OF NORTH AMERICA. 99 



herb, with habit quite peculiar, next to Lcpa- 

 dena by glands opposite, but habit totaly unlike 

 and perianthe not Slid, Zalitea was an ancient 

 name of this family or Polygonum. 



991. ZALITEA LINEARIS R. stem grooved 

 2-3chotome, leaves remote oppos. petiolate, 

 linear, base acute, end mucronate, flowers sub- 

 sessile, solitary in dichotomies and axils an- 

 nual smooth plant, erect ? but weak, subpedal, 

 leaves distant uncial, not obliqual, flowers small 

 green with 5 ovate segments, acute which is 

 unusual in this tribe, inner glands yellowish lun- 

 ulate, ends obtuse concavity beneath. Seeds 

 not seen but probably as in Lepadena. It grows 

 on Red River of Louisiana,collected by Binder 



992. APLAR1NA Raf. dioical and monoi- 

 cal, perianthes uniflore, male perianthe tubular, 

 minutely 41obe at top, lobes unequal ovate sub- 

 serrate, a single stamen exerted borne upon a 

 terete androphore, rudiments of some sterile. 

 Female perianthe campanulate 81obe,lobes sub- 

 entire 4 alterne shorter. Capsule villose, stig- 

 mas 3 bilobe. Habit of Xamesylce. Another 

 G. remarkable by declinity and different peri- 

 anthes, the male uniflore or monandrous. The 

 name means simple stamen. There are many 

 sp. of this G, blended in Euphorbia, I have late- 

 ly noticed that E. hypericifolia probably be- 

 long to it. 



993. APLARINA PROSTRATA Raf. prostrate pi - 

 bescent, stems terete, dichotome, leaves petio- 

 late obliqual ovatoblong acute, subserrate ; flow- 

 ers in axils solitary subsessile annual, laying 

 flat on the sand where it grows in Pennsylvania, 

 blended by myself with the akin G. until the 

 flowers well examined, and perhaps other sp. 

 belong also here. Several stems 3 to 6 inches 



