MONOECIA TRIANDRIA. 
577 
Foeminei. Calyx 2- 
phyllus. Corolla 0. 
Stamina 0. Stylus 2- 
partitus. Semen 1, 
compressum. 
1. Patula. 
I A caule herbaceo, pa- 
tulo; foliis triangulari 
hastatis acurainatis, 
subdentatis; fructus ca- 
lycibus rhotnbeis, a- 
pice denticulatis, disco 
submuricatis. 
Fertile Jlorets. Ca- 
lyx 2-leaved. Corol- 
la 0. Stamens 0. Style 
2-parted. Seed 1, com- 
pressed. 
Stem herbaceous, ex- 
panding; leaves trian- 
gular, hastate, acumi- 
nate, slightly toothed; 
calyx of the fruit rhom- 
boidal, toothed at the 
summit, slightly m un- 
cate on the disc. 
Sp. pi. 4. p. 964. Nutt. 1. p. 197- 
Annual. Stem prostrate, somewhat angled, branching, glabrous, one to 
two feet long. Leaves attenuate, triangular, hastate, generally entire, gla- 
brous, on petioles nearly an inch long. Flowers clustered on axillary and 
terminal spikes. Calyx persistent, denticulate near the summit, muficate 
or crested on the back. 
The plant of our low country which has been referred to this species ap- 
pears to be certainly indigenous. It grows in brackish soils at the head of 
tide water in many of our creeks. Bees creek, Pocotaligo, and near Charles- 
ton. I have, however, at present no specimen with mature seed, which I 
could compare more accurately with the European plant. 
Flowers June to September. 
J 2. Angustifolia. 
A. caule herbaceo, di- 
varicato; foliis inferio- 
ribus hastatis, subden- 
tatis, superioribus lan- 
ceolatis, igtegerrimis; 
fructus calycibus has- 
tate lanceolatis, inte- 
gerrimis. 
Sp. pi. 4. p. 965. 
Stem herbaceous, di- 
varicate; lower leaves 
hastate, slightly tooth- 
ed, the upper lanceo- 
late, entire; calyx of 
the fruit hastate lance- 
olate, entire. 
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