oc TANDRIA, M0N0GYN1 \. 



i. (i. leaves lanceolate, dentate; spikes crowded ; m*"** 

 fruit nearlj round, slightly 4-anglcd, pubescent 



—Purs/i. 



Icon. Hot. Mag, 389. 



From three to tour Kit high. In thickets on the bank walk 

 along th< Delaware to Gloucester point, Jersey side of the ri- 

 [n thickets just below Market-street bridge, west aid 

 BTer, near a little stresm which empties into the Schml- 

 kill. Bare. Biennial. July, August. 



1S7. BPDLOBIUM. (.en. pi. 639. (Ossyrtf.) 



Calix 4-cleft, tul)iilous. Corolla of 4 petals. 

 Capsule oblong inferior. Seeds comosc. 



1. Btem somewhat 4-angied by prominent lines ; tetr»sonuin. 



leaves opposite, the upper ones alternate : lan- 



( eolate-serrate, — I'ursli. 

 Icon. Fl. Dan. 1029. 

 E. coloratum, Muhl? 



dngk~stemmed Willow -herb. 



Plant very much branched, about fourteen inches or two 

 feet high. Flowers small, blossom-red. In low boggy grounds 

 andlliickets near water, not uncommon. Leaves often colour- 

 ed, and occasionally quite red. Perennial. July. 



-. E. subcanescently pubescent; root squamosc, Uucjut. 

 bulbous ; stem terete, branching above ; stem 

 leaves opposite, those of the branches alternate, 

 linear and entire, rcvolute on the margin ; flow- 

 ers pedunculate: petals bifid; stamina unequal; 

 stigma ( lavate undivided. — xS*utt. 



E. lineare. Muhl. 



E. oliganthum, Mich. 



E. rosmarinifolium, Parsh. 



E. squamatum, Nutt 



Linear-leaved JVillow-herb. 



From one foot to eighteen inches high . known by it* 



l'iowers small, terminal, few in number, pale red 



