PRNTANDRIA, DIGTNLL M 



about half the length of the petals; anthers 

 on al, t-celled, connected at their summits to the 



jietals near their base by a fascicle of yellow 

 filaments — SMc terete, simple; stigma round, 

 entire: germ about S OOO ded, uvula, pendulous, 

 attached to tlie IMK of a filiform Contractile fu- 

 niculus arising from the base of the capsule. 

 Capsule nearly globular, and angular, 1-seeded, 

 not opening thin and brittle, not osseous, coat- 

 ed bv the base of the calix. Seed round, about 

 the size of a small pea, consisting almost en- 

 tirely of a large carnose and oily perispcrm, 

 embryon inverted, small, flat, nearly in the axis 

 of the perisperm; radicle superior, thick and 

 obtuse ; cot) ledons linear and acute. — Xxdt. 



Comandra umbellata, Xutt. 



Thesiuin umbellatuni, L., Willd., Pursh. 



T. corymbulosum, Mich. 



Bastard Toad-Jiax. 



A small plant seldom above 10 inches in height. Very rare 

 in this neighbourhood; 1 have only found it at the "Woodlands 

 along the banks of the Schuylkill. Flowers white. Perennial. 

 June, July. 



ORDER II. DIGVMA. 

 122. APOCYNUM. Gen. pL 426. fJpccyexJ 



Catix very small, 0-cleft, persistent. Corolla 

 < ampamilate, half 5-cleft, lobes revolute. 

 famished at the hase with dentoid glands 

 alternating with the stamina. Anthers 

 connivent, sagittate "cohering to the stig- 

 ma by the middle.'* 11. Buow \. St 

 obsolete; wtigma thick and acute. Folli- 

 cle. 1 long and linear. .Seprfcomo.se. — A'ntt. 



