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monly sterile, 5 shorter with oblong anthers bi- 

 locular. Pistil subsessile, style lateral longer 

 than stamens, stigma obtuse hairy, pod subses- 

 sile oblong turgid obtuse mucronate on one side 

 black and smooth polysperm, seeds small reni- 

 form shining rattling. Habit as above stated. 



346. CiiOT. or loc, linearis Raf. C. sagit. 

 var. linearis Mx. smooth virgate erect, leaves 

 linear elongate sessile ucute stipules linear 

 erect hardly decurrent ; peduncles elongate tri- 

 flore, bracts and calyx linear lanceolate cilio- 

 late, pods subterete — from Carolina to Louisi- 

 ana, received from Alabama, annual, estival, 

 stem erect slender pedal, leaves long narrow^, 

 2 or 3 inches long, stipules well marked, pe- 

 duncles very long 4 or 5 inches, with 1 or 2 

 bracts in the middle, flowers small near togeth- 

 er. Pods longer and narrower than in the 

 others, nearly terete oblong quite black. 



347. Crot. or loc. longipes Raf sagittalis ? 

 Dec. smooth assurgent, stem well winged, leaves 

 sessile narrow lanceolate acute, stipules lanceo- 

 late erect foliose decurrent, peduncles very 

 long incurved biflore, bracts and calix linear 

 lanceolate hispid — sent me from Alabama, 

 large bipedal, leaves 3 or 4 inches long, half 

 inch broad, stipules large uncial, peduncles 6 

 to 8 inches long, with a bract in the middle, 

 flowers small, pods not seen. 



348. Crot. or loc. pilosa Raf parviflora 

 Roth Dec. P. El. &.C. excl. syn. Mx. non par- 

 vifl. Thunberg- W. Sm — erect ramose, pilose 

 hirsute, leaves subsessile oblong lanceol, ciliate 

 mucronate. stipules short irregular subdecur- 

 rent, peduncles short subracemose 3-5flore, 

 bracts and calix ciliate linear lanceol. pods tur- 

 gid oblong — from Pensylv. and New Jersey to 



