MONANDRIA. DIGTNIA. 



Flowers axillary, solitarj-, sessile, commencing' near the 

 summit of the hranches, upper flowers rnonandrous, lower 

 ones, sometimes with 2, 3, 4 or 5 stamens! 



Species. 1. C. HijssopifoUvm. */3 Americannm, spikes ap- 

 proximating-, axillary antl terminal, squarrose; leaves linear, 

 narrow, and nervose, with a subulate mucronulate point. 



On tiie study alluvions of the Missouri; apparently 

 pi'opag-ated down the river Platte^ as it ceases to be found 

 above the confluence of that river. Q- ^^h' '^- "'• 



Obs. The spontaneous plant, generally smooth, under 

 cuhure somewhat tomentosc, the pubescence, through a 

 lens, stipitate, multifid; stem striate, herbaceous, caly- 

 cine squamae rhomboid-ovate, acuminate, gradually shorter; 

 h} pogynous scales chaflTy, minute, eroded. 



BLITUM. jL. (Strawberry-spinage.) 



Calix 3- parted. Corolla 0. Seed 1, covered by 

 the calix, which enlarges and generally becomes 

 a berry. 



Flowers and berries in capitate clusters; the capituli 

 resembling strawberries, and are both terminal and axil- 

 lary. 



Species. 1. JB. capitatum. A doubtful native. 2.* Cheno- 

 podioides? Leaves almost hastate-triangular, somewhat 

 dentate, at either end attenuate; glomeruli all axillary, 

 leafy; seeds distinct, punctate, not berried. 



Hab On arid soils near the banks of the Missouri. O. 



Obs. Stem erect, virgate; seeds naked, imbricated, sur- 

 rounded by a few linear leaves longer than the seed; 

 proper calix, apparently none, style 1, deeply bifid. Seed 

 coated, covered with impressed punctures, oboval, slightly 

 mi^rgined, beneath tl:e outer envelope dark brown, a little 

 ruuose, emarginate below. CorcMhim curved round tlie 

 perispeim, paiallel with the margin of the seed; perisperm 

 partly farinaceous and partly corneous. 



