D10ECIA PENTANDRIA. 
693 
petala. Stigmata 2, 1 5-petalled. Stigmas 
sessilia. Capsula se- 2, sessile. Capsule 
minibus tomentosis*. with tomentose seed. 
' 1. Celosioides. 
I. foliis punctato-sca- 
bris, inferioribus ob- 
longis, acuminatis, su- 
perioribus ovato-lance- 
oiatis; panicula ramo- 
sa conferta; caule sul- 
cato. 
Leaves dotted, sca- 
brous, the lower ob- 
long, acuminate, the 
upper ovate-lanceolate; 
panicle branching, 
crowded; -stem furrow- 
ed. 
Sp. pi. 4. p. 764. Mich. 2. p. 243. Nutt. 2. p. 236. 
Root annual. Stem erect, 3 — 4 feet high, sulcate, glabrous, fistulous, 
thickened at the joints, branches opposite. Leaves opposite, lanceolate 
and ovate lanceolate, with a long tapering summit, irregularly serrulate, sea- 
brous particularly on the upper surface, 2-— 3 inches long, A — 6 lines wide. 
Flowers in compound terminal panicles composed of small spikes. Sterile 
floret; calvx 3-leaved, persistent, leaves lanceolate, membranaceous, white; 
corolla 5-leaved, leaves twice as long as the calyx, membranaceous, white; 
stamens 5, much shorter— than the corolla, attached to the base of the nec- 
tary; nectary composed of 6 or 7 globular, yellow, glandular bodies situated 
between the filaments. Fertile florets; calyx and corolla similar to those of 
the sterile floret, but with the corolla surrounded with long hair. Germ supe- 
rior. Styles 2, short. Capsule ovate, 1-celled. Seed 1, shining, compressed. 
Our plant appears to differ in some respects from the usual character of 
the genus. 
Grows along the saline rushes (scirpi, &c.) along the shore. 
Flowers September — October. 
ACNIDA. Gen. Pu 1521. 
Masculi. Calyx 5- 
partitus. Corolla 0. 
Foeminei. Calyx 3- 
partitus. Corolla 0. 
Styli 0. Stigmata 3 
— 5, sessilia. Capsu- 
la monosperma. 
Sterile jlorets. Ca- 
lyx 5-parted. Corol- 
la 0. 
Fertile Jlorets . Ca- 
lyx 3-parted. Corol- 
la 0. Styles 0. Stig- 
mas 3 — 5, sessile. Cap- 
sule 1 -seeded. 
