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hisrerls. Fohdlt. fl. axil. — this will inchido the 

 reitiain«ler of the N. American Sp. of Jtissieva, 

 the real Ludvvigias beinij; distinguished by cap- 

 sides short angular cubical opening by a ter- 

 minal pore 



Adenola grandi0,ord Raf. Jussieva do Mx. 

 &.C — Florida &c fol. lanceol. acutis, fl. decan- 

 dris, seldom producing seeds. 



282, Adenola glau<;a Raf Jussieva lepto- 

 cappa Ntit. &c, erecta caule angulato bispido, 

 iG\, sessil. obK et cuneatis acutis glaucis, A. brevi 

 pedie. sepe 12andris, cal. hisp. lam;, acum. tri- 

 nervis, petalis eq. capsul. glabriusc. multinervis 

 — Louisiana to Alabama, ultra pedal, leaves 1 

 or 2 inches, flowers small petals short, capsuie 

 Very singular, when quite ripe uncrowned but 

 still indehiscent, seeds peculiar cordote fiat 

 with truncate margin around. 



283, Adenola lengipes Raf Ludw. peduncul. 

 iionnulis non Mx. Estonia amphibia Rid. Mpt. 

 repens, glabra, caule assurgens flexuoso, fol, 

 longe petiol. ellipticis vel latobl. utrinque acutis, 

 ft. longe pedunc. fol. eq. sepe decandrih, cal. 

 lane, acutis, petalis obov. venosis ad cal. longior 

 — ^Florida a«d Louisiana in water, pedal, leaves 

 large 2 to 4 inches long, 3 to 6 with petiolsjuow- 

 ers yellow lai^ger than in last, 5 short alt. sta- 

 mens often 3.^ortive or changed into glands,cap- 

 sule as in If t, but evidently 51ocular when im- 

 mature a^^ ^eeds peculiar triquetrous oblong 

 tr«ncate at both ends, perhaps a subg. Teres- 

 petfHa Raf as there is a previoas Eatonia. 

 Quite distinct frCwn Ludw. pedunoulosa with 

 oppos. linear leaves. 



284, LuDwiGiA mollis Mx. O — Car. Florida, 

 Alab. 



28.'>. Ludw, pilosa Wait. Virg. Car. caule 



