3^0 PLANTAE AMERICANAE. 



151. MELAMPODIUM auftrale fyngenefiac 

 Polygamiae neccffariae, y^w/»/^«j quinque oh- 

 longis hifpidis\ calyce pentaphylk^ caule decum- 

 hente. 

 Radix perennis, fibrofa. 



Caules fpithamales, procumbentes, undiquc 

 difFufi, teretes, fubpubefcen tes ; ramis oppo- 

 fitis, decumbentibus, apice adfcendentibus. 

 %(>g Folia oppofita, ovalia vcl ovato-obtufa, fuperne 

 leviter varieque ferrata: ferraturis obfoletis, 

 Petioli teretiufculi, fuperne plani, longitu* 

 dine dimidii folit, 



Flores terminales vel ad fummos ramulos et 

 ramos, ex ala vel dichotomia, fublefllles, 

 folitarii: pedunculo brevi, fefquilineae longi- 

 tudine. 



Cal. communis pentaphyllus, vel ad baiin quin- 

 quepartitus, ere(f^us, laxus : foliolis oblongis, 

 poftea pafulis, laxis, corollae longitudine. 



Cor. compofita. FlofcuWfeminini 5-8 in radio; 

 in difco mafculini 4-S. 



Fern. Corolla filiformis, brevis. Mafc, ore 

 eredlo, bidentato, demum bifido, la- 

 tere rima dehifcens. 



Stam. Mafcul. Filamenta quinque, capillaria. 

 Antherae carinato-cylindricae, corollula ie- 

 viffime breviores. 

 Fmin» nulla, 



