POLYANDRIA DI — PENTAGYNIA, 
A small straggling shrub, rarely exceeding 1 8 inches in height, with a 
few opposite branches. Leaves very smooth, dotted, and somewhat glau- 
cous, particularly on the under surface. Flowers in the division of the 
stem, on peduncles 2 — 5 lines long. Leaves of the calyx ovate and 
slightly acuminate. Petals about as long as the calyx, with a tooth or 
angle near the summit. Stamens very numerous, little shorter than the 
corolla. Styles united at first, separating as*4he fruit matures. 
Grows in ponds about a quarter of a mile to the north of Ogeechee 
F erry. 
Flowers May — June. 
ELODEA. Adanson. 
Calyx 5-partitus, 
sequalis. Petala 5, un- 
guibus nectariferis. 
Filamenta 9-15, in 3- 
phalanges connata. 
Glandulce inter pha- 
langes. Styli 3, di- 
vergentes. Capsula 
3-locularis 
1. VlRGINICA. 
E. foliis sessilibus 
amplexicaulibus cor- 
dato oblongis, obtu- 
sissimis; pedunculis 
paucifloris, axillaribus 
terminalibusque ; sta 
minibus 9, levissime 
basi coalitis. 
Calyx 5-parted, e- 
qual. Petals 5, with 
nectariferous claws. 
Filaments 9-15, uni- 
ted inthreephalanxes, 
with a gland between 
the phalanxes. Styles 
3, diverging. Capsule 
3-celled. 
Leaves sessile, am- 
plexicaule, cordate, 
oblong, very obtuse ; 
peduncles axillary and 
terminal, few flower- 
ed ; stamens 9, slight, 
ly united at base. 
Nutt. 2. p. 17. 
E. campanulata. Pursh. 2. p. 3 79. 
Hypericum virginicum* Sp. pi. 3. p. 1455. Mich. 2. p. 81. 
Hypericum campanulatum. Walt. 191. 
Root perennial. Stem herbaceous, about 2 feet high, terete, glabrous, 
with opposite branches. Leaves opposite, with pellucid dots, glaucous 
underneath. Peduncles axillary, triflorous, with the middle flower sessile; 
the terminal peduncle compound, naked, forming a small panicle ©f 9 Q* 
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