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-July. X— Stem branching, 29-39 high. Leaves 2'-3' long. Flowers 2’ 
in diameter. 
4. Œ. riparia, Nutt. Stem slightly pubescent, very leafy; leaves linear- 
lanceolate, remotely denticulate, narrowed into a short petiole; raceme short, 
leafy at the base, elongated in fruit; flowers large; capsule oblong-clavate, dis- 
tinetly pedicelled, slightly 4-winged, with 4 strong intermediate ribs. — Swamps 
and river-banks, Florida and northward. June and July. (2)— Stem 29 -39 
high. Leaves 2-4! long, pubescent on the midrib and margins. Flowers 2! in 
diameter. 
5. CE. fruticosa, L. Hairy or smoothish ; stem mostly simple; leaves 
lanceolate, commonly wavy and remotely denticulate on the margins ; raceme at 
first corymb-like, at length elongated ; flowers large ; capsule 4-winged, with in- 
termediate ribs, oblong-clavate, longer than the pedicel. — Fields, Mississippi to 
North Carolina, and northward. June- Sept. y ,— Stem 19 -29 high. Flow- 
ers 1'- 2! in diameter. 
6. CE. linearis, Michx. Stem slender, smooth below, pubescent above; 
the young branches hoary ; lowest leaves obovate; the others linear-lanceolate, 
entire or sparingly denticulate ; raceme short, many-flowered, leafy ; capsule ob- 
ovate, 4-winged, with conspicuous intermediate ribs, mostly shorter than the 
pedicel. — Dry light soil, Florida to Mississippi, and northward. April- - June. 
— Stem 19-13? high. Flowers I in diameter. —— 
7. Œ. pumila, L. Low, smoothish; leaves S. "itis raceme 
leafy; flowers small; capsule olilong:obóvité, 4-wing-angled, nearly sessile. — 
Mountains of Georgia and Carolina, and occasionally also around dwellings in 
the low country, from seeds introduced in Northern hay. June. — Stem 6/- 12/ 
high. Flowers }/ in diameter. 
8. Œ. linifolia, Nutt. Low, smoothish ; stem at length much branched ; 
leaves very numerous, linear-filiform, the yat spatulate; raceme pubescent, 
few-flowered ; bracts shorter than the ovary ; flowers small ; lobes of the stigma 
coherent into a globular head; capsule obovate, tags; nearly sessile. — 
Gravelly hills, near Scott's mill, Warren County, Georgia, and westward. June. 
— Stem 6/-12'high. Flowers 4// — 5" in diameter. 
3. EPILOBIUM, L. Wirrow-Hrms. 
Calyx-tabe not gnep beyond the ovary; the limb sdb, detiduvus 
Petals 4. Stamens 8. ule elongated, many-seeded. Seeds with a tuft of — : 
long hairs at the Ped erennials, with alternate and opposite denticulate 
leaves, and chiefly white or purple flowers. Um 
1. E. angustifolium, L. Stem uid, sighed: leaves alternate, (edt 
ate, entire or wavy on the margins, paler beneath; racemes 
; flowers showy ; petals obovate, purple ; stigma 4-lobed ; 
reed (E. spicatum, Lam.) — Mountai 
