. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. Genus 19. FIGWORT FAMILY. 2. Ilysanthes attenuata (Muhl.) Small. Short-stalked False Pimpernel. Fig- 379i- Lindernia attenuata Muhl. Cat. 59. 1813. Ilysanthes gratioloides curtipedicellata Bush, Bull. Torr. Club 21: 494. 1894. /. attenuata Small, Bull. Torr. Club 23: 297. 1896. ~ Stem erect or ascending, 3'-! 6' long, the branches spreading. Leaves oblong to ov
. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. Genus 19. FIGWORT FAMILY. 2. Ilysanthes attenuata (Muhl.) Small. Short-stalked False Pimpernel. Fig- 379i- Lindernia attenuata Muhl. Cat. 59. 1813. Ilysanthes gratioloides curtipedicellata Bush, Bull. Torr. Club 21: 494. 1894. /. attenuata Small, Bull. Torr. Club 23: 297. 1896. ~ Stem erect or ascending, 3'-! 6' long, the branches spreading. Leaves oblong to ovate, or sometimes obovate, i'-li' long, thinnish, obtuse, serrate with a few low teeth, 3-5-nerved, narrowed into short' petioles, or sessile; peduncles shorter than the leaves; calyx-segments linear-subulate, as long as the capsule, or longer; corolla 2"-6" long; cap- sule narrowly ovoid, about 2" long, pointed; seeds slightly curved, ii"-2" long, yellowish brown, the ends usually rounded. In wet places, New Brunswick and Ontario to Wis- consin, south to Florida and Arkansas. Ascends to 2000 ft. in Virginia. Perhaps not specifically dis- tinct from the preceding. May-Oct. 20. MICRANTHEMUM Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1: 10. pi. 12. 1803. Creeping or ascending, branched small leafy annual glabrous herbs, with opposite obovate oval or orbicular sessile entire leaves, and minute white or purplish short-peduncled flowers, solitary in some of the axils. Calyx 4-5-lobed or 4-S-parted. Corolla very irregular, the tube short, the upper lip shorter than the lower, or wanting, the lower 3-lobed, spreading or ascending, the middle lobe the largest. Stamens 2, anterior; filaments short, somewhat dilated or appendaged at the base; anthers small, their sacs distinct, parallel, or slightly divergent. Style short; stigma 2-lobed. Capsules globose, 2-celled by a membranous parti- tion or becoming i-celled. Seeds several or numerous, minute. [Greek, small flower.] About 16 speci
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