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Coastal sand: d. N Fla. a 
2. O. interior Small. Plant closely brown- 
pubeseent and often somewhat viseid, the 
branches spreading, 1-4 dm. lon ng: leaf- d 
blades spatulate to linear, 0. 5s 2.5 em. long, |: 
inary e pubescent: cymes open , dif- 5 
fuse: flow iss e 2.5 mm. long: sepals 34: | 
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hy ypan nthium: T pe than 1 mm. long.— Y 
rub. N Fla. 
ha corymbosa Small. Plant minutely grayish, ee the P 
' r3 dm. tall: - esi pcd: to E iptie or linear, 0.5-1.5 e 
ien minutely p aggregated in a co Pd terminal obs: 
flowers scarcely 2.5 um "sepas ovate, DUE slightly longer than s 
hypan nthium: utricle bon l mm. in diameter. — Coastal sand-dunes, N Fla. 
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8. GIBBESIA Small. Annual or biennial herbs with erect stems. Leaves 
with narrow blades. Cymes several to many-flowered, dichotomous, the eymules 
often compact, but not glomerulate. Sepals 
narrow, pale, minutely hooded and cuspidate yA 
t the apex, longer than the hypanthium. 
bl ineluded.—One species. 
Rugelii (Chapm.) Small Stem 1-5 
dx tall, rather closely, pale-pubescent, ulti- 
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sely pubescent nee the «Nus epals 
pud S B about 2 ong, e 
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—Sandhills, pinelands, and old 
Coastal Plain, N Fla. to Ala. and a 
Sum.-fall. 
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22 genera and 110 ee mostly natives of the tropic 
Hypanthium wanting: ary super 
Gynoecium 1- ur cape. style TR fruit laterally 
flattened. Tribe I. RIVINEAE. 
 Gynoecium 2—many-carpellary: styles 2—many: fruit 
vertically Wc Ru. Tribe II. PRHYTOLACCEAE. 
Hypanthium present: ovary inferior. Tribe III. AGDESTIDEAE. 
