118 DICOTYLEDONOUS. 



axillary nodding, on one flowered peduncles ; segments of the calyx lance- 

 olate, of the corolla, crenate. 



Yellow, li. June — Aug. Middle country of Car. & Geo. 



Genus II. CENTUNCULUS. 



Calyx 4-cleft, persistent, with lanceolate se^jments. Cor- 

 olla 4-cleft, persistent, with acute segments. Stamens 4 in- 

 serted into the corolla. Capsule globose, l-celled. 



1. C. Lanceolatus. Stem prostrate, creeping, with assurgent exlremities, 

 branched, glabrous. Leaves alternate, lanceolate, somewhat cuneate, slightly 

 decurrent. Flowers solitary, axillary, sessile. Calyx persistent. Corolla a 

 little longer than the calyx, attached to the capsule. Anthers 2-\ohed. 



Pimpernell. 

 Red. ©. March. In pastures. 2-3 inches. 



Genus III. HOTTONIA. 



Calyx 5-parted. Corolla salver form, shorter than the ca- 

 lyx. Stamens 5, inserted on the tube of the corolla. Cajp- 

 sule globose. 



n 



1. H Ln'flata. Stem thick spongy, generally submersed. Leaves long, 

 crowded, pectinate, submersed, with the segments linear, several scapes,, 

 rising from the summit of the stem, with inflated internodes. Flowers verti- 

 cillate, pedunculate. 



White. % June— July. Middle Ga. 



Genus IV. ANAGALLIS. 



Calyx S-parted, persistent, with acute, linear-lanceolate 

 segments. Corolla o-parted, with oblong segments, rotate. 

 Stamens r> ; filament 1. Capsule l-celled. 



1. A. Arvensis. Stem procumbent. Leaves opposite, entire, sessile, ovate- 

 lanceolate. Floviers axillary, solitary, on peduncles longer than the leaves- 

 Calyx persistent, with acute segments. Corolla with segments longer than 

 the calyx, crenulate. Stamens shorter than the corolla. Style filiform. Stig- 

 ma simple. Red Chickueed. 

 Red. # June — July. Low country. 6-12 in. 



Genus. V. SAMOLUS. 



Calyx 5-cleft, persistent. Corolla 5-lobed, salver form. 

 Stamens 5, with 5 sterile filaments alternating with them. 

 Capsule l-celled, semi-inferior many seeded. 



1. S. Valerandi. Stem generally simple, erect. Leaves obovate, entire,, 

 obtuse, tapering into a petiole. Flowers in terminal loose racemes, small. 



Black weed. 

 White. % June— Sept. In wet boggy places. 6-10 in. 



Genus VI. MICR ANTHEM UM. 



Calyx 4-partcd. Corolla 4.cleft, segments unequal. Sta- 

 mens 2. Capsule l-celled 'i-valved, many seeded. 



1. IM. ORBICULA.TUJI. S/em prostrate,, creeping, glabrous, terete. Leaves 



