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glands orbicular, showy; capsule and seed smooth. (E. paniculata, Ell.) —Var. 
ANGUSTIFOLIA, Ell. Stems slender; branches mostly 3, forking, elongated, 
spreading ; leaves varying from linear to obovate ; involucres small, scattered ; 
appendages of the glands transversely oblong. — Dry rich soil, Florida to Mis- 
sissippi, and northward; the var. in sandy pine barrens. July- Sept. — Stem 
1? - 99 high. 
2. E. discoidalis, n. sp. Smooth or pubescent; branches commonly 2, 
divaricate, forking ; leaves linear, obtuse, with the margins revolute ; involucres 
on slender pedicels; glands deep red, bordered by the narrow appendages; - 
seeds obovate, pale, minutely pitted. — Dry sandy pine barrens near the coast, 
West Florida. Aug.- Oct. Plant 6/-18' high; the stem much shorter than 
the branches. Leaves 2'— 3! long, 1" —2" wide. Involucres scattered. 
3. E. Curtisii, Engelm. Smooth; stems filiform; branches mostly 3, 
erect, sparingly divided ; leaves thin, linear or linear-oblong, obtuse, short-peti- 
oled, spreading or recurved; involucres minute, scattered, on long capillary 
pedicels; glands green, margined by the white crenate appendages; capsule 
erect, short-stalked, round-angled; seed globose, smooth.— Low pine barrens, 
Florida to North Carolina. Aug. — Plant 6’-9! high, sometimes branching 
from the base. Leaves 3! - 13! long. 
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lately or alternately branched ; leaves thin, obovate, entire, the lower ones peti- 
oled, those of the branches round-kidney-shaped, sessile; involucres nearly 
sessile, shorter than the floral leaves; glands crescent-shaped or 2-horned ; cap- 
sule smooth, round-angled; seeds ovoid, pitted. — Dry soil, Aspalaga, Florida, 
and probably elsewhere, previously confounded with E. Peplus, Z., which has a 
wing-crested capsule. — Stem 6'—-12' high. Leaves }/-1/ long. Plant pale 
green, 
5. E. obtusata, Pursh. Smooth; stem erect; branches 3-5; leaves 
Sessile, serrulate, obtuse ; those of the stem wedge-oblong, of the branches ovate ; 
involucre nearly scesilo ; glands oval; capsule round-angled, warty; seeds 
Smooth. (E. Helioscopia, Ell.?) — Shady woods, South Carolina, and north- 
ward. July - Sept. — Stem 1° high. Leaves 1' long. 
++ ++ Perennials. 
6. E. Darlingtonii, Gray. Stem tall; branches 5-8, iir dare 
entire, slightly pubescent beneath; those of the stem oblong, of the branches 
‘Oval or roundish, obtuse, truncate at the base; involucres nearly sessile ; glands 
obliquely oval ; capsule obscurely warty ; seeds smooth. — Mountains of North 
Carolina, and northward. July. — Stem 29 — 49 high. 
7. E. Floridana, n. sp. Smooth; stem erect; branches 3-4, forking; 
Nieve itin sessile ; those of the stem linear or linear-lanceolate, mostly acute, - 
Teflexed ; of the branches cordate-ovate, clasping, acute ; involucres i 
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