ICOSANDRIA MONOGYNIA 



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Moot perennial 



Stem 3 



5 feethigli, erect, quadrangular, slightly 



tiiargined ; branches near tlie summit long, slender, very glabrous, as 

 is tire whole plant Leargs lanceolate, sessile, entire, acute at each 

 extremity; those on the stem li inch long, i an inch wide ; those on 

 the branches small, crowded, irregular, but generally alternate* Pe- 

 duncles 1-^2 lines long, with 2 subulate stipules at their base of t!ielr 

 own length. Ca/ya: tubular, furrowed, 12 toothed, with the teeth e.ect 

 and a little unequal. Petals G, oblong, entire, violet-coloured, twice 

 as long as the calyx. Filameyits 6 inserted into the tube of the calyx, 

 nearly as long as the corolla. Style as long as the stamens. 

 capitate. ■ Capsule oh\ong, 2 celled, 2 valved. Seed ovatc> slightly 

 angled, attachejj to a central receptacle. 



Grows in ditches, swamps, ^*C. 



Flowers July — August. 



Sti^^ma 



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Alatum. Pursli. 

 L. glaberrimum ; foliis I Very glabrous ; leaves 

 oppositis^ cordato-ovatis, opposite, cordate ovate, 

 aciitis, subpetiolatis ; ra- | acute, on short petioles j 

 mulis virgatis, 4*margina- 

 tis ; floribus axillavibus, 

 solitariis, 6-andris. 



branches 



virgate 



) 



4 mar- 



gined ,- flowers axillary, 

 solitary, hexaiidrous. 



Pafsh, 1. p» 334. Nutt. 1. p. 303. 



A very elegant and ornamental species. . Branches brown, at first 

 erect, at length recurved, and then sending out numerous axillary 

 branches. Flowers often double the length of the leaves, deep and 

 bright purple, minutely bibracteate after the manner of the genus. 

 Leaves not much larger than those of thyme, which they somewhat re- 

 semble. Stigma conspicuously capitate. Capsule somewhat cylinn 



drical, 2 celled. Nutt. 

 , Grows in the lower districts of Georgia. 

 Flowers June — July. Pursh. 



Enslen. 



3. 



Lin 



L. glabrum, virgatum 

 foliis suboppositis, lineai 



ibus 



floribus 



di 



ibus, solitariis, G-an- 

 . Sp.pl. 2. p. 808. 



Glabrous, virgate ; leaves 

 generally opposite, linear 

 acute ; flowers axillary 

 solitary, hexandrous. 



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Mich. 1. p. 280. Pursh, 1. p. 334. Nutt. 1. p. 303. 



Plant 5 



4 feet hish. Leaves somewhat succulent and opaqu*^; 



6—7 lines long, I wide. Flowers small, nearly white, bibracteate. 



Nutt. 



Grows near the sea-coast of Virginia and Carolina^ 



Flowers July — August 



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