5C6 FLORA OF TEXAS. 



T. PILOSA, Lehm. Stem often branched, and, like the 

 sheaths, villous or nearly smooth ; leaves oblong, narrowed 

 at the base, pubescent on both sides; clusters axillary and 

 terminal, sessile, dense, many-flowered; the pedicels and 

 oblong sepals villous with glandular hairs; seeds trans- 

 versely oblong, pitted on the back ; petals blue. Liglit soil. 

 May-July. Stem l°-li" high; leaves I'-l^'wide; jloicers 

 f in diameter. 



T. ROSEA, Vent. Stem simple, slender, smooth ; leaves 

 linear-lanceolate, fringed on the margins; clusters solitary 

 or by pairs, on long (3-6') terminal peduncles, few-flow- 

 ered ; 2)etals bright rose-color, three times as long as the 

 ovate-lanceolate sepals. Light fertile soil. June-August. 

 Stem 6'-S' high ; flowers |' in diameter. 



148. MAYACA FAMILY. Order, Mayacace^. 



Creeping moss-like marsh herbs, with very numerous 

 narrow and pellucid leaves, and solitary s^xiWoxj flowers. 

 Represented only by 



MAYACA, Aublet. 



Floivers regular, perfect; sepals 3, lanceolate, herba- 

 ceous, persistent ; petals 3, obovate, deciduous or wither- 

 ing-persistent ; stamens 3, free, inserted on the base of the 

 sepals, persistent; a?ithers erect, spoon-shaped, imperfectly 

 2-celled, emarginate at the apex, introrse ; ovary 1-celled ; 

 ovjiles few, orthotropous, fixed to three parietal placentae; 

 style single, terminal, persistent; 5^/V/w^ minutely 3-lobed; 

 capsule rugose, 3-valved, the valves bearing the placentae 

 in the middle; seeds globose, furrowed and pitted, pointed 

 at the apex ; embryo minute at the apex of the albumen. 

 Stems branching, tender ; leaves alternate, linear, emargi- 

 nate ; floivers white or purple. 



