POLYANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. 7 
ments broad, ovate-acuminate ; capsules shorter 
_ than the calix.—/Villd. and Pursh. 
: — Canadensis, L. 
Rock-rose. 



From ten inches to a foot high. Flowers large, yellow; pe- 
tals spreading. In dry woods, Jersey, every where common. 
Perennial. June. 
2. H. without stipules, erect, powdery-tomentose ; ramulifio- 
leaves alternate, oblong, acute, revolute on the ™ 
margin, tomentose beneath; racemes very short, 
above sub-3-flowered, calicine segments orbi- 
culate-powdery, capsules globose, the length of 
the calix.—. Mich. and Pursh. 
Mecandra ramis alternis, Clayt. fi. Virg. 20. 
From aspan totenincheshigh. An ordinary looking plant, 
with very small flowers, also yellow. In sandy commons and - 
fields of Jersey, about five or eight miles below the city, fre- 
quent. Ina sandy, grassy lawn, Jersey, about a quarter of a 
mile south-east of the ferry, opposite Gloucester point ; very 
abundant. Perennial. July. 
3. H. without stipules, erect, branched, finely pu- corymbosum. 
bescent; leaves alternate, lanceolate, hoary-to- 
_mentose beneath; corymbs fastigiate, crowded, 
many-flowered; calicine segments ovate-acute ; 
capsules apicnd longer than the calix.—Mich. 
oa Resembles No. 2, exceedingly. Flowers sometimes apetal- 
_ ous, in which state it resembles Lechea major. Grows with 
_ No. 2. Perennial. June to August. 
«939, PORTULACA. Gen. pl. 824. (Portulacee.) 
Calix inferior, bifid. Petals 5. Capsule 1- 
celled, opening circularly. Receptacle un- 
connected, 5-lobed.—.Nutt. 
E. 1. P. leaves cuneiform, flowers sessile.—Willd. oleracea. — 
Ry _ Icon, Schkuhr. handb. 130. (Pursh.) ; 
