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13. ILYSANTHES, Raf. (Lindernia, Muhl.) 



Or. Hits, mud, anthos, flower; alluding to their place of growth. 



Calyx 5-parted, nearly equal. Upper lip of the corolla 

 short, erect, 2-lobed, the lower larger and spreading, o-cleft. 

 Stamens 2, fertile and 2 sterile filaments forked, one of the 

 •divisions glandular, the ether smooth, acute, or rarely with 

 -half an anther. Style 2-lipped at the apex. Capsule 

 ovate oroblcfng, many-seeded. — Small smooth herbs, with ap- 

 posite leaves and small axillary flowers, or the upper raeemed. 



1. I. gratioloides, Benth. False Pimpernel. 



Much branched, diffusely spreading; leaves ovate, rounded, or oblong, or ths 

 lower obovate, slightly toothed or entire, mostly obtuse, the upper partly clasping ; 

 capsule ovoid-oblong, a little longer than the calyx. Ann. (Lindcm ia dilatata, 

 and L. altenuala of Muhl.) 



Low grounds, and aleng rivulets; common; flowering all summer. Leaves va- 

 riable in- size, '^ to p4 inch icng. Cjrolla much exacrtedj nearly J^ inch lon^, 

 bluish-white. 



11. HEMIANTHUS, Nutt. 



Or. hemi, half, antkos, flower; alluding to the unecplly divided coio'ia. 



Calyx 4-toothed, equal. Corolla 2-lipped; the upper 

 'tip very short, entire; lower 3-lobed, the middle lobe long, 

 spreading. Stamens 2, anterior, with a scale at the base of 

 the filament, Style short. Capsule globular, -1-celhd, 

 2-valved, many-seeded. — A small inconspicuous annual, zoith 

 crowded opposite roundish leaves, and minute solitary JlcwtrS sessile 

 - in the axils of the leaves. 



1. H. micrantiiemoides, Nutt. Creeping' ilemianthm. 



Creeping and rooting; stem dichotomoasly branched; leaves roundish ovate, o;- 

 ' posite, crowded, sessile, obscurely 3-veined. 



Inundated banks of the Delaware below Philadelphia. Aug.. Sept Stoti 1 to 2 

 : inches long, branched. 



Sub-order ii. RHINAOTIIIDEJE. 



• Infloruccnu entirely centripetal or compiuivl. Lateral lola of the. eardQa or o:u of 

 tfism outermost in the bud. 



15. LIMOSELLA, Linn. Mudwout. 



hat. fi'mns. mud ; in allusion tc its place of growth. 



Calyx bell-shaped, 5-toothed. Corolla shortly com- 

 panulate, 5-cleft, equal. Stamens 4 j anthers by con- 

 fluence 1-celled. Style short, club-shaped. Capsule 

 . globular, -2-valved ; many-seeded. — Small annuals, graving 



