MONOECIA MONADELPHIA 
661 
t I. Caroliniensis. Walt. 
P. foliis alterais, o- 
valibus, obtusis, glab- 
ris, sub-distichis; flori- 
bus paucis (2 — 4), axil- 
laribus, pedicellatis, nu- 
tantibus; c-nile erecto, 
distiche ramoso. E. 
Leaves alternate, 
oval, obtusd, glabrous, 
somewhat distichous; 
flowers few (2 — 4), ax- 
illary. on pedicels, 
nodding; stem erect, 
branches distichous. 
Walt. p. 228. Mich. 2. p. 209- * 
P. Qbovatus, Sp. pi. 4. p. 574. Pursh, 2. p. 443. Nutt. 2. p. 227* 
Plant annual. Stem about 12 inches high, glabrous, with alternate bran- 
ches distichally expanding. Leaves alternate, oval, generall y obtuse, entire, 
glabrous, the upper ones lanceolate, all distichous, on petioles about 1 line 
long. Flowers axillary, nodding, on very short pedicels, 2 — 4 at each axil, 
fertile and sterile intermingled. Calyx of both florets 6-leaved? Leaves 
reddish at base, white along the margin. Stamens 6, united at base. Style 
3, very short, 2-cleft. Capsule globose, somewhat depressed, 6? celled, 6- - 
valved, the valves opening elastically. Seed striate with elevated dots. 
As the leaves of this plant are very rarely obovate, I have restored the 
original name proposed by Walter. 
Grows in damp soils, Prince William’s, near Charleston. 
Flowers September — October. 
MELOTHRIA. Gen. Pe. 68. 
Masculi. Calyx mo- 
nophyllus, 3 — 5 denta- 
tus. Corolla campa- 
nulata. Stamina 3, lu- 
be corollae adnata. 
Foeminei. Calyx 
et Corolla ut in masc. 
Germen inferum. 
Stylus 1. Stigmata 3. 
Bacca 3-locularis, po- 
ly sperm a. 
Sterile florets. Ca- 
lyx one-leaved, 3 — 5 
toothed. Corolla cam- 
panulate. Stamens 3, 
attached to the tube of 
the corolla. 
Fertile Florets. Ca- 
lyx and Corolla as in 
the sterile. Germ in- 
ferior. Style 1. Stig- 
ma 3. Berry 3-celled, 
many seeded. 
