EPILOBIACEAE 
rarely UE petals of the earlier flowers 
2.5-3 cm. long 11. K. glauca. 
II. Pu AE 
Plants with ee A often gregarious ae stems and 
thickish leaf-blades 12. K. perennis. 
1. X. pratensis exi: Stem 5-11 dm. tall: leaf-blades narrowly elliptic 
to elliptie- lanceolate, 3-11 em. long, undu- 
or sinuate, acute, thin, hirsute, flat: 
hypanthium more O1 less hirsute sepals 17— 
22 mm. long, 2 free tips 2.5—4 mm. long: 
petals 2-3.5 em. long: i es body davate, 
17-21 mm. long, hirsute.— ( MEA SUN- 
DROPS.)—Low grounds, Mae d re 
various provinees, N of Coastal Plain, Tenn. 
to Ark., Ia. Wis., and en Intr bod: in 
more E States cum: —fal 
2. X. subglobosa Small. Stem a dm, tall, 
Peer widely stolonifer basal 
leaves 4-10 cm. long, with uu un- 
dula V. toothed blades: stem- n often 
numerous: blades linear or near 2—7 
long, entire or distantly toothed. a 
panthium villous or silky: sepals 6-9.5 mm. long: petals 1.5 to almost 2 en 
ong: capsule-body globose- at 6—7 mm. us rd soil and d 
ines Piedmont, Ga. and Ala.—Sum.-fall. 
3. K. are den boue Stem n o-4.5 dm. tall, oo leaf-blades linear 
of them narrov ii elliptie 5 em. long, entire or essen- 
tially so: hy nun m somewhat hirsute: E 5 i mm dag; petals 16-23 
mm. long: capsule-body globular or p eee about 4 mn 1. long.—Sand- 
hills or dry pinelands, C5 astal Plain, Ga. to Miss. | Ark., and N. C.—Sum.-fall. 
X. fruticosa ed Eas Stem 1-6.5 dm. tall, pubescent i short, 
usually incur d basal leaves “Suit oval, elliptic or spatulate blades 
commonly 2-8 e Ion g: stem-leaves not erowded; blades spatulate a linear 
or linear- eine undulate or alles toothed: sepals 1-1.8 em. long, 
n ubese — s iE 2.5 em. long: ea p ule-body gi dud ug to 
ellipsoid-clav 6-14 long. [O. fruticosa L. K. linearis Spach K. 
longipedic ve Sma E nun one )- Open sandy places or barrens, various 
provinces, Fla. to Tex., Mo., and N. Y.—Spr.-su 
K. riparia (Nutt.) a Stem 5-12 dm. tall: basal leaves with spatu- 
late blades commonly em. long: stem-leaves often numerous; blades 
linear to linear-lan COMI. 5-13 cm. long, or shorter on the branches, entire or 
undulate denticulate: sepals about 2 em. NÉ finely pubescent: petals over 2 
em. long: eapsule-body d pubes allover, with minute Em mostly 
over 2 em. long.—River banks and nS Coastal Plain, Ga. to N. C— 
'—sum. 
K. brevistipata Pennell. Stem 2-4 dm. tall, pubescent, leaves 3-6 
em. long: blades 2 p aeutish, densely strigose: sepals 7-9 re 
long: petals 12-15 ong: capsul body clavate- -ellipsoid, 9-6 mm. long, 
winged, pubescent with coarse hairs, bu beeoming glabrate.—Dry pine ed 
Coastal Plain, N Fla. to La.-—Su 
7. K. ne 
coming pep lar above, purple- ds leaves 5- 9 em. long; blades PERS 
linear, , acutish, finely pubescent or glabrate: sepals 10-13 mm. long, acuminate: 
petals 15-25 em. long: eapsule- body ciavate, 8-10 mm. long, the wings exceed- 
semiglandulosa Pennell. Stem 3-6 dm. tall, finely pubese be- 
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