J. p, secunda Le Leaves bright green, membranous rather than leathery 
the veinlets prominent, 2-4 cm. long, 12-25 mm. wide, ovate, acute or obtuse, - 
rounded at the base, Guymmmumm@ime finely serrate, petioles .5-1 om. long; flowers) 
greenish-white, each subtended by a lanceolate bract 3-4 mn. long? Ulammtmm, | 
one-sided, nodding, jraceme | ixkuitubeeemes elongated and erect in fruit, 3-5 om. % 
ong, a peduncle 10-12 cm. long; calyx-lobes dark-green, 1 mm. long, rounded, 
the margin eroded; petals 3.5 mm. long, the stamens somewhat longer; anthers ; 
whitish; style 5-6 mme long, nearly straight; capsules much flattened, 3.5-4 
mme in diameter, on slender pedicels 4 mm. long. 
Common in more open places in moist woods, throughout our region at 
lower elevations. 
—  P. minor L. Leaves oval or rotund, not leathery,mostly rounded at 
both ends, 1.5-2.5 cme in diameter on petioles sonewhat shorter, Stmenpies 
serrulate, the veins terminating in small callouses; flowers white or pinkish, 
the sepals triangular, acute, 1.5 mm. long; petals orbicular, 4-5 mm. in 
diameter; tre stamens 3 mme long, the anthers yellow, 1.1 mm. long, not 
narrowed at the apex but opening there by a simple pore; style not declined, 
erect, without a collar, cmspicuously 5-lobed; capsule depressed globose, 
5-6 mm. in diameter. 
Seen only at the Priest R. Exp. Sta., 4000 ft., Epling 6062. 
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