104 DIDfNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA. 
** Bracteis nullis. 
2 . Rutundifoua. 
H. minutim pubes- 
eens ; foliis subovali- 
orbiculatis,multinervi- 
bus; pedunculis passim 
oppositis folia subae- 
quantibus ; corolla 
quadrifida* 
Bracleas iCanfa 
ingi 
Finely pubescent ; 
leaves oval, nearly 
round, many nerved 5 
peduncles opposite, as 
long as the leaves \ 
corolla 4-cleft. 
Pursh 2. p. 418. 
Monniera rotundifolia. Mich. 2. p. 2*2. 
I have specimens collected in this State agreeing exactly with the ll. 
rotundifolia. excepting in the length of the peduncle, a character some- 
what variable in this genus. Stem procumbent creeping and finally assur- 
gent, hairy, the hairs pellucid and jointed Leaves nearly orbicular, 
slightly serrulate, a little hairy, leaves half embracing the stem. Pedun- 
cles about half as long as the leaves, sometimes longer. The three outward 
leaves of the calyx large, the first almost leaf-like, the two interior subu- 
late, very small. Corolla azure, the border 4-cleft, the segments ob- 
ovate and emarginate. Stamens short, inserted between the segments 
of the corolla. Anthers sagittate. Style short, 2-cleft. Stigma 
simple. Seed oblong, truncate, dotted. 
Grows along the margin of ponds in wet soils in the middle country of 
'Carolina and Georgia. 
Flowers July — September. 
3. Amplexicaulis* 
H. caulibus lanatis; 
foliis cordato-ovali- 
bus, amplexicaulib us, 
integris, obtusis, pe- 
dunculis folio brevior- 
ibus; corolla quadri- 
fida. 
Pursh 2. p. 418. 
Monniera amplexicaulis. Mich. 
Obolaria eaxollniana* Walt. p. ; 
Stem woolly; leaves 
cordate, embracing 
the stem, entire, ob- 
tuse ; peduncles short- 
er than the leaves; 
corolla 4-cleft. 
2. p. if, 
