2!>1 SCIiOPlIULAItlACK.E. (FIOWOBT FAMILY.) 



9. ILYSANTHES, Ra£ 



Calyx 5-parted, bractless. Corolla bilabiate; the upper lip short, erect, 

 2-eleft; the lower larger, spreading, 3-cleft Fertile stamens 2, included; the 

 two anterior ones sterile, 2-lobed, with one of the lobes tipped with a gland, the 

 other smooth, acute. Capsule ovate or oblong, as long as the calyx. — Smooth 

 annuals, growing in wet or muddy places. Steins 4-angled. Leaves opposite. 



Peduncles axillary, often reflexed in fruit Flowers small, purplish. 



1. I. grandiflora, Benth. Stem creeping, very leafy; leaves roundish, 

 entire, nerveless, partly clasping; peduncles 2-3 times as long as the leaves; 



sterile stamens lobed at the middle. — In Georgia, Nidtall. — Leaves 3"-4" 

 Long. Corolla larger than in the next. 



2. I. gratioloid.es, Benth. Stem erect, at length diffusely branched ; 

 leaves lanceolate, oblong, or ovate; the lowest narrowed into a petiole, the 

 upper sessile, acute, obscurely toothed or entire; lower peduncles mostly shorter 

 than the leaves, the upper much longer, spreading; corolla pale blue, twice as 

 long as the calyx ; capsule oblong, acute, scarcely longer than the calyx. 

 (Lindernia dilatata and attenuata, Ell. Gratiola anagallidea, Michx. G. tetra- 

 gona, Eli?) — Springs and rivulets, common. May -Sept. — Stem 6'- 12' 

 long. Leaves |'-1' long. Corolla 3" -4" long. 



3. I. refracta, Benth. Stem erect, very slender, forking ; radical leaves 

 tufted, oblong, obtuse, entire, narrowed at the base ; the others remote, small, 

 lanceolate, sessile ; peduncles filiform, many times longer than the leaves, re- 

 flexed in fruit j corolla pale blue variegated with purple ; capsule oblong-linear, 

 twice as long as the calyx. (Lindernia monticola, Nutt.) — Springs and muddy 

 banks of rivulets in the middle and upper districts, Mississippi to North Caro- 

 lina. July - Sept. -r Stem 6' -12' high. Radical leaves 1' long. Corolla 

 3" -4" long. 



4. I. saxicola. Sterns clustered, leafy, simple or sparingly branched : 

 leaves oblong, entire, obtuse, sessile ; the radical ones densely tufted, narrowed 

 into a petiole; peduncle- rather stout, 3 - 4 times as long as the leaves, widely 

 spreading or reflexed in fruit ; corolla blue, variegated ; capsule ovoid, rather 

 longer than the calyx. (Lindernia saxicola, M. A. Curtis.) — On rocks at 

 Tolula Falls, Georgia, and Cherokee, North Carolina. Curtis. Aug. ty. t — 



.;'-.')' high. Stem-leaves 2" -4" long. Corolla 4" long. 



10. MICRANTHEMUM, Michx. 



Calyx 4-parted. ot 4-clcfr. Corolla somewhat bilabiate; the upper lip 

 . entire ; the lower 3-lobed, with the middle lobe longer. Stamens 2, 



included; the filaments u itli a gland-like appendage at the base: anther-cells 



diverging. Style short: stigma capitate. Capsule 2-valved, few-seeded; the 

 delicate partition vanishing at maturity. .Seeds oblong, reticulate. — A small 

 smooth perennial herb, with diffuse creeping stems, roundish opposite entire 



. and minute nearly sessile axillary whin- down-. 



