246 THE FLORA. 
Orper LXXXV. LOGANIACEH. 
Herbs or shrubs with opposite eaves, with the 
stipules small or mere ridges connecting the base of the petioles ; 
flowers 4 or 5-parted, gamopetalous, regular ; 
ovary free; fruit 2-celled, many-seeded, or few-seeded. 
Analysis of the Genera. 
§ Corolla tubular, lobes 5, valvate in the bud....a 
§ Corolla bell-shaped, lobes 4 or 5, imbricate in the bud....b 
a Styles wholly united into 1. Corollatube long. W.S. Spien’tra. 1 
a Styles distinct, with the stigmas united. Fils. small, white. S. Mrrre’oxa. 
b Flowers 4-parted. Diffuse, low herbs. M.S. Polyprenum. PoLypre/MuM. 
b Flowers 5-parted. Slender climbing shrubs. 8. GELSEM’INUM. 2 
1. SPIGE’LIA. Pink-root. 
Calyx segments linear-subulate. Corolla narrowly funnel-form. Stamens 
5. Capsule 2-celled, few seeded.—Herbs with the flowers sessile in a 
terminal one-sided coiled spike. 
S. Maryland’ica. Maryland P. Stem square, erect. Leaves sessile, ovate-lanceo- 
late. Corolla 4 or 5 times longer than the calyx, scarlet. June. 
Fig. 568, Spigelia; the spike uncoils as the flowers opeu. Fig. 564. A flower, natural siza 
