PENT ANURIA, MONOt.YN! V. I 



dunclr long, quadrangular. CallX divisions 

 01 ate-lam folate, Acuminate, ciliate. Petals 

 such larger than the calix, oboval, rather Bet, 

 bluish-white, the 9 lateral oaea, cristate! j beard- 

 id. the low cm- pettJ dilated, marked with 5 blue 

 ■tries, at the mm ■ yellow spot. Stylo short, 

 nearly central, erticuleted at the base; stigma 

 turbinate-capitate, erostrate, slightly pubescent 

 at the sides, foramen largo. Capsule nearly 

 round. — A'utt. 



V. bicolor, Purslu 



V. bicolor, Hoffman, Fl. Germ. 2. p. 170? 



\ . arrensis, Elliot. 



\ licate little species much resembling V. tricolor 



of ti <>n the gmssy borders of cultivated fields 



bord Cooper's creek, Jersey, not far from Market-street 



fYrrv and the Burlington road. Annual. April, and early in 



16. V. calix nearly equal with the petals, naked, concoior. 

 or not produced at the base, divergent : petals all 

 emarginate and comment, the lower one bilo- 

 bed, and not produced behind into a spur or 

 nectary; anthers connate; capsule large; seeds 

 pale, subglobose. Stein erect, roundish; leaves 

 erect, numerous, scattered, sessile, cuneate- 

 lanceolate, acuminate, pubescent) irregularly 

 toothed on the upper part, attenuated below so 

 as to appear suhpetiolate; nerves strong, ir- 

 regelar or alternate; stipules subulate; pedun- 

 cles very short, about 3-ilowered. — JVutt. 



The habit of this plant is very dissimilar from all the preced- 

 ing species. Mr. Nuttall intimates the probability of its being 

 -tinct genus. About 12 inches high. In the woods border- 

 ■ rivulet on Mr. Fisher's - \ Schuylkill, above Lemon- 

 rery rare. Flowers gTeenish white. Perennial. April, 

 M 



117. CLAYTONIA. Gronovius. L. (Portulaccx) 



Cajix biparted. Petals 5. Stigma trifid. 



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