OPLOTHECA FLORIDANA. 



FLORIDA OPLOTHECA. 



Monadelphia Pentandria, Linn. Amaranthi, Juss. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Calix double ; exterior 2-leaved, scariose, convolute, truncated, and much shorter 

 than the interior ; interior calix monophyllous, semi-quinquifid, and densely 

 tomentose. Corolla none. Lepanthium cylindric, 5-toothed, staminiferous. 

 Stigma simple, capitate, pubescent. Utrkulus 1-seeded, inclosed in the in- 

 durate, muricate calix. Nutt. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Oplotheca Floridana ; stem and branches pubescent; leaves lanceolate. 



Root perennial. Plant erect, from two to three feet high. Stem 

 thick, cylindrical and striate under a lens, dichotomously branched, 

 pubescent. Branches enlarged, or nearly gibbous at the fork. Leaves 

 opposite, sessile, long and narrow-lanceolate, acute, undulate, with a 



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