Drummondian(s. N. O. ElatFnese. 



TAB. CCLXXVIII. 



Merimea (akt Bergia?) Texana. 



Prostrata, foliis obovato-spathulatis serratis basi utrinque stipu- 

 latis, floribus brevissime pedunculatis solitariis penCandris, 

 seminibus punctato-lineatis. 

 Hab. Texas. 2d coll. (w. 462.) Druwmond. 

 Cauks procumbentes, spithama^i fere ad pedalem, ramosissimi, 

 purpureo-fusci, pubescenti-scabri, plerumque oppositi. Folia 

 opposita, unciam fere longa, patentia, obovato-spatbulata, in 

 petiolum brevem attenuata, serrata, supra glabra, subtus 

 glabriiiscula. Stipulm parvge, ovatas ad basin petioli. Floras 

 axillares, brevissime pedunculati. Sepala 5, ovata, acumina* 

 ta, dorso hirsuto-scabra. Petala 5, obovata, calyce breviora. 

 Slam. 5, longitudine ovarii. Aniher<B cordatse. Ovarium 

 subglobosum. Styli 5, breves, distinct!. Stigmata capitata. 

 Capsula globosa. Semina oblongo-r^niformia, punctis ele- 

 vatis lineata. 



I have referred this plant to Merimea rather than to Bergia^ 

 because it is a plant of the New World, (as is Merimea^) although 

 the seeds are marked with dotted lines, which is the character 

 of Bergia and not of Merimea. The exact dehiscence of the 

 capsule I have not been able to detect: for in that particular 

 and the coating of the seeds lie the only distinctions (according 

 to Cambessedes) between the two genera in question. 



Fig. I. Flower, f. 2. Nearly mature ovary and stamens. 

 /. 3. Seeds : — magnified. 



