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fimbriate; flowers in dense lateral clusters; involucre cleft on the back; 

 appendages of the gland red or white, truncate or crenate; capsule acutely 

 3-angled ; seeds ovate, obtusely angled, minutely roughened. — Rich soil, 

 Nashville, Tennessee {Dr. Gattiager), and westward. 



E. dentata, Michx. Annual, erect (1° high), irregularly branching ; 

 leaves distant, petioled, ovate, lanceolate, or linear, coarsely toothed, the 

 lower ones alternate, the uppermost ones opposite; involucres nearly sessile, 

 with five toothed lobes, and mostly a single stalked gland ; seeds nearly glob- 

 ular, slightly tubercled. — Rich soil, Tennessee, and northward. July- 

 September. 



E. deltoidea, Engelm. (ined.). Small, perennial; stems {2'-4' long) 

 diflfuse, glabrous; leaves (1^" long or less) petioled, obliquely deltoid, cor- 

 date, or reniform, sprinkled with sliort hairs, the margins narrowly revolute; 

 stipules minute, entire; involucre single, terminal (always?) turbinate, ped- 

 icelled, with downy lobes, and transversely oblong glands without append- 

 ages ; styles very short ; capsule (immature) acutely 3-angled, glabrous. — 

 — South Florida {Curliss). 



E. prostrata, Ait. Prostrate, more or less pubescent (4'-6' long) ; leaves 

 oval, slightly serrulate, smooth above (2" -3" long) ; flowers in lateral clus- 

 ters ; involucre top-shaped ; appendages narrow ; capsule long-ciliate on the 

 angles; seeds 4 angled, strongly rugose. — Waste places, Florida, and west- 

 ward. 



E. adenoptera, Bertolini. Prostrate ; stems shortly villous ; leaves 

 obliquely oblong, denticulate; stipules subulate, ciliate ; involucre top- 

 shaped, hirsute, deeply cleft without, the ciliate lobes lanceolate ; append- 

 ages rosy; capsule hirsute, acute-angled, seeds oblong, 4-angled, trans- 

 versely furrowed. — South Florida (Curliss) 



ACALYPHA, L, 



A. Lindheimeri, MUller. Stem (1° high) branching, hirsute ; leaves 

 rhombic-ovate, serrate, short-petioled ( 1' long) ; spikes very slender ; bracts 

 of the numerous pistillate flowers ovate, deeply 5-7-toothed, 1-2-flowered ; 

 ovary hirsute ; styles long, setaceously 4-6-cleft ; seeds minutely pitted. — 

 Key West {Riddell in Herb. Mohr). 



MERCURIALIS, Tourn. 



Flowers dioecious, apetalous, in axillary spikes or clusters. Calyx 3-parted. 

 Stamens 8-20, distinct. Styles 2, simple, united at base. Capsule 2-celled, 

 2-seeded. 



M. annua, L. Smooth, branching (1° high) ; leaves ovate-lanceolate, 

 crenate-toothed ; sterile spike longer than the leaves ; fertile flowers clus- 

 tered ; capsule hispid. — Waste places, sparingly naturalized. 



