402 Order 67.— RUBIACE^E. 



6. DICTDIA L. (Gr. dig, twice, bdovg, tooth, alluding to the two 

 calyx teeth crowning the ovary.) Calyx, corolla, stamens, style and 

 fruit as iu the next genus (Spcrmacocc) except that the (2 or 3) 1 -seeded, 

 separable carpels are in botli indehiscent ; seeds oval, peltate. — American, 

 chiefly tropical herbs. Stip. fringed with bristles. Fls. small, white, 

 axillary, sessile, solitary or few. 



1 D. Virginiana L. Procumbent, nearly glabrous or hirsute ; sts. squarish ; lvs- 

 lanceolate, sessile, entire ; bristles of tho stip. longer than the sheaths ; lis. soli- 

 tary, opposite ; cor. salver form, tube very slender, thrice larger than the cal. ; 

 stam. exserted; stylo deeply 2 -cleft, lobes filiform. — 2f Damp places, 111. to Ga. 

 and La. St. 1 to 2f long, somewhat 4-sided. Lvs. 1 to 2 by 3 to 5", 1-veined, 

 often with smaller ones fascicled in the axils. Cor. G" long, hairy inside. May— - 

 September. 



fi. has ovate-lanceolate lvs. (D. tetragons Walt.) 



y. has lance-linear, hairy lvs. ; cor. 6" long. May — Sept. (D. hirsuta Ph.) 



2 D. teres Walt. Erect or ascending, hairy or scabrous; lvs. linear-lanceolate, 

 sessile, rough-edged, acute, much longer than the sheaths or fruit ; fls. solitary, or 

 several in each axil ; cor. funnel-far in, with a wield tube, twice longer than the cal. ; 

 fl. somewhat hairy and 4-sided. — Sandy fields, N. J. to 111. (Mead) and S. States. 

 Sts. rather rigid, simple, or branched, 5 to 18' long, brownish. Lvs. about 1' by 

 2". Cor. reddish white, shorter than tho roddish brown bristles. Aug., Sept 

 (Spjrmacoce diodina Mx.) 



7. SPERMACO'CE, L. (Gr. tTrcp/aa, seed, dicuic?], a point; alluding 

 to the pointed seeds.) Calyx tab3 ovoid, limb 2 to 4-parted ; corolla 

 tubular, limb spreading, 4-lobed ; stamens 4 ; stigma 2-cleft ; fruit dry, 

 2-celled, crowned with the calyx, separating into 1 open and 1 indehis- 

 cent carpel ; seeds 2, peltate, furrowed on the face. — Mostly herbaceous 

 and tropical. Fls. small, in dense, axillary, sessile whorls, or clusters. 



1 S. glabra Mx. Glabrous, procumbent at baso ; lvs. lanceolate, entire ; whorls 

 many-flowered ; cal. 4-toothed (rarely 5) ; cor. funnel-form, short, hairy in the 

 throat ; anth. included in the tube ; stig. subsessilo. U River banks, W. States. 

 St. 1 to 21" long, terete, with 4 prominent lines, branched. Lvs. 2 to 3' by £ to 1', 

 tapering to each end. Fls. white, 9 to 20 in a whorl, subtended by the subulate 

 bracts of the stipules. Jl., Aug. — Resembles some of tho Labiata?. 



2 S. Chapmanii Torr. & Gr. Nearly glabrous; St. slightly 4-angled; lvs. ob- 

 long-lanceolate, attenuato to a petiole ; whorls dense-flowered ; cor. funnel-form, 

 thrice longer than tho cal. ; stam. and slonder sty. exserted. — River banks, Mid. 

 Fla. (Chapman.) 



8. HOUSTfTHIA, L. Bluets. (Dedicated to Br. Wm. Houston., 

 the friend and correspondent of Miller.) Calyx tube ovoid-g'obous, 

 limb 4-toothed or cleft, persistent ; corolla tubular, much exceeding tho 

 calyx; limb 4-lobcd, spreading ; filaments 4, inserted on the corolla; 

 style 1 ; anthers and stigmas dimorphous, that is, in some plants, the 

 former exserted and the latter included, in others the style exserted and 

 anthers included ; capsule 2-lobed, the upper half free, cells few (8 to 

 20) so >ded. — Herbs. Stip. connate with the petiole, entire. Fls. soli- 

 tary or in cymes, white, purplish, or bluish. 



S Corolla salver-form, glabrous. Peduncles 1 -floweret!— terminal Nos. 1, 2 



— axillary >.o»3,4 



§ Corolla funnel-form. Peduncles Co -flowered, cymons.— Loaves lance-ovate - .No. 5 



— Leaves lance-linear J*"*. 6, T 



1 H. ccsralea L. Dwarf Pink. INNOCEN'CE. Ooespitous ; radical lvs. ovale- 

 spaiuloJc. petiolate ; sts. erect, numerous, dichotonaous ; pod. filiform, 1 to 2-flow- 

 ered.— <g) An elegant little plant found in moist grounds, fields, and road-sides, 

 Canada "and U. S., often in patches. Caulino lvs. very small, opposite, lance- 



