94 MONOGRAPH OF 



leaves commonly ternate, lower obovate, sub- 

 sessile, upper cuneate and linear petiolate acute 

 smooth ; racemes panicul. lax subnaked, pedi- 

 cels equal to fl. Internal sepals lanceol. acute 

 carinate, capsules ovate — Kentucky and Illi- 

 nois in woods and glades, trigone, ext. sepals 

 subequal linear. Several varieties, 1 major, 

 2 minor, 3 parvijfora, lower leaves caducous, 

 flowers small fuscate. It has no sterile stems. 

 Perennial, 



10. h. GLOMERATA Raf. smooth, branches 

 short adpressed, leaves variable oblong, lanceo- 

 late or cuneate, petiolate mucronate ; flowers 

 axillary and terminal on short pedicels, glome- 

 rate, sepals ovate acute carinate, capsules sub- 

 globose — Apalachian mts. pedal, no sterile 

 stems, calix trigone over the fruit, external se- 

 pals linear — Perennial. 



11. L. coRYMsosA Raf. stem erect rough, 

 above pilose corymbose, leaves petiolate broad 

 oblong nearly obtuse, pubescent, ciliate ; flow- 

 ers corymbose, pedicels equal to flowers, sepals 

 round concave, ext. linear, capsules globose — 

 Mts. Alleghany, 6 to 12 inches high, leaves 

 small, capsules large with 3 to 6 seeds, disco- 

 vered 1818, 



12. L. suRcuLosA Raf. stem with spreading 

 branches, sterile stems prostrate pilose, with 

 leaves ternate ovatoblong acute ciliate petiolate 

 branches smooth with leaves opposite and al- 

 ternate smooth linear ; flowers paniculate, pe- 

 dicels equal, bracts subulate, ext. sepals linear, 

 internal ovate acute, capsules ovate — In Penn- 

 sylvania on dry hills, the L. minor of some Au- 

 thors, stem 3 to 6 inches, leaves and flowers 

 small. 



13. L. REVOLUTA Raf. minor of Lin. not of 



