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longer than the Pa: in bud, minutely p in cde. sepals ovate, 
mostly less I l em. long: corolla less than 4 em. wide: sule 4—6 em. long, 
much longer than the pedicel-like base a stream. -banks, and low 
grounds Coastal Plain, Fla. to Tex.—(W. I., Mex., C. A., S. A.)—Spr.—fall or 
all year S. 
. J. scabra Willd. Stem hirsute, 6-14 dm. tall: leaf-blades ovate to ob- 
ovate, 2-6 cm. long: hypanthium hirsute: sepals ovate: corolla 2-2.5 em. broad: 
capsule 8-5 em. long.—Moist soil, Fla.—(W. I.) 
6. J. decurrens (Walt.) DC. Stem 3-6 dm. tall, oo ba blades md 
eeolate, 2.5-10 em. long: sepals ovate- Weed corolla 8-1 . broad: 
sule- -body 2—2.9 em. long.—Ditches and low grounds, Coastal - Plain and MES 
provinces, Fla. to Tex., Ark., Ill., and Md. 
7. J. ta L. Stem 9-20 dm. tall, glabrous: leaf-blades lanceolate to 
linear- minded 9-12 em. E hypanthium short-pubescent or glabrate: 
sepals lanceolate, about 5 mm. long: petals about 5 mm. long; eapsule-body 
cylindrie, much longer than the base, 1.5 em. long.—Hammocks, near Manatee, 
Fla.— (W. La NE 
8. J. neglecta Small Stem mostly less than 1 m. tall, or taller in age, 
copiously pubescent: leaf-blades elliptic, varying to elliptic. -oblanceolate or 
elliptic- lanceolate, especially on the lower Pod of the stem, to elliptic- linear or 
narrowly linear above, mos sly, 15 em. long, pubescent on both sides: hypan- 
thium fer than the calyx in bud, copiously pubescent with short and long 
ede in anthesis: sepals Dade ovate oed over 1.5 c LE corolla over 
9 em. wide: capsule 1-2 em. long. — Waste- -plaees and river-banks, about sea- 
Pr Coastal Plain, Fla. to.La. and N. C.—Referred to J. uie in Fl. 
SE U. S., 
9. J. peruviana L. Stem 1—4 m. tall, hirsute: d blades ovate, oval, lan- 
ceolate, or oblong-lanceolate, 4—10 m lo long, or more: hypanthium hirsute: sepals 
lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate, 10— m. long: petals 2-3 em. long: capsule- 
body ne -obovoid, slightly bus pen the base.—Everglades, swamps, and 
ban s ams , pe n. pa a.; and adv. elsewhere along the Gulf Coast.— —(W. I., 
"oo C. "8. A. ) 
5. CHAMAENERION Adans. Perennial herbs. Leaf-blades entire or 
kd So. S bien d in showy racemes. Sepals 4, deciduous. Petals 
ntire. Stamens 8, declined. Stigmas 4. 
Capsule Hr po angled. Seeds 
ose oo species, of the north tem- 
is zon 
angustif HI A) p. Plant 5-2 
la ite, 9-15 c Meer corolla Purple or some- 
5-7.5 em. A coma of Ed bn 10 mm 
D N N. C. to N. M., Calif. 
; Ont., and Lab.—Sum.-fall.—Its abun- 
dud in burned over areas has given it the name of fireweed. 
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