48§ 



BECANDRIA MOXOGYNIA. 



N 



JUSSIEUA. Gen. pl. 741. 



Calyx 4 — S-partitus 



5 



superus 



Petala 4 



Calyx 4—5 parted, sii 



o. 



perior. Petals^ 



D. 



Cap- 



Capsula 4— -'j-locularis, | side 4 — 5 celled, oblong, 



oblonga, angulis dehis- | openiiig at the angles, 

 cens, calyce coroiiata. I crowned wKli the calyx. 



Seeds numerous, minute. 



Semina iiumerosa, minu- 

 ta. 



4. Gram D I FLORA, 



Mich. 



J 



caule erec- 



to ascendentiq 



fol 



Creep! 



stem 



d 



cend 



lanceol 



pedunculis 

 villosis ; fl 

 dris 



^ 5 



ere ct 

 leaves 



integerriniis, | lanceolate, enlire, with 

 calycihusque I the peduncles and calyx 



Mich. 1. p. 267 



Pmsh, 1. p. 304. 



(lecan- villous : flow 



decan 



drous. 



^ Soot perennial. Stem 2—3 feet high, a Tittle br.inclied, swollen at 

 intervals, when young very \illous. Leaves sessile, acute, very vil- 

 lous on the under sm?ace, the base of the old elon-^atcd. Flowers 

 solitary, axillary, on peduncles 1—2 inches long, which before and 

 atter flowering are ceniuous. Calyx 5 parted, segments very acute. 

 toroUa 5 petalled ; petals obovate, yellow, about an inch long. Sta- 

 mens 10, unequal, much shorter than the corolla. Filaments inserted 



joto the summit of the germ, with glands interposed between them. 

 Gzrm inferior, 5 angled. Stijle clavate. Stla-mn r.ir.;fr>fn. dr^nn-sscd 

 in the centre. 



Stigma capitate, depress 



^ Like many creening plants, this species of Jussicua appears to 

 ripen its seeds rarely. I have never been able to find a mature cap- 



Grows in bogs and ditches. Common around Savannah. In ponds 



4 miles from Charleston. 



Flowers 



■August. 



KALMIA. 



Calyx 5.partit 



Co 



rolla hypocrateriformis, 



linibo subtus 5-corni, in 



quorum foveis 



Gex. PL. 743. 



Calyx 5 parted. Corol- 

 la hypocraterirorm, with 

 the border underneath 5- 



antherfiB I horned, in the hollow of 



