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long; leaves }/-1/ long; the limb scarcely longer than the petiole. Flowers 
yellow, not half as large as in the preceding. 
* * Leaves not cordate: carpels 7-12. 
. 8.8. stipulata, Cav. Nearly smooth; stem erect or curving ; leaves and 
branches distichous ; leaves lanceolate and oblong, acute, unequally serrate, on 
short petioles ; stipules linear-subulate, longer than the petioles, smooth, per- 
sistent; flowers single or clustered, on peduncles 3 - 4 times as long as the pe- 
tioles; carpels 10, strongly reticulated, pointed with two short and incurved 
spines. (S. glabra, Nutt.) — Waste places and around dwellings, Florida. 
June- November. (3) or 1, — Stems 19 -39 high. Leaves 2!/-3! long. Flow- 
ers 1' wide, yellow, expanding at mid-day. Petals obliquely obcordate. 
4. S. rhombifolia, L. Downy; stems erect, much branched ; leaves 
rhombie-oblong, obtuse at each end, serrate, short-petioled, pale beneath ; stip- 
ules setaceous, longer than the petioles, caducous; peduncles solitary, more than 
half as long as the leaves ; carpels 10-12, even, pointed with a single subulate 
spine, indehiscent. — Around dwellings, Florida to North Carolina and westward. 
July- October. @ — Stems 29-39 high. Leaves 2/— 3' long. Flowers yel- 
low, smaller than in No. 3. 
5. S. ciliaris, Cav. Rough with appressed rigid hairs ; stems prostrate ; 
leaves elliptical, obtuse at both ends, serrate above the middle, smooth above, 
the uppermost approximate; stipules setaceous, and like the calyx fringed with 
long hairs; flowers nearly sessile in the axils of the upper leaves ; carpels 7, L 
strongly reticulated, pointed with two minute barbed spines. — Key West. Y — 
Stems 6’ long. Leaves }!-1' long. Flowers small, red. 
6. S. Elliottii, Torr.& Gray. Perennial; stems slender, roughish, erect, 
with long and straight branches ; leaves smoothish, lanceolate or linear, acute, 
serrate, on short petioles; stipules setaceous ; flowers large, single ; peduncles 
longer than the petioles ý carpels 10 — 12, strongly reticulated, truncate or slightly 
2-pointed. (S. gracilis, Ell., not of Rich.) — Open woods, Florida to North Car- 
olina and westward. July- Oloba. — Stems 1°- 3° high. Leaves 1'-2' long. 
Flowers 1' wide, yellow. 
7. S. Lindheimeri, Engel. & Gray. Stem shrubby, smooth, slender, much 
branched ; leaves rigid, narrow-linear, obtuse, serrate, paler and downy beneath, 
the short petioles spineless at the base; stipules subulate, persistent, as long as. 
the petioles; peduncles about as long as the leaves ; carpels 10, faintly reticu- 
lated, pointed with two short and broad spines. — Key West. — Stems Je 
Leaves 1! long. Pose Dapp wiconding due sls do eae 
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