TETRA?iT)RIA. MONOGTNIA. 99 



in Siberia.) 9 paniculnta. 10. alternifoUa. Of this genus 

 there are 2 otlier si^ecies in Kur<>pe, and 2 whicharc cum- 

 mun to tliat Coiiiincut, .\s'ia, and America. 



§ II. OVARIUM SUPERIOR. 



f. »}Ionopct(ilous, 



144. CEVTUNCULUS. L. (Bastard Pimper^ 

 iiel. C.'iaffvveed.) 



Calix 4-clort. Corolla 4-lobed, tiibulose, per- 

 sistfiit, border spn^adi/ji^. Stamina short, na- 

 ked. Capsule 1 -ceiled, dividing liemispberical- 

 ly, many -seeded. 



Annual; leaves altornale, rarely opposite; flovvers soU- 

 tiiry, axdlnry, Sessile, or miniittly peunncMiate, frequently 

 5-cltft, and with 5 stamens. Scarcely distinct from ^tia- 

 galtis. 



Species 1. C lunceolnUis. {^inagalUs ovalis, Flor. 

 Peruv vol. ii. p. 8. t. 115 f. a.) Stem irreg"ularly ano-ular, 

 3 to 5 inches Wigh, simple, or alternately branched, the 

 lower joints often sending out roots. Leaves oval or oval- 

 lanceolate, acute at either extremity. Mowers minutely 

 peduncnlaie, (peduncle about half a line. ) Calix as well 

 as the corolla often 5 parted, segments linear and acumi- 

 nated. Corolla tubular, scarcely ever expandin.q, divisions 

 lanceolate, acute, tube wide at the base. — In Caiohna. 2. 

 '^/ninimiis. Stem simple, or sometimes with a single 

 branch from near the base, obsoletely anii^ular. Leaves 

 alternate, spatlv.date-ovate, acute; flowers nearly sessile, 

 often 5-cleft and pentandrous. — In depressed, and inun- 

 dated situations on the mai-gins of ponds, near Fort -Man- 

 dan on the Missouri. — Abundant. 4 to 6 inches high; flow- 

 ering in July. Probablv both these plants are mere va- 

 rieties of the same species, wliich ntay then be considered 

 indigenous to Europe and both the continents of Ame- 

 rica. 



145. PLANTAGO. L. (Plantain.) 



Calix 4-cleft. Corolla 4 -cleft; border reflect- 

 ed. Stamina mostly exserted, very long*. Cap- 

 sule 2-celled, opening transversely. 



Leaves all radical; flowers in densely spiked scapes, 

 each subtended by a bracte. 



