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Leaves sessile or slii;htly petioled, marked with minute translucent linear 

 dots, as in many otiicr species, sometimes memlirauaeeous, olien Hrm. 

 Flowers hirire : petals ratlier paU; yellow. Capsules sometimes elusicreil, 

 very short, mostly glabrous, twice the lenglli of the pedifcls, 4-wini;eil (pihe 

 to the hasc ; the intermediate ril)s strong but not projectini;. — Wc fully airrec 

 witli Hooker as to the limits of this ]i()lymorplious species, except tliat CK. 

 Fraseri seems to us a ditlerent sjjecies (aliiioui^di (K. Iruticosa is sometimes 

 cultivated under tliis name). CR. linearis, which Hooker inclines to consi<ler 

 a variety, is certmnly distinct, although the jiresent species sometimes Jias al- 

 most linear-lanceolate leaves. 



-'--15. CE. niaiica (M'lchx.) : perennial, very glaijrous and a little glaucous; 

 stem erect, branching above ; leaves ovate or oblong-ovate, sessile, repand- 

 dcnticulate, mostly obtuse ; flowers (large) in short leafy corj^mbs ; tube of 

 tlie calyx many times longer than the ovary; petals broadly obovate, emar- 

 ginate and erosely crenulate at the summit, much longer than tiie acuminate 

 calyx-segments ; capsules ovoid-oblong, 4-winged, tapering at the base into 

 a very short pedicel. — Miclix. ! Ji. 1. p. 2124 ; Bot. mag. t. IGOG ,• Lindl. ! hot. 

 reg. t. 1511. KncifTia glauca, Spark! I. c. 



0. Fraseri: leaves ovate-lanceolate, sometimes slightly peliol(;d. — CE. 

 Fraseri, Pursh,fl. 2. p. 734 ? CE. fruticosa c. Fraseri, Hook. ! bot. mag.fol. 

 3548. Kneiffia Fraseri, Spach. ! I. c. 



"Woods in the valley of the Mississipjii, Micliavx ! Kentucky, Dr. Short ! 

 and in the mountainous portion of Virginia ! and Carolina ! May-Tuly. — 

 •Stem 2-3 feet high. Leaves 1^-3 inches long, mostly obtuse, sometimes 

 attenuate to a narrow apex and rather acute, marked with linear dots. 

 Flowers nearly sessile, very showy. — This is a perfectly glahrous and more or 

 less glaucous plant, with broader leaves and larger flowers than G5. fruticosa. 

 It is apparently almost confined to the neighborhood of tiie Alleghany 

 mountains. 



■ 16. CE. r?p«nrt (Nutt.) : biennial, sliglitly pubescent ; leaves linear-lanceo- 

 late, elongated, attenuate at the base and somewhat petioled, remotely and 

 obscurely glandular-denticulate or entire; flowers (large) in a somewhat 

 leafy at length elongated raceme ; tube of the calyx much longer than the 

 ovary; petals sliglitly obcordatc, longer than the statnens and the acuminate 

 calyx-segments; cajisulcs oblong-clavate, often shorter than the jjcdicels, 

 slightly 4-winged, with 4 strong intermediate ribs. — Nutt.! gen. 1. p. 247. 



Swamps and river-banks, Quaker-bridge, New Jersey! and from North 

 Carolina ! to Florida ! June-July. — Stem 2-3 feet high, slender, often vir- 

 gately branched. Leaves rather thick, mostly obtuse, 2-4 inches long, pubes- 

 cent along the midrib and margins. Flowers fully as large as in CE. fruti- 

 cosa. Pedicels of the lower flowers often an inch in length. 



■^ T7. CE. linearis (Michx.) : ])erennial? erect; stem slender and often 

 branched ; leaves linear or narrowly lanceolate, rather obtuse, remotely den- 

 ticulate or entire; flowers (rather large) somewhat corymbose at the extremity 

 of the branches; tube of the calyx slender, longer than the ovary, but scarce- 

 ly exceeding the segments; petals longer than the stamens and calyx-seg- 

 ments; capsules clavate-turbinate or obovate, mostly pubescent or canescentj 

 with the alternate angles slightly winged above, tapering at the base into a 

 slender pedicel. — Michx. ! Ji. 1. p. 225 ; Pursh, I. c. ; Nutt. ! gen. \. p. 248 » 

 Ell.! sk. 1. p. 444. Kneiffia angustifolia, Spach! I. c. K. maculata, 

 Spach, I. c. 1 



&. stems often decumbent at the base, at length much branclied ; leaves 

 smaller. 



In dry sandy jjlaces, Virginia! to Florida! and Louisiana. 0. Montauk 

 Point, Long Island! and North Carolina towards the mountains! Aprils 



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