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HAB. Sandy fields. 0. 1—3 in. high, 1—2/. small, 

 sess. ; caps. lin. 



** Capsule ventricose, angular, mostly pedicellate. 



6. (E. fruticosa : somewhat villous ; leaves linear-lan- 



ceolate, subdentate, acute ; petals broad-obcordate ; 

 capsules oblong-clavate, pedicellate, quadrangular ; 

 raceme naked below. 



HAB. Hills and woods. June. 0. Stem 12 — 18 in. 

 high, purp. ; leav. punc. 



■3. ambigua : more or less pilose; stem simple; 

 leaves lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, acute, sub- 

 denticulate ; petals obcordate, longer than broad ; 

 points of the calyx very short ; capsules subsessile, 

 always smooth, oblong and 4-winged ; raceme na- 

 ked below. 



HAB. Hills and dry woods. July. Leaves 2J- in. 

 long. 



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



and tomentose, very entire, elliptic-ovate, acute ; 

 raceme few-flowered, naked ; capsules subsessile, 

 oblong and quadrangular. 

 HAB. Dry Woods. Stem 6—8 in. high; fl. bright 

 yellow. -{-• 



8. (E. pumila : smooth ; stem ascending ; leaves lan- 



ceolate, very entire, obtuse ; capsule subsessile, 

 elliptical-obovate, angular. 

 IIAB. Dry fields. June. U • A span high: fi. small ; 

 pet. obcordate. 



9. CE. chrysantha: stem slender, pubescent; leaves 



lanceolate, rather obtuse, flat, entire ; segments 

 of the calyx as long again as the tube ; capsule 

 clavate, sessile, acutely angular. 

 IIAB. Mountains. Afoot high;Jl. small, bright 

 yellow. 



10. CE. pusilla : subpubescent ; stem nearly simple; 



leaves lanceolate-oblong, somewhat obtuse, en- 

 tire ; flowers axillary at the summit ; capsule 

 sessile, clavate-turbinate, almost equally 8-angled. 

 IIAB. Mountains. Stem \ — 6 in. high, erect. 



