©ECANDRIA TRIGYTWA. 



519 



Annual. Stem 



3 



ni .L , . inches long, procumbent and assur^ent, pu- 

 Besc<>nt,'.vith the hairs reflected. Leaves opposite, sessile, sometimes 

 acuminate, slightlj. cordate and 3 nerved, hair^, small. Flowers soli- 

 tary, in tne divisions of the stem, sometimes axillary. Calyx hispid 

 the two exterior leaves rather longer than the interior, twice or three 



titpes as long^as the corolla. Petals oval, erect, white. 



Ge r 7n 



Stamens 



Styles as long as 



equal, shorter than the calyx, uerin sui>enor 

 the stamens. Stigmas simple. Capsule ovate, clothed bv the" per* 

 suHtent calyx, 5 valved. Seeds reniform, dotted, attached to the cen^ 

 tral receptacle. 



Grows in dry pastures. 

 Flowers April — Maj. 



2. 



Diffusa. 



E. 





A. pubens ; c^ule diffu- 

 so, ramoso ; foliis oblon- 

 go-lanceolatis, iitrinqiie 



aciitis ; pedunculis soli- | at each end ; peduncles 

 taHis,axillanbus,folusdu- solitary, axillary, twice as 



Pubescent ; stem dif- 

 fuse, branching ; leaves 

 oblopff lanceolate, acute 



p]o 



longioribus 



petah's 



long as the leaves ; 



pe- 



calyce multo brevioribus. tals much shorter than 



E. 



the calyx. 



Stpin 2—3 feet high, branching, decumbent, supporting itself ort 

 Small plants; branches alternate, axillarv. Leaves entire, taperln 

 at basft, almost .spathulnte. Pedxmcles about an inch Ion"-, 1 flowcreu*' 

 Leaves of the calyx ovate, acute, persistent. Petals o'val, scarcely ' 

 one third the length of the calyx, white. Stamens and capsule about' 

 ttie length of the calyx. 



<5rows in close dainp soils. 



Flowers April — June. 



3. 



Canadensts. Persoon. 



A. glabra ; foliis lineail- 

 subulatis, carnosis, inter- 



Glabrous ; leaves linear 

 subulate, carnose, longer 



nodis longioribus; stipu- ( than the internodes ; sti- 



lis niembranaceQ-conna- 

 tis, vaginantibus ; stami- 



nibus variuntibus, (S 



capsulis ovato-triffonis. 



0; 



pules membranaceous 

 connate, sheathing j sta- 



mens varial>le, 

 sules ovate trigonous 



5); 



Pers. Syn, pi. 1. p. 504. Pursh, f.p. 319. 

 A, rubra, var. b. Midi. 1. p. 274* 



