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LUDWIGIA MACROCARPA. 



LARGE-CAPSULED SEED-BOX, OR LUDWIGIA. 



Tetrandria Monogynia, Linn. Onagrae, Juss. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Calix 4-parted, persistent, superior. Corolla 4-petalled, or none. Capsule 4-sided, 4-celled, 

 inferior, many-seeded. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Erect, branched, somewhat smooth ; leaves alternate and opposite, lanceolate, asparagus- 

 green beneath ; peduncles one-flowered, axillary ; capsules globose, 4-sided, shining ; 

 calicine segments large, coloured and crowned. B. 



SYNONYMS. 



Ludwigia alternifolia, Linn., Willdenow, Aiton, Gmelin, Lamarck, and others. 

 L. capsulis cubicis apice perforatis, Linn. Hort. Ups. 30. 

 L. capsulis subrotundis, Linn. Hort. Cliff. 491. 

 L. non papposa flore luteo majore, &c. Pluck. 

 L. ramosissima, Walter. 



A perennial plant, attaining a height of from two to three, 

 or four feet. Stem erect, very much branched, quadrangular, of a 

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