ris: c/e.%.n-'g and shining; leaves opposite, ovate-lanceolate, 

 te; 5fvSi8 t ciliary, solitary, sessile; capsule subovate, slightly 



TETRANDRIA - MONOGYNIA. 315* 



C. paniculata : branches erect ; leaves ovate, acuminate, hoary be- 

 neath ; cymes panicled. 



HAB. Swamps. June. Shrub 8 12 inches high ; branches punct. , 



cyme loose ; drupe n.eary glob., white. 

 0. stricta: branches straight, fastigiate leaves ovate, green on both 



sides, somewhat naked ; cymes panicled. 

 iAB. River banks. June. Shrub 8 15 feet high, stoloniferous ; 



*)ran. red, punct. ; drupe blue. ' 

 *, elternifolia ; leaves alternate. 

 /AK. Shady woods and swamps. June. A small tree; branches 



ir.rt^tiy verruc. ; drupe purple, globose. 



80. LUDWIGIA. False Loose-strife. 



D. 7,-ia -i icarpa : stem erect, branched, nearly smooth ; leaves attenu- 

 ate, Tii TxX)w-lanceolate, pale beneath ; peduncles axillary, 1 -flowered; 

 capsu, e globose-quadrangular, winged. 



HAB. Stamps. July August,^; stem 2 feet high, purple ; Jlow- 

 ers on ./to? t peduncle, yellow ; petioles caducous. 



81. ISNARDIA. 



I. palust 



petiolate 



angled. 

 HAB. St>gn.\iit w*ie. June, 1\. ; swimming or creeping, succul. ; 



Jlower mtnMSj ir;ici>a~ig. 



82. PLANTAGO. Plantain. 



P. major: haves cvtte, smoothish, subdentate, generally shorter than 



the petioles ; scape terete ; spike cylindrical, slender ; flowers closely 



imbricate ; capsules many-seeded. 

 HAB. Fields, wattfo grounds, &c. May August, Ij. ; leaves 



spreading ; scape 8 12 inches long, pubescent ; dissep. of the cap- 



sule plane. 

 P. virginica : hairy-pubescent ; leaves lanceolate, ovate, subdenticu- 



late ; spikes cylindrical, with remote flowers ; scape angular. 

 HAB. Sandy soils. May June, J* ; plant gray, 2 .3 inches high 



spike yellowish ; capsule ^-seeded ; dissep. plane. 

 P. lanceolata : leaves lanceolate, acute at each end ; spike short, ovate- 



cylindrical ; scape angular ; capsule 2-seeded. 

 HAB. Fields, pastures, &c. May September, 'ZJ.; scape 12 18 



inches long ; spike brownish ; stamens very long. 

 P. maritima : leaves linear, grooved, fleshy, hairy near the base ; scape 



terete ; spike cylindrical, bracts rather acute. 

 HAB. Salt marshes. August September, 7[ ; scape as long as the 



leaves ; Jlower rather remote ; capsule ^/-seeded. 



83. SYMPLOCARPUS. Skunk-cabbage. 



S. fcetida. 



HAB. Swamps and low grounds. February April, Tj. ; plant fetid , 



leaves large, ovate-cordate ; spath. purple spotted, cucull. ; spadix 



peduncle. # 



