124 ORDER 54. (XNAGHACILE 



4 Li. SalicAria L. More or less pubescent; Ivc. lanceolue. cordate at base , rta 



nearly sessile, in a long, somewhat verticillate, interrupted spike ; pet.fi or 7: stam. 



twice as many. Wet meadows, N. Eng., N. Y. Rare. 2 of. Fls. showy, purple. 1 



ft. ROSEUM. Flowers rose-red, in many spikes, all summer. A fine garden variety. 



b. NES2EA, Juss. Calyx short, broadly campanulate, with 5 erect 

 teeth, and 5 elongated, spreading, hornlike processes. Sta. 10, alternate 

 ones very long. Sty. filiform. Caps, globous, in eluded, co-seeded. 1C Lvs. 

 opposite or verticillate. Flowers axillary, purple.. 



fit * tTlJcill.tta Kunth. Swamps, common. Stems woody at base, stoloniferons, 

 2 If. angular; Ivs. lanceolate, acuminate, opposite or in whorls of 3's ; fls. in a long, 

 leafy, showy, slender panicle of umbels. (Decodon verticillatum Ell.) 



6. AMMANNIA, L. Calyx campanulate, 4-5-toothed or lobed, gen- 

 erally with as many hornlike processes, alternating with the lobes. Pet 

 4 or 5. Sta. as many, rarely twice as many as the calyx lobes. Capsule 

 globular, 2-4-ccllud, oo-seeded. Stems square and leaves opposite, 

 entire. Flowers axillary. 



1 A. li ii mills Ms. St. oranched from the base, ascending ; Ivs. lanceolate, obtuse, 



tapering at base into a short petiole : fls. solitary, closely sessile, all the parts in 4's ; 

 sty. very short. Ditches. A low herb, with inconspicuous flowers. Aug., Sept. 



2 A. latifolfa L. St. erect, branching; Ivs. linear-lanceolate, acute, dilated anil au- 



ricled at the sessile base ; cal. 4-angled, 4-horned ; fls. crowded. Wet, W. 1 2f. Purp. 



7. DLDIPLIS, Ilaf. Calyx 4-lobed, without accessory teeth. Pet. 

 Sta. 2 4. Uv. 2-celled. Stig. 2-lobed, subsessile. Caps, globous, burst- 

 ing irregularly, oo-seeded. ? Leaves opposite, crowded, linear. Flower? 

 axillary, sessile, minute. (Hypobrichia, Curt.) 



It. dlandra. Ponds and sluggish streams, 111. and S. 1020' long. Jn.-Aug. 



ORDER LIV. ONAGRACE^E. ONAGRADS. 



Herbs, rarely shrubs, with the flowers 4-(sometimes 2 or 3)-parted, with 

 the calyx tube adhering to the 2-4-celled ovary, and teeth valvate in the 

 bud ; the petals convolute in the bud, sometimes obsolete as well as the 

 calyx teeth. Stamens as many or twice as many as the petals or calyx 

 teeth. Ovary 2-4-celled, sty! united, and stigmas capitate or 4-lobecl 

 Fruit capsular or baccate, 2-4-celled. Seeds with little or no albumen 

 Figs. 13, 54, 138, 317, 385. 



Stamens 8, or twice as many as the petals or sepals. . .(a) 



a Cal} x tube not prolonged above the ovary. h Seeds rnmmis EPILOBIUM. 1 



h Seeds glabrous JUSSI.A. 2 



a I'nlj-x tube prolonged,/- the free summit slender. d Seeds coraons, 00 ZAUSCHNKKIA. 3 



</ Seeds glabrous, 00 IE.VOTHKHA. * 



d Seeds glabrous, 1 l.T. .(>AUKA. 5 



p the free summit enlarged, e short. Pet. clawed CLARKIA. f 



long. Pet. sessile FUCHSIA. 7 



Stamens 4 or 2, as many as the sepals. d Flowers 4-parted LUDWIGIA. H 



it Flowers 2-parteJ CIRC.KA. 9 



1. EPILOBIUM, L. WILLOW-HERB. ROSE BAY. Cal. tube not pro- 

 longed beyond the ovary, limb deeply 4-cleft, deciduous. Sta. 8. Stijj 



