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24. J. Greenii, Oakes & Tuckem. Shorter ; leaves deeply channeled ;, panicle d^'iise. many-flowered ; 
capsule orate-obloiig, obtuse ; seeds ovoid, tails shorter.— N. England ,• Michigan. 
(2.) Seeds only apiculate. 
25. J. TEXUis, Wilkl. Leaves flat ; sepals equal, huiceolate, sulnilate, spreadin.;, oxect-dinu' the ovoid 
retuse green capsule ; seeds long, white-pointed at botli ends.— Through the I^nit<Ml stai rs iVoni the 
Atlantit to the Pacific and southward to the Tropics and W. Indirs ; W. Kuroi.r. Tlir nui t iicnsr. i n Vav. 
SECUXDUS, Eng., has smaller secund flowers along the incurved brancln s, and in V-av. ( (.nci sh s, Ki,-., 
of California and Colorado, the branches are contracted into a head and tlic (Idwci s dai k. r-( ol..i(-(|. 
26. J. DiciiOTOJlUS, Ell. Stouter; leaves tiltform, slightly cliann. 'led ; sepals as King ;is ihr -lolmse 
beaked reddish capsule; otherwise nearly as the last.~N. Jersey to Florida. 
27. J. Geearw, Lois, rauiele contraeted; sejials <»\ al-oblong, olil use, incnrx < <!, e(|iialitiii- tlir- (u al 
obtuse mucronate capsule ; seeds larger, obovate.— Salt marshes iVom Cuiada I.. Florida, and on the 
Great Lakes. 
(h.) Stems branched, (liC/iise, leaCy : rool annnal. 
28. J. BUFOXius, L. Low and slemler. Se<' page :\:u. 
* * * Flowers eajiitate, (in Niis. 'j;! iuid MO i>llen snliniry.) 
(a.) Stamens 'A, (in hpfocaulia ^-C).) 
(I.) Annnal, very low, Inanched; lea\is tililnim. 
29. J. KELLO<i(_;/J, l-ing. ^lueh bram-hed ; le;n cs cliaiineli il almve, (1 In long: Inanelilels slioif, 
leafy below, bearing loose terminal M-fi-llowi'red heads and sonielinies longer 'J-Mowcred pedunc les in the 
axils; sepals hineeidate-snlinlate, e(|na!, ]iale-greeii and wliilish. I ; "i long, exceeding Ihe slameus and 
nearly e([naling the ovate olilnse nnn ronate menibranoirs caJl^llle : anihers oblong lineai. sliorter than 
the iihiment ; seeds ovate, ^" long, scarcely i»ointed, with a few strong ribs. — San I'rancisco. 
;?0. J. TRIFORMIS, Eng. Less branched, the many capillary scapelike judniH les much e\cei (ling 
leaves; flowers lew, in small heads, (U' solitary. — See pauc '.'>'u. N'ariable ; thi' t\ pical Ibrni l)ciii;; 'J-l 
high, heads :)-5-floweri'd, sepals slightly exeeedini; the stamens and rathi'f long-mncromiie ca]isnli', ;in- 
thers twice longer than the tilannnits, style exst^rted, sever.il 1iine> longer than the ovate ovary, stigmas 
elongated. Var. BiiACiivsrviA'S, Eng., is hi^li. Ilowers 1-:; to-etlier, sepals tw ice long<>r than the 
stamens, equaling, or lU'arly so, the obtusi' very ^>h^ltly mu<'ronalc cajiside, anthers half its hnig as ilie 
filaments, the very short style ami stignms included. N'ar. imi i.dim s, I'.ng., is J-l' hi^h, tiie solitary 
flowers mostly dimerous. 
(2.) Stems compressed, simple, leal'y ; leaves liat. 
31. J. REi'KX.s, ]\Ix. Annual; stems ascending or creeping; leaves fascicled on the .-nm; iiniii 
sepals nuich the longer; capsule linear, obtuse; filaments long. — Maryland to Florida ,iih1 Louisiana. 
32. J. MAROiXATUS, Rostk. Perennial, erect, 1-3° high; inner sepals mostly obtuse, exceedini; the 
acute outer ones, (Mjualing the subglobose obtuse scarcely }iointed cajisnle : antlu i s puriilc— N. .b rsey to 
' W. Canada and Illinois, southward to S. Carolina, Arkansas and 'fexa.. 
33. J. LEPTOCAULis, T. & G. Rootstock small, ai>iiarenily iM n nnial ; >tem^ tntie,!. slender. C>-U' 
high, slightly compressed, fistulous, few-leaved; heads 1-::. of :!-7 liL;lit--reen liower-; : bracts ov.afe, 
awued, mostly shorter than the subpedicellecl llowcr; sepals 'J ' long, nsitaliy i qual. ovaf e-lanc olafe. 
acuminate awued, J longer than the 3-0 stann'Us ami the obovate refuse mucronate < apsuh- ; anthers -J-;! 
times shorter than the lilament ; .stigmas equaling (he ovary with its very sh<u1 style: seeds <d;o\ ate, 
pointed, strongly ribbed.— -Arkansas ; Texas. 
{b.) Stamens (>. 
34. J. FAr.C'ATi's, K. ^ley. h'ootslock aseiMiding. sioloniferou- : . i; - ■,' b"> i u-uall\ i. ~ ■ hi^h. coin- 
pressed, 1-leaved or naked; leaves Hat, adverse. niostI> laterally cm \ ed ; li. ads usu.illy sin - -low- 
ered, (in Var. PANICUL.vrus about iVIlowered. in a siiujile oi' subcoiniiound panic le;) sc j.als : ale, 
scabrous, the outer aenmiimte, cc|ualing or exceeding the obtuse sonni iim-.. mn. incl 
the obovate obtuse^ nuicrcnuite capsule ; antlu-rs nnich exc cccliiiL;- the lilament : d ; 
sc-c-ds I;iiu-(>cdate-ovate, subcaiulate. costate-reticnlate.— I 'nalaska to ( '.-ililbrnia. 
:!,'). J. oiiTrsATFs. ling. L'ocdstock cree]iing; stems tuttc-d. a sjian high. (no>lly Mcave.l : m aily 
ecpialing the flat linear leave ,- : iieacN f, w. fe w luany-lh.wen-d, iti a simple' panic le : seji.ils U -J Ion;:, 
green with brown margins, slightly scabr.ms. ovate. ,.,|ua!. the ; ..n.-n en-;.bhite. the inn.-r v,-ry ob- 
tuse, nnteh shorter than the ov.ate obtu.se v<-ry .shortly mnc ; • ns hall■-lo!l^.■r ihan the 
sepals : stigmas long, ex-<et fell : s.r.'s o: ate. ol(tii>e or sc. ii.. ... : - iilate. - : ■ \-' 
Calitbrnia. 
30. .1. l.<iX<-i-i VJ.fs, T. A ]--^ higli:bea.' ' ■ Mneh'. rarely soh;:, .iU.il, 
ovate-lanceolate, ttcute ; seeds oblancecdate or c»b. 
