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LUDWIGIA MACROCARPA.
LARGE-CAPSULED SEED-BOX, OR LUDWIGIA.
Tetrandria Monogynia, Linn. Onagrae, Juss.
GENERIC CHARACTER.
Calix 4-parted, persistent, superior. Corolla 4-petalled, or none. Capsule 4-sided,
4-celled, inferior, many-seeded.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Erect, branched, somewhat smooth; leaves alternate and opposite, lanceolate,
asparagus-green beneath; peduncles one-flowered, axillary; capsules globose,
4-sided, shining; calicine segments large, coloured and crowned. B.
SYNONYMS.
L u d w ig ia altemifolia, Linn., Willdenow, Aiton, Gmelin, Lamarck, and others.
L. capsulis cubicis apice perforatis, Linn. Hort. Ups. 30.
L? capsulis subrotundis, Linn. Hort. Cliff. 491.
L. non papposa flore luteo majore, &c. Pluck.
L. ramosissima, Walter.
A p e r e n n ia l plant, attaining a height of from two to three,
or four feet. Stem erect, very much branched, quadrangular, of a
