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DIADELPHIA, OCTANDRIAs 8g 
tes deciduous; stem erect and branched. Has. Common. 
throughout the Atlantic states. ‘ 
14.:* ambigua. Annual: first leaves vyerticillate, line- 
ar, the rest alternate; stem virgately branched;: spikes 
acute, upon very long peduncles; flowers cristate, pur- 
plish; calicine wings round and venose, equal with the 
frnit to which they are appressed; bractes deciduous. 
Has. In New Jersey and Virginia; in forests and on road 
sides near ditches, abundant, but not so common ag the 
preceding, to which it very nearly approaches. After seve- 
ral’ years examination in a living state I am decidedly in- 
duced to consider it a separate species; the flowers are 
larger, purple, and distinctly pedicellate; I have now be- 
fore me specimens in which the filiform spike and its pe- 
duncle is from 6 to 8 inches long. The flowers of both 
these species are distinctly cristate. : 
15. * fastigiate. 
oe. small and reflected capsule. Has. Onthe 
argins of dry sphagnose morasses; not very common; — 4 
enerally dwarf and spreading, spikes from 10 to 15 lines — <? 
acauese persistent, calicine wings flatly spreading, 
greenish, with a bright rosaceous margin, capsule minute, , 
substipitate. ae 
17. * brevifolia. Annual: stem erect, subfastigiately 
branched, angular, angles. alated; leaves “aera 
esinously punctate, verticillated in 4’s; s 3 pes 
ate, partly capitate; flowers subcristate; calicine. 
sule. Hag. On the margins of sandy swamps, New Jer- 
sey, also in Ohio. Flowering in July and August; some- 
what rare. Oss. Nearly allied to the preceding, with 
which it has probably been confounded, though perfectly 
distinct; it is more slender, leaves scarcely half the size, , 
branches subvirgate and erect, flowers brightish red. 
