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8 ; filiimcnls connivent. Anthers tubular 2 parted. Fruit 

 many seedod. 



1. O. Er^throcarpus. a small shrub, with erect, flexuous branches. 

 I^eavft oval, membranaceous, acuminate, serrulate, and ciliaie, hairy along 

 the veins. FUxvrrrs axillary. Calyx minute, 4-cleft ; segments acute. Cor- 

 oUa long, revolute. J-^ntit red, transparent. 

 Red. ';. June. Mountains. 2-3 Ibet. 



Okdi K LX[. PRIMULACEiE. 



Calyx divided l-5-cIeft, inferior, rcjiidar, persistent. Cov' 

 oUd li\ po«;vnotis, regular; limb 4 or 5-clet't. Stamens inser- 

 ted upon llic corolla, opposite to its segments. Ovary l-ceil- 

 ed. Style 1. Stigma capitate. Capsule with central pla- 

 centie. Seeds numerous, peltate; embryo straifjht, cylindri- 

 cal. Herbaceous plants, with opposite, or wborled leaves. 



Gexds I. LYSIMACHIA. 



Ca/^x 5 parted. Coro//a rotate, 5-cleft. Stamens 5. Stig. 

 ma 1, Capsule 10 valved, globose. 



1. L. Hefbe.mo.\ti. S(tm erect, glabrous, columnar. Leaves usually by 

 lours, ovate-lanceolate, entire, glabrous, dotted, sessile, 3-5 nerved, lateral 

 ones obscure. Flowtrs in terminal racemes, the lower flowers opposite, or 

 verucillate, the upper alternate; segments of the calyx linear-lanceolate; 

 those of the corolla oblong-lanceolate, dotted ; filaments 5, cohering at the 

 base. 



Yellow. %. June — July. A few miles east of Columbia S. C. 



2. L. QrADRiRiLiA. .SVem erect, hairy. L<'air«verticillate by fours, ovate, 

 acute, nearly sessile. /Voirer* on axillary peduncles; peduncles 1-flowered, 

 about half the length of the leaves; sfgmenis of :he calyx lanceolate, pubes- 

 cent, dotted. Stamens shorter than the corolla, cohering ai the base. 



Loose strife. 

 YelJow. %. May— July. Middle Car. & Geo. 1-2 feci. 



3. L. Lanceolata. Stem erect, simple, smooih. Lemr.t verticillate by 

 fours, on short petioles, lanceolate. Flou^rs on verticillate peduncles, the 

 upper ones in racemes ; peduncles many flowered ; segments of the corolla, 

 ovate, acute. 



Yellow. %. June-July. .Aliddlc Car. 



4. L. CiLiATA. Stem erect, branching, quadrangular, furrowed, glabrous, 

 dotted. Leaves generally by fours, verticillate, on rather short ciliate petioles, 

 cordate-ovate, upper ones lanceolate. Flowtrs axillary, on 1-flowercd pe- 

 duncles, nodding; segments of the calyx acuminate, lanceolate; tube of 

 the corolla, composed of a purple ring, sprinkled with yellow glands; seg- 

 ments toothed, slightly ciliaic at the base. Anthers 2-lobed. 



Yellow. %. June — July. In rich soils. 



5. L. Qdadriflora. Stem glabrous, branching, furrowed. Leaves oppo- 

 site, sessile, long-linear, lanceolate, narrowed at me base, almost to a petiole. 

 Flovrrs on peduncles, by fours, terminal ; segments of the calyx long, lan- 

 ceolate, acuminate ; those of the corolla, slightly crenaie. 



Yellow. %. June— July. .Southern Geo. 'i-3 feet. 



6. L. HrrFR.iPHYi,i,A. "SVem erect, branching, glabrous, angular. leaves 

 opposite, '• lonrly orbicular, becoming narrower towards the 

 •tunmit, i;. i, . ving linear, glabrous, ciliate at ihu base. FUwers 



