



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