capsulis tomentosis, ca- [ petals cuneate ; capsul^^^ 

 lyce lanceolato duplo loo- [ tomentose, twice as long 

 gioribus- Purshjl^p.S^^. | as the lanceolate cal}?x. 



The same remark will apply here which was made respectbg 0. 

 Billenii. It will be difficult to identify this species. It has no char- 

 acter to distinguish it from the O. stricta^ except its biflorous umbel, 

 "which is prot>ably an inconstant feature. 



Grows in Cumberland. Described frpm specimens in the herbariuiv^ 

 ^of the late Mr, Lyon. " 



Flowers May — June. 



PENTHORUM. Gen. pl. ^90. 



Calyx 5-fi(ius. Petala f Calyx 5 cleft. PetaU 0, 

 f) aiit 5. Capsula .5-cus I or 5. Capsule 5 pointed,, 

 pidata, S»-[ocuIaiis. | 5 celled. 



1. Sedoides. 



P. caule ramoso, su- j Stem branching, angled 

 perne angulato ; foliis ] above ; leaves lanceolatej 

 fanceolatis, subsessilibus, nearly sessile, doubly ser- 

 ilr'plicato-serratis ; spicis [ rate; spikes simple, se- 

 simplicibus, secundis, re- | cund, recurved, panicledf 

 curvis, paniculaiis j semi- | seeds scrobiform. 

 tiibus scrobiformibus. 



6p. pi. 2. p. 770. "VValt. p. 241. Mich. 1. p. 278. Pursh, 1- p. 523. 



Stem 1—2 feet high, terete near the base, sprinkled with gJanfluta"^ 

 liairs._ Leaves alternate, glabrous. Floivers in termiual paniclesj 

 the spikes generallj alternate, sometimes clustered. Calyx persis- 

 tent; the segments ovate, serrate, expanding. Curolla generally 

 wanting. Stamens longer than the caljx, inserted at the base 6f i^^ 

 germ. ^ Germ superior, depressed in the centre, with the margin di- 

 vided mto 5 pistdUferous summits. Stules as long as the stamenS; 

 |ier8istent. ^ ° 



Grows ia wet places, ponds, ditches, Stc." 

 4Flowers June—September. 



SEDUM. Gen. pl. 780. 



Calyx 6-fidus. Pelala 1 Caltjx 5 deft. Petals 

 6. Squamsenectariferse.^ | s. 5 nectariferous scales 



fed ^mingerminis. Cap. at tbe base of tbe gervh 

 ^^^^ ^' 1 Capsules 5, 



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