182 RUBIACEjE. (madder family.) 



calyx-lobes. (Cu-Iostylis, Torr, fr Gray.)— Near Fort King, Fast Florida.— 

 Stem G' - 10' high. Leaves 4' -9" long. Corolla 4" long, white. 



2. S. gentianoides, Chapm. Stem erect, single, 4-anglcd, ronghish; 

 leaves roundish, ovate, or oblong, sessile, acute, the upper surface and margins 

 roughened; spikes terminal, few-flowered ; lobes of the corolla connivent; sta- 

 mens and style included. — Light dry soil, West Florida. May and June. — 

 Stem 6' - 10' high. Corolla 6" - 1 0" long, pale rose-color. 



3. S. Marilandica, L. Stem simple, erect, smooth, 4-anglcd ; leaves 

 ovate-lanceolate, or ohlong, acute, sessile, pubescent on the veins ; spikes termi- 

 nal, many-flowered, sometimes forking; corolla long, slender, the lobes spread- 

 ing; anthers and style exsertcd. — Rich Avoods, Florida to Mississippi, and 

 northward. May and June. — Stem l°-2° high. Corolla l£' long, scarlet, 

 yellow within. — A popular vermifuge. 



20. MITREOLA, L. Mitre-wort. 



Calyx 5-parted. Corolla short, 5-lobed, valvatc in the bud, the tube roundish, 

 bearded in the throat. Stamens 5, included : anthers ovate. Styles 2, short, 

 united above. Stigma capitate. Capsule 2-parted, mitre-shaped, many-seeded, 

 the two lobes opening on the inner face near the apex. Seeds oval, concave. — 

 Smooth herbs, with opposite leaves, and small white flowers in terminal and 

 axillary cymes, with the simple branches recurved in the bud. 



1. M. petiolata, Torr. & Gray. Stem branching; leaves thin, oblong, 

 acute, narrowed into a petiole. (Ophiorhiza lanceolata, Ell.) — Muddy hanks, 

 Florida to North Carolina, and westward. June -Sept. Q} — Stem 4-anglcd, 

 1° - 2° high. Leaves 2' - 3' long. 



2. M. sessilifolia, Torr. & Gray. Stem simple, 4-angled ; leaves thick, 

 ovate or roundish, strongly veined, sessile, rough on the margins; flowers and 

 capsule very small. (Ophiorhiza Mitreola, Miclix.) — Varies with lanceolate 

 obscurely-veined leaves, and larger flowers and fruit. — Grassy swamps, Florida 

 to North Carolina, and westward. July -Sept. (1) — Stem G'-18' high. 

 Leaves 6"- 10" long. Plant pale green. 



21. POLYPEEMUM, L. 



Calyx deeply 4-partcd, persistent. Corolla wheel-shaped, bearded in (he 

 throat, 4-lobed, imbricated in the bud. Stamens 4. Style single, very short. 

 Stigma ovoid, entire. Capsule ovoid, compressed, 2-celled, loeulicidally 2-valvcd, 

 many-seeded. — A low smooth perennial herb, with 4-angled forking stems, linear 

 acute leaves, their bases united by the membranaceous stipules, and solitary ses- 

 sile white flowers in the forks of the stem. 



1. P. prociimbens, L. — AVaste places, Florida to North Carolina. 

 June- Sept. — Stems G'- 10', erect or prostrate, clustered. Flowers very small, 

 the corolla barely longer than the calyx-lobes. 



