146 TENTANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. 



thers at first cohering. Ciqisuh superior, 5- 

 valved, elastic. 



Tender and herbaceous plants with succulent stems; 

 leaves alternate or rarely opposite, without stipules; pe- 

 duncles axillary, 1 or many-fiowered. 



Species. 1. /. * paUida, peduncles solitary, 3 or 4-flower- 

 ed; lepanlhium (petaloid nectary) obtusely conic, dilated, 

 pjiorter than the petals; spur recurved, very short; flower 

 Citron yellow, sparingly punctate; leaf rhombic-ovate, 

 mucronulately toothed. 



/. j\yjUtangere. Pursh- Flor. Am. \. p. 171. 



Obs. Stem tall and much branched, tumid at the joints, 

 diaphanous. I.eaves of an unifoim green, rather acute, 

 Jovver ones upon longish petioles; Racemes from 3 to 5- 

 flowered; bractes ovate-acuminate. Leaves of the calix 

 roundish, dilated. Petals 4, including: the lepanthium; 

 2 lateral petals very unequally bilobed, larger lobe dilat- 

 ed, retuse, sparingly maculated with brownish red to- 

 wards the base. Lepantliium obtusely conic, broader than 

 long, spotted; spur of the galea sliorter than the calix. 

 Seeds elliptic compressed. — Flower considerably larger 

 than that of No. 2. and of /. J\'oUtangere, and very diffe- 

 rently formed. In the vicinity of Philadelphia it is much 

 rarer than the following, and flowers nearly a month later; 

 in July and August. 



2. * fuiva, peduncles solitarj', 3 or 4-flowered; lepan- 

 lhium acutely conic, longer than the petals; spur resupi- 

 nate, emarginate, nearly as long as the galea; flower ful- 

 vous, crowded with spots; leaf rhombic-ovate, obtuse, 

 mucronulately toothed. /. bifora. Willd. sp. pi. 1. p. 

 1175. Pursh, Flor. AiD. 1. p. 171. /. maculata. Muhl. 

 Catal. As several species are spotted I have not adopted 

 the last name, and clianged the former because it was de- 

 ceptive. /. JW.itangerey ^. Mich. 2. p. 149. which spe- 

 cies it more nearly resembles than the preceding. 



Obs. Plant glaucous, and diaphanous, smaller than I. 

 pallida, which it, however, closely resembles, excluding 

 the specific character. Ca])sule 5-angled, 3 to 5-seeded, 

 seed subprismatic with 4 angles. Cotyledones flat, cari- 

 nate, cupreous green. Perisperm none. Hab. Extremely 

 common on the alluvions of streams. 



Tliis species is sometimes used for dying Salmon-red. 



The other species of this genus, with the exception 

 of /. A'oIita?i,fere of F>urope, are indigenous to Cliina, 

 India, and the Cape of Good Hope- 



