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10. C. capitatus Michx. Herb 5-20 dm. tall: leaf-blades various, those of the 
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elustered below the staminate; sepals 6-8, elliptie to oblanceolate ; ; NA 3, 
2-3 times 2-cleft, 5-6 mm. long: capsule globular, 7-9 mm. lon eed sub- 
orbicular, A mm. ir Hm HoawoRT. WOOLLY-CROTON.)—W aste n. vari- 
ous provinces, Ga. to Tex., Ia. and S N. Y.—Spr.-fall or all year S. Intr 
duced, at quen ae 
11. Ka earns liu MEA 5—20 T tall: pr blades lanceolate, 
those the lower leaves 10-20 em. long (white in C. Engelmannü ds e es 
and Mus ovate), those of the upper much um T; ien. Or S hat a 
nate, Eds erudi bas unevenly toothed, rounded or us ally cordate - the 
b cemes 5-15 em. long, with yellow- tinged tomentum: staminate flowers 
distinetly pole: celle ed; i se pals ovate, aeute; petals spatulat te, ciliate; stamens 
9-12; filaments stellate- pond "below: pistillate flowers usually 3, short- 
pedicelled ; sepals 7-8, dp pe the inner ones smaller; styles 3, twice ars. 
6—10 mm. long: capsule depressed, 6-8 mm. long: s eed oval-orbieula , 4.5-5 
mm. long —Dry soil, pedea Plain, Fla. to Tex., Ark., pet Ga.—Sum. SE il. 
12. C. rim VaL Herb ded dm. tall: leaf-blades linear or linear- ed 
late, 4—5 . long, shorter above, entire, usually blunt, 3-nerved at the nar 
rowed Pa velvety- DM gray- -tome ntose beneath, slender-petioled: a 
1-2 em. long: staminate flowers short-pedicelled; sepals 5, narrowly elliptic ; 
petals linear, ciliate; stamens 8-10: pistillate flowers PE be 6—7, 
unequal; styles 3, twice 2-cleft, 2-3 mm. long: capsule globose, 4—5 mm. lon ng, 
sometimes surpassed by the accrescent inde SEE seed md 3—4 mm. long. 
—Pinelands, Fla. to S. C.—Sum.-fall.—Rar 
. ©. monanthogynus Michx. Herb 3-5 dm. tall: leaf-blades various, those 
of the lower leaves suborbieular, those of the upper ovate to elliptic-ovate, 
i ntire: racemes about 1 
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em. long: staminate flowers short-pedicelled; sepals 3-5, ovate; petals spatu- 
late, ciliate; stamens 3-10: pistillate flowers 1-4 below the staminate, nod- 
Sae ng at m maturity ; sepals 5, rhea ovary 2-celled: ag evoid S oval, 3-4 
e seed solitary by t abor tion of one ovule, 2.5-3.5 lon 
(Puis EA, )—Limestone uterops and aie. places, various Provinces RI 
Coastal Plain, Ga. to Tex., Ia., and Ind.—( Mz.) —Sum.-fal 
14. C. punctatus Jaeq. Plant partly woody, 5—12 dm. tall: leaf-blades ellip- 
e d C 1-5 em. long, entire or merely undulate: D edi bise ia 
arly equal; stamens normally 12, barely exserted; fila S pubescen 
ode flowers solitary or : or 3 together; get elliptic. or "ements e 
accrescent: VE ROM subglobose, 5-8 mm. long: seed about 
eas Walt. ]—(SILV ees CROTON. BEACH-TEA.)—Sand- -dunes, "Coastal 
Plain, Fla. to Tex. and N. C.—(W. I., Mex., C. A., S. A.)—Sum.-fall or all 
15. C. texensis (Kl) Muell Arg. Plant ebd. 4-16 dm. tall: leaf- 
rl gd -lanceolate or d those of the s minate p the 2 
ong, entire, roun or blun nt at tho aper: racem s few-flow 
id ED us in r Bir 1-3 em. long; sepals elliptie n ovate- ‘elliptic; ; 
stamens 8-12; filaments pubescent: pistillate flowers 2—4-together or solitary; 
sd triangular: capsule oval or globular, 4-6 mm. long: seed orbicular, 3-5 
ong.—(SKUNK-WEED.)—Dry soil, low hills and plains, various provinces, 
Ala, p Ariz., Wyo., S. D., and Ill.— — (Mex x.)—Sum.—fall or all year S. 
