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Elliot &.C erect dichotoiiie strigose, leaves sess- 

 ile lanceolate base attenuate, remote serrate, 

 triplinerve, flowers geminate, peduncles long, 

 sepals of perianthe ovate acuminate — Virginia 

 to Florida in gravelly soils, flowers estival : 

 thus very different from last, but I have not 

 seen it, it may have been badly described, there- 

 fore is dubious. 



302. EcLiPTA FLEXuosA Raf. E. erecta L. 

 ^c. Stem erect nearly simple hirsute subflex- 

 uose, leaves sessile lanceolate undulate une- 

 qually serrate triplinerve, flowers 2 or 3, pedun- 

 cles wooly, sepals of perianthe ovate — in Guy- 

 ana and South America, biennial 2 or 3 feet 

 high, thus totally unlike the two above. 



303. EcLiPTA TiNCTOKiA Raf E. erecta 

 Wild. Pers. cj'C. stem erect strigose, leaves ses- 

 sile oblong lanceolate remote serrate — in Asia 

 and Egypt, used to die black, certainly differ- 

 ent again from all the American sp. but requir- 

 ing a better description. 



304. EcLiPTA SI31PLEX Raf stem erect sim- 

 ple strigose above, lower leaves ovatoblong ob- 

 tuse petiolate, upper oblong or lanceolate ses- 

 sile acute uninerve, subentire, hardly strigose 

 nearly smooth, flowers solitary axillary or ter- 

 minal, sepals of perianthe ovatoblong acute — 

 sent me from Alabama and Tennessee as JE. 

 procumbens although quite erect. A small sp. 

 semipedal, with few leaves and flowers, leaves 

 1 or 2 inches long. 



305. EcLiPTA SULCATA Raf stem erect tri- 

 chotome sulcate nearly smooth, leaves narrow 

 lanceolate sessile acute, subserrate in the mid- 

 dle, nearly smooth, peduncles geminate une- 

 qual hispid, sepals of perianthe ovate lanceo- 

 late acute — Louisiana, sent me by Riddell as 



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