voi,. in.] 



ACANTHUS FAMILY. 



20 : 



i. Diapedium brachiatum (Pursh) Kuntze. Diapediutn. (Fig. 3376.) 



Justicia brachiata Pursh, PI. Am. Sept. 13. 1814. 

 Dicliptera brachiata Spreng. Syst. 1: 86. 1825. 

 Diapedium brachiatum Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PL 



485. 1 891. 



Annual (?), glabrate, or pubescent; stem 

 slender, 6-grooved, erect, much branched, i- 

 2 high. Leaves ovate, membranous, long, 

 petioled, acuminate or acute at the apex, nar- 

 rowed or rounded at the base, 3' -6' long, i / -3 / 

 wide; inflorescence paniculate, the involucres 

 1-4-flowered, each of 2 oblong or obovate, 

 obtuse or mucronate, opposite bracts; corolla 

 S' / -i2 // long, pink or purple, the lips about 

 as long as the slender tube; upper lip 2-3- 

 toothed, the lower entire; capsule oblong, 2"- 

 3" high, a little longer than the involucre, 

 the valves slightly divergent in dehiscence, 

 the placentae curving upward and remaining 

 attached to their summits. 



In moist thickets, Kansas (according- to 

 Smyth); Indian Territory to Texas, Florida and 

 North Carolina. July-Oct. 



Family 32. PHRYMACEAE Schauer in DC. Prodr. 



Lopseed Family. 



An erect perennial herb with divaricate branches, opposite membranous 

 simple leaves, and small irregular purplish flowers, distant in slender elongated 

 spikes. Calyx cylindric, 2-lipped; upper lip 2 -cleft, the teeth setaceous; lower 

 lip much shorter, 3-toothed, the teeth subulate. Corolla-tube cylindric, the limb 

 2-lipped; upper lip erect, concave, emargiuate; lower lip larger, spreading, con- 

 vex, 3-lobed, the lobes obtuse. Stamens 4, didynamous, included. Ovary ob- 

 lique, i-celled; ovule 1 , orthotropous, ascending; style slender; stigma 2-lobed. 

 Calyx reflexed in fruit, enclosing the dry achene, becoming prominently ribbed, 

 closed and its teeth hooked at the ends. Cotyledons convolute; radicle superior. 



Consists of the following: 



i. PHRYMA L. Sp. PI. 601. 1753. 



Amonotypic genus of eastern North America, east- 

 ern and central Asia. 



1. Phryma Leptostachya L. Lopseed. 

 (Fig. 3377-) 



Phryma Leptostachya L. Sp. PI. 601. 1753. 



Puberulent; stem somewhat 4-sided, sometimes 

 constricted above the nodes, branched above, the 

 branches slender, elongated, divergent. Leaves 

 ovate, acute or acuminate at the apex, obtuse or 

 narrowed at the base, very thin, coarsely dentate, 

 2 / -6 / long, the lower petioled, the upper often nearly 

 sessile; spikes very narrow, 3 / -6 / long; flowers 

 about 3" long, mostly opposite, distant, borne on 

 very short minutely 2-bracteolate pedicels, at first 

 erect, soon spreading, the calyx, after flowering, 

 abruptly reflexed against the axis of the spike. 



In woods and thickets, Canada to Minnesota, south 

 to Florida and Kansas. June-Aug. 



Family ^ PLANTAGINACEAE Lindl. Nat. Syst. Ed. 2, 267. 1836. 



Plantain Family. 

 Annual or perennial, mostly acaulescent or short-stemmed, rarely stolonifer- 

 ous herbs, with basal, or, in the caulescent species, opposite or alternate leaves, 

 and small perfect polygamous or monoecious flowers, bracteolate in dense ter- 

 minal long-scaped spikes or heads, or rarely solitary. Calyx 4-parted, inferior, 

 persistent, the segments imbricated. Corolla hypogynous, scarious or mem- 



