MONOGRAIMIIA POLYCALACEAKUM. IH 



Kailix lililor'iiiis, trniiissiina. 5-:! cm. Iimga, annua. Caulis uniciis ciectus, 

 tennis, iiifcriic Icres, sn|ii'rni' siiliangtilatns, siniplex vcl supi'i'iie paniicaniosus, 

 20-30 cm. longns. llanii tennissimi, slriati. l'olia linearia, acula, mucionata. 

 i-.-l verlicillata, glabra, 8-1 5 mm. loriga, 0,o-1,5 mm. lala, qnam intcrnodia 

 magis quam 5 X luuviora. Verlkillus [iiimus aliis dissimilis, e l'oliis ojjovatn-lan- 

 cuolatis, acutis, miiiiniis Iniiiiatus. t'olia ramnrnm voi-ticiliata, snitrema iiili'iiiiiiu 

 alterna, vel geminata. Terminatio canlis tenuissima, lilil'ormis. Racemi teiiiii- 

 iiales, densilloii, tennes, ad o cm. longi (lloribus dilapsis inclusis) vero autem 

 0,5-1 ,5 cm. longi cadncitatis cansa llornm basilarium. Diam. racemi 2 mm. Bracle;u 

 lineares acutae, alabastra juvenilia snperantes, caducs vel etiara subpersistenles. 

 Flores miniiiii, I mm. longi, roscii. Sepala exleriora lanceolata, snbicqualia, siipe- 

 rius paulo latins, glabra, vitta média notata. Ahe niiilto majores obovat;e, subun- 

 guiculataî, obtusœ, trinervi;e, nervis inter se liaad anastomosantibus, qnam corolla 

 paulo longiores. Petala snperiora carinam snperantia per 7, ''U'" 'ubo staminali 

 coimata, in;pqnilateraliler lanceolata, vel magis rhomboidalia, snbobtusa, nervo 

 unico, paucirainoso, notata. Crista, pancilobata. Tubus staininalis siiperne in (ila- 

 lamenta libéra antlieris breviora divisas. Antlierœ oblongîc, glalira'. Ovarium elbp- 

 ticum. Stylns brevis, ovario vix longior, fililbrmis. Stigmata in.i'qnalia, iiilciins 

 minus papiUosum, su|)erius cucullatum in appendiculum cristam l'erens prolonga- 

 tum. Capsula irregulariter elliplica, glabra, alis paulo brevior sed latior, globosa. 



Habitat : in Florida, in locis incultis, pinetis (Curtiss), 3l6,prope Jacksonville. 



Floret .Inn. 



P. CONFERTA, A.-W. Beiinet. 



Herba, l'oliis verticillatis; racemo longe pednn(;nlato, lloribus minutis conl'ertis. 

 (Marina brevis. Petala snperiora quam carina paulo longiora, lanceolata, subobtusa. 

 Capsula ovato-lanc(!olata, alis sulilirevi(jr. 



Bennet in Herasiey, Diagn. pt. nnv. p. I, p. 2, Herasiey, Centr. Am. p. 59. 



Tab. iiuslra. XX. lig. 2i'. 



Caulis ascendens, 5-20 cm., tennis, simplex, striatus, vel corymbose ramosus. 

 Folia verlicillata, ima obovata vel obcuneata, superiora linearia, inarginibus incras- 

 satis. Racemi terminales ad I cm. longi, longe pedunculati, cylindrici vel conici. 

 Floi'es confertissnni, minuti, subsessiles. Bractea; pedicello breviores, decidua'. 



