DECANDRIA, TRIGYNIA. i ' 



. s. leaves linear-lanceolate, entire \ panicle tar- •*»■*■•■ 

 minal, spreading : calix three nerved, about 

 equal to the petals. — Smith, 

 graminea, Smith and Withering. 

 v . longifolia, Muhl. 

 S. an ensis, Hoffman* 

 S. Dilleniana, Mcench. 



Qnss-lcaved or Long-leaved star-tcort, or 8tich- 



wort* 



From one foot to fourteen inches high, stem slender anil 

 k. In meadows among- grass, common. Oh the hunks of 

 Schuylkill, west side, just below Murket-street bridge, 

 abundant. Annual? June. 



4. S. stem diffuse, procumbent, very much branch- oiiginoia. 

 ed : leaves lanceolate, ciliated and narrower at 



the base, peduncles ternate, lateral, the inter- 

 mediate one-flowered, lateral, dichotomous, t'ew- 

 flowered. — Moth. Germ. I. 191. II. 489. 



5. uli^inosa, Sclireb. and Roth. 



S, AJsine, Hoffman, Willd., Pers., and Muhl. 



Bog Star-imrt or Stic/nvort. Fountain Chicktveed. 



A small procumbent species, with flowers about the size of 

 those of No. 2. In wet ground near springs, and on the wet 

 borders of rivulets and meadow-drains-, not (infrequent June. 



:ii. AKENAKIA. f.en. pi. 774. (Curyophijlle*.) 



Calix 5-leaved. spreading. Petals o, entire. 

 Ciijjsnle 1-celled, many-seeded. — A'utt. 



1. \. stem dichotomous, diffuse; leaves ovate- w-rpyiiifoiia. 

 acute, Hlbciliatc : calicefl a« nte, SUDstriate, petals 

 shorter than the calix. — HULL and Funk* 



1 on. Fl. Dan. l J77. 



