caeyophyllace^. 607 



Oedee HYPERICACE^. 



HYPERICUM, L. 



H. spheerocarpum, Michx. Stem woody at base, simple, or branch- 

 ing above, obscurely 4-angled ; leaves oblong-linear, obtuse, sessile ; cyme 

 compound, many-flowered ; sepals nearly equal, ovate, much shorter than 

 the petals ; styles united ; capsule coriaceous, globose. — Rocky hills, 

 Northern Alabama {Mohr) and Tennessee {Dr. Gattinger). 



TEL. dolabriforme, Vent. Stem woody at base, ascending, 2-edge(l 

 above ; leaves linear-lanceolate, sessile, spreading ; cyme few-flowered ; 

 sepals unequal, ovate-lanceolate, about the length of the very oblique petals ; 

 capsule broadly conical, acuminate. (H. procumbens, Michx.) — Dry hills, 

 Tennessee. July. — Stem 6' -20' high. Leaves 1' - 1^' long. 



Oedee PORTULACACE^. 



PORTULACA, Adans. 



P. halimoides, L. Stem thick, erect ( 3' -6' high), branching ; leaves 

 terete, woolly in the axils ; flowers few, in a terminal cluster, immersed in 

 wool, and surrounded by a whorl of short subulate bracts ; petals 4-6, yel- 

 low ; stamens 8-12. — Shell-Hummocks at Sarasota Bay (Garber). 



TEIANTHEMA, Sauvages. 



Sepals 3. Stigmas 1 or 2. Capsule 1- or 2-celled, 1- or few-seeded. Other- 

 wise, with the characters and habit of Sesuvium. 



T. monogyna, L. Perennial ; stem dichotomous, diffuse (2° -3° long) ; 

 leaves opposite, obovate, subconnate by their dilated petioles ; flowers axil- 

 lary, sessile, purple within ; stamens 5; stigma single; capsule 1-celled, 4- 

 8-seeded. — Keys of South Florida (Garbsr, Curtiss). 



CYPSELBA, Turp. 



Calyx 5-parted. Petals none. Stamens 1 - 3, alternate with the calyx- 

 lobes. Styles 2. Capsule circumscissile. 



C. humifusa, Turp. Small, annual, decumbent, glabrous, branching ; 

 leaves nearly opposite, obovate or oval, dotted (lJ"-2" long), the petiole 

 dilated and with membranous margins at the base ; stipules laciniate ; flow- 

 ers axillary, small, greenish. — South Florida (BLodgetl). 



Oedee CARYOPHYLLACE^. 

 PARONYCHIA, Toum. 



P. riparia, Chapm. Smooth or nearly so ; perennial ; stems several, 

 spreading, branched ; leaves ovate-lanceolate, acute ; stipules very short ; 

 sepals smoothish ; otherwise like P. Baldwinii. — Banks of Flint liiver, 

 Georgia. — Stems 1^°- 3° long. Leaves J' long. 



