SCROPHULARIACEJE. (FIGWORT FAMILY.) 301 
11- IliYSAKTIIES, Raf. (Lindernia, Muhl.) 
Calyx 5-parted, nearly equal. Upper lip of the corolla short, 
erect, 2-lobed ; the lower larger and spreading, 3-cleft. Fertile 
stamens 2, included, posterior; the anterior pair sterile, inserted 
in the throat of the corolla, 2-lobed, without anthers; one of the 
lobes glandular; the other smooth, usually short and tooth-like. 
Style 2-lipped at the apex. Pod ovate or oblong, many-seeded. 
Small smooth herbs, with opposite leaves, and small axillary 
flowers, or the upper racemed. (Name from ikv r, mud or inire, 
and av6os, flower, alluding to the places where these plants grow.) 
1- I. gratioloiclcs, Benth. (False Pimpernel.) Much 
branched, diffusely spreading; leaves ovate, rounded, or oblong, or 
the lower obovate, sparingly toothed or entire, mostly obtuse, the up¬ 
per partly clasping; pod ovoid-oblong, a little longer than the calyx. 
(D (Capraria gratioloides, L. Lindernia dilat&ta, and L. attenuata, 
Muhl.) — Low grounds, and along x rivulets, common: flowering all 
summer.—Variable in size and foliage: earlier peduncles shorter, but 
the later ones much longer than the leaves. Corolla pale purplish- 
blue. 
12. HE MIA NT HUS, Nutt. Hemianthus. 
Calyx 4-toothed, equal. Corolla 2-lipped; the upper lip very 
short, entire; the lower 3-lobed, with the middle lobe elongated 
and spreading. Stamens 2, anterior, with a scale at the base of 
the filament: sterile filaments none. Style short. Pod globular, 
membranaceous, the thin partition vanishing. Seeds rather nu¬ 
merous. — A very small and inconspicuous annual, creeping and 
rooting on the wet muddy banks of rivers, with crowded opposite 
round leaves, and minute solitary flowers sessile in their axils. 
(Name from fjfu, half, and avBos, flower , in reference to the une¬ 
qually divided corolla.) 
1- H. micranthemoides, Nutt. — Inundated banks of the 
Delaware below Philadelphia. — Stems F - 2' long, branched. 
Suborder II. RHINANTHIDEjE. Yellow-rattle Fam. 
13. LIMOSELLA, L. Mudwort. 
Calyx bell-shaped, 5-toothed. Corolla short, spreading bell¬ 
shaped, 5-clefit, nearly regular. Stamens 4 : anthers by conflu¬ 
ence 1-celled. Style short, club-shaped. Pod globular, many- 
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