116 ONAGRACE^E. 



1. L. alternifolia, L. Seed-box. 



Nearly smooth ; stem erect, branched ; leaves alternate, lanceolate, acut* or 

 pointed at both ends, sessile, pale beneath; peduncles axillary, 1-tiowered. 2-bractc-d 

 above the middle ; 2>etals scarcely as long as the spreading acuminate sepals ; capstdt 

 large, with 4 winged angles, crowned with the colored calyx. 



Shady swamps. July. Stem 1 to 3 feet high, round with a strong bark, and 

 •everal branches. Leaves 2 to 3 inches long, % to 1 wide, with marginal veins. 

 Sepals large, reddish. Pelah large, ovate, yellow, soon falling off. 



• Petals very minute or none. Isnardia. 



2. L. spiiyEROCAUPA, Ell. Round-fruited Ludwigia. 



Nearly smooth; stem erect, much branched; leaves lanceolate, acute, tapering 

 at the base, alternate; flowers solitary, axilliary, or clustered towards the summit 

 of the branches; petals mostly none; capsule globular, obscurely 4-sided, very 

 email. 



In water and swampy places; rare. July. Aug. Stem 2 to 3 feet high, angular 

 reddish. Margin of the leaves rough. Flown greenish, inconspicuous. 



3. L. palustris, L. Water Purslane. 



Smooth, low; stem procumbent at base, rooting or floating; leaves opposite 

 cvate-Ianceolate, tapering into a slender petiole ; Jlowers axillary, solitary, sessile ; 

 papsule sub-ovate, slightly angled. 



Floating in water, or creeping in muddy places: common. June — Oct. Stem 

 rucculent, purplish, 10 to 20 inches long. Leaves and slender petioles l}/£ by % 

 inches, ovate-spatulate. Flowers very email. Calyx-lobes and styU very" short. 

 Petals when present, flesh-color. 



CIRCLE A. Tourn. Enchanter's Nightshade. 



Named from Circe, the enchantress. 



Calyx slightly produced above the ovary, deciduous; 

 limb 2-parted. Petals 2, inversely heart-shaped. Stamens 

 2, alternating with the petals. Capsule reflexed, obovate, 

 2-celled, 2-seeded, bristly with hooked hairs. — Low incon- 

 spicuous perennials, with opposite leaves on slender petioles, 

 and small whitish Jlowers in racemes. 



1. C. Lutetiana, L. Common Enchanter'' s Nightshade. 



Stem erect, mostly pubescent; leaves ovate, sub-cordate, acuminate, toothed, 

 longer than the petiole; bracts none; fruit reflexed, bristly. 



Moist woodlands; common. July. Semi to 2 feet high, sparingly branched, 

 tumid at the nodes. Leaves dark-green, 2 to 4 inches long, J£ as wide. Floweri 

 ■mall, reddish-white, in a long terminal raceme. 



2. C. ALPINA, L. Alpine Enchanter's Nightshade. 



Low, smooth and weak; leaves cordate, shining, coarsely toothed, the lower ones 

 M long as the petiole; bracts minute. 



Cold, moist, shady places. July. A small delicate plant 3 to 8 inchei high. 

 MUm transparent, juicy. Leaves 1 to 2 inches long, % as wide. Flowers wbito, 

 minute, in terminal racemes. 



Sub-order II. HALORAGEJ2. 

 Marsh w water plants, with very small axillary ttssiU 



