DIDTNTAMIA. ANGIOSPEKMIA. 43 



[LINDERNIA. L, See page 9 of the first 

 vol. of tliis work.] 



(Species. L. * gi^andlfora. Perennial; leaves nearly 

 round, thickish, entire and nerveless, subamplexicaule; 

 peduncles very long, axillary and terminal; stamina 4, the 

 2 which are sterile and forked partly exserted; stem creep- 

 ing'. Hab. On the spong-y marg-jns of sandy springs and 

 ponds in Georgia, (betwixt Savannah and Augusta in ma- 

 ny places.) Obs. Stem profusely creeping, angular. 

 Leaves opaque, crowded, nearly round and \try smooth, 

 only 3 or 4 lines in length. Peduncle 10 to 15 lines long. 

 Calix divided to the base, segments linear and subulate. 

 Corolla large, of a violet blue, lower lip paler, 3-lobed, 

 lobes rounded, upper lip very short, bidentate. The 2 

 fertile stamina situated near the base of the tube, simple; 

 the 2 infertile stamina, partly exserted, and forked, end- 

 ing obtusely, the lateral stipe very slender, producing an 

 imperfect i-celled anther. Stigma bilammellate. Cap- 

 sule ovate, 2-celled, 2-valved, valves not inflected or sep- 

 tiferous; the alated margin of the seminal receptacle pro- 

 ducing a parallel dissepiment, which is rarely visible be- 

 fore the ripening of the seed, hence I have been led into 

 an error in asserting the capsule to be 1-celled. To intro- 

 duce this interesting and beautiful species, as well as to 

 correct an error, has been my motive for the second in- 

 sertion of this genus, which from its afRnily to Herpestis 

 rather than to Gratiola ought still to be retained in this 

 class, rather than Diandria.) 



427. LIiMOSELLA. L. (Mudwort.) 



Calix 5-cIeft. Corolla 4 and 5-lobed, equal. 

 Stamina approximating by pairs. Capsule 2- 

 valved, subbilocular, many-seeded. 



Small marsh plants sending out creeping shoots; leaves 

 and solitary flowers radical, peduncles axillary. 



Species. 1. 'L. tenuifoUa. Leaves linear and very nar- 

 row, scarcely dilated atthe points, scape 1-flowered, about 

 equal in length with the leaves. — Flower white, external- 

 ly blue. Indigenous to Germany and the borders of the 

 i)elaware. See Journal Acad. Nat. Sc. Philad. vol. i. p. 

 115. 



A genus of 3 or 4 species, 2 Indigenous to Europe and 

 1 of them also common to America, 1 at the Cape of 

 Good Hope and another in India. 



