(EN-OTHERA. OCTANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. 389 



leaves entire. J^utt. G'e?i. I. p. 245. QL. minima Pursh 

 Fl. I. p. 262. t. 15. 



Root annual. Stem simple, 1 — 3 inches high, 1 — 2-flowered. 

 Leaves oblong-lanceolate, sessile, hairy, mostly entire. Flo7vers 

 small, sessile, terminal. Petals obcordate, about as long as the 

 segments of the calyx. Capsule linear, distinctly angular. 



Hab. In New-Jersey ; not uncommon. Nu t tall. 



Elliott and JVuttall botli agree in considering the CE.. 

 minima oi Purs/i a mere variety of QL. sinuata, become 

 dwarfish by growing in sandy soil. 



* * Cafisule ventricosCf annulary mostly fiedicellate. 



0. (Fj. fniticosa L. : somewhat villous; leaves linear- 

 tanceolatc, subdcntale, acute; petals broad-obcordate ; cap- 

 sules oblong-clavatc, pedicellate, quadrangular; raceme Tiaked 

 below. Willd. Spec. 11. p. 310. Hot. jMag. 332. Pursh 

 Fl. I. p. 262. Elliott Sk. I. p. 442. .K u 1 1. Gen. I. p. 

 247. IV a 1 1, Car. p. 129. Gro n. Virg. 42. Col d. 

 J^oveb. 87. 



Hoot perennial. Stem terete, afoot or 18 inches high, purplish, 

 erect, branched from the base. Leaves sometimes oblong- 

 lanceolate, punctate, (when held to the light,) remotely den- 

 ticulate, i^/owfrs middle-sized, in a terminal raceme. Seg- 

 ments of the calyjc lanceolate, acuminate, more or less united. 

 Corolla pale yellow; /tetals nearly as broad as long. Stamens 

 shorter than the corolla. Cafisule acutely quadrangidar, the 

 angles almost winged, with the sides carinate, pubescent, ta- 

 pering at the base into a distinct pedicel. 



Hab. On the sides of hills, and along the borders of woods. 

 June. 



jS. amhigua K utt. : more or less pilose ; stem simple ; 

 leaves lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, acute, subdenticulale ; 

 petals obcordate, longer than broad ; points of the calyx very 

 short; capsules subsessile, always smooth, oblong, and 4-wing- 

 ed ; raceme naked below. Null, 1. c. 



Root perennial. Stem simple, or branched above, slender, a 

 foot or more in height, nearly smooth, or sparsely pubescent. 

 Leaves 2 and a half inches long, often ovate-lanceolate, re- 

 motely and subrepandly denticulate, somewhat petiolate. Seg- 

 ments of the calyx shorter than the tube, united. Petals pale 

 yellow. 



Hab. On hills and in dry woods. Staten-Island, New-York. 

 Near Philadelphia. JVuttall. July. 

 Apparently, as Mr. Xuttall remarks, a distinct species. 



7. (E. incana N utt. : stem slender, erect ; leaves flat, 

 hoary and tomentose, very entire, eliiptic-ovate, acute ; ra- 



