550 MONOECIA MONADELPHIA 



Herbaceous, or frutescent : leaves simple, alternate, stipular, with small axillary 

 flowers,— or some timet pinnate, with the Leaflets floriferous. Nat Ord. 6b. Lindl 



EUPHORBIAOBJB. 



I, P. CAROLINF.N8IS, Walt Herbaceous ; erect; branches alternate 

 and distichous; leaves simple, elliptic-obovate, obtuse, smooth, alter- 

 nate and somewhat distichous, on short petioles ; flowers few, axillary, 

 nodding on short pedicels. Beck, Hot. p. 31 1. 



P. obovatus. mild. Sp, 4. p. 574. Pers. Syn. 2./). 589. Mt. Krw. 

 5./;. 333. Muhl Ctttal. p. 84. Pureh, Am. 2. p. 443. Jfutt. Gen. 2. 

 />. 227. 7W. Comp.p. 361- Lindl. Ency. p. 810. Eat.Man.p.2Q2 % 



Carolina Phyllantiius. 



JZoo* annual, fibrous. Stem G to 10 or 12 inches high, slender, but rather rigid, 

 terete, smooth, sometimes dark purple, branching (often nearly simple), the 

 branches alternate and distichously arranged, very slender, spreading,. Leaves 

 alternate, and somewhat distichous, 1 third to 3 fourths of an inch long, and 1 

 Sixth to 1 third of an inch wide, oblong and more or less obovate, generally obtuse, 

 sometimes rather acute, entire, smooth, palish glaucous beneath, mostly acute at 

 base, on petioles scarcely a line in length ; stipules minute, ovate-lanceolate, 

 acuminate. Flowers minute, 2 to 1 in each axil, the staminate and pistillate ones 

 intermingled. Perianth inconspicuous, ochroleucous, with a purplish tinge at 

 base, mostly 6-parted, the segments spreading, persistent —those of the staminate 

 flowers roundish-obovate,— of the pistillate ones oblong, or Spat U late. Capulcs 

 smalt, depressed-orbicular, obscurely 3-lobed and slightly sulcata, smooth, green- 

 i*h| 3-celled, ('waived (or wllh 3 principal valves, and each valve again splitting 

 into 2),— the valves opening elaslically, and falling off, leaving the acute central 

 column, or receptacle of the seeds, standing in the centre of the persistent peri- 

 anth. Seeds 2 in each cell, triquetrous with the outer side convex, ferruginous- 

 tawny, minutely striale-muricate, or covered with elevated dots \n Inch are disposed 

 in lines. 

 JIab. Moist grounds ; Londongrove : rare. Fl. July— Aug. Fr. Sept— Octo. 



Obs. I am indebted, for specimens of this, to my obliging friend, Wm. Jackson, 

 Esq.— who collected it, in 1632, near his residence, in Londongrove ; -the only 

 known locality as yet, within the County. It is a slender inconspicuous plant, 

 —and although very distinct, reminds one of the little Anychia. It is the only 

 known species in the U. Stales. 



440. ACALYPHA. /,. Mitt. Gen. 7G8. 

 [A Greek name for the Nettle ; which this somewhat resembles.] 



Staminate Fl. Perianth 3 or 4-parted. Stamens 8 to 16, very 

 short, connected at base. Pistillate Fl. Perianth 3- parted ; seg- 

 ments connivent, persistent. Styles 3, long, 2 or 3-parted. Capsule 

 3-lobed, 3-celled ; cells 1 -seeded. 



Herbaceous, or frutescent: leaves alternate, stipular; flowers axillary, with a 

 bract-like involucre, the staminate ones spiked. A'a/. Ord. 88. Lindl. Evfhor* 



BIACSJS. 



1, A. virginica, L. Leaves ovate, and oblong-lanceolate, obtusely 

 serrate, petiolate ; involucre pedicellate, roundish-cordate, acuminate, 

 concave, unequally lobed ; pistillate flowers at the base of the stamin- 

 ate spikes. Beck, Bot. p. 31 1. 



