MONOECIA MONADELfPHIA. 
647 
Stem 2 — 3 feet high, trichotomously divided, the branches cinereous, 
when young brownish, rather rough, dotted and covered, together with the 
leaves and calyx, with a stellular tomentum. Leaves about 2 inches long, 
very obtuse or cordate at base, entire, slightly undulate, light grey or hoary 
underneath. Flowers at first terminal; by the growth of the plant the seed, 
before it ripens, is found in the divisions of the stem. Spike of sterile florets 
many flowered (12 — 20) sometimes 2 or 3 together. Calyx 1 -leaved, the 
border 6-cleft. Corolla 0. Filaments about 12, as long as the calyx; 5 
yellow curved glands in the bottom of the calyx surround the base of the 
filaments. Female florets generally in pairs, separate from the sterile spikes. 
Calyx inferior, persistent. Corolla 0. Styles 3, very short, 3 or 4-cleft, 
Capsule 3-celled, tomentose. Seed , 1 in each cell. 
Grows in the drifting sands along the margin of the Ocean. 
Flowers June — -October. 
2 . 
Argyranthemum. 
Michaux. 
C. caule fruticoloso; 
foliis integerrimis, ob- 
tusis, obovatis; racemis 
terminalibus, brevibus, 
congestim multifloris, 
calycibus pedicellatis, 
argenteis. Mich. 
Stem somewhat 
shrubby; leaves entire, 
obtuse, obovate; ra- 
cemes terminal, short, 
many flowered; calyx 
on pedicels, silvery. 
Mich. 2. p. 215. Sp. pi. 4. p. 535. Pursh, 2. p. 603. Nutt. 2. p. 225 
With regard to this species I can add nothing to the description of Mi- 
chaux. I once saw specimens of it collected by Mr. Lyon on the sand-hills 
around F ort Barrington on the Altamaha, but I had no opportunity of exam- 
ing them. 
Grows in very dry soils in Carolina and Georgia, Mich, 
Flowers June — September. 
3. Glandulosum. Lin. 
C. foliis oblongis, 
serratis, subtus hirtis, 
basi subintegerrimis, 
biglandulosis; caule tri- 
chotomo, herbaeeo; spi- 
cis in dichotomia cau- 
lis. 
Leaves oblong, ser- 
rate, hairy underneath, 
nearly entire at base, 
bearing 2 glands; stem 
herbaceous trichoto- 
mous; spikes in the di- 
vision of the stem. 
