402 ErriiouiiiACC-E. (si'unGE family.) 



pino l.arrcns, Middle Florida. June- Aiij:. — Stem 1° -2° high. Branches of 

 the more sterile i)laiits sueeessively forking and widely spreading. Leaves l'-2' 

 long. 



8. E. inuxidata, Torr. Smooth ; stem erect, 3-br.anched or alternately 

 branched from near ilie base, few-flowered ; leaves erect, lanceolate, entire, acute, 

 sessile ; those of the branches oblong-ovate, clasping ; involucre long-pcdunckd^ 

 reddish, the pubescent lobes 3-toothcd ; glands orbicular, peltate, entire ; capsules 

 acute-angled, smooth, like the globose seed. — Pine-barren swamps, Florida. 

 April -June. — Stems G'-12' high, from a thick woody root. Leaves 2'-y' 

 long. 



9. E. telephioides, n. sp. Smooth and somewhat fleshy ; stem thick ; 

 branches 3, siiort, forking ; leaves of the stem large, oblong-obovate, obtuse, 

 erect, >vith membranaceous margins ; those of the branches small, ovate, clasp- 

 ing ; involucre purple, slender-stalked, the lobes ovate, entire, ciliate, incurved ; 

 glands peltate, roundish, entire ; capsule acute-angled, smooth : seeds smooth. — 

 Low sandy pine barrens near the coast, "West Florida. May and June. — Plant 

 light-green, 2' - 5' high. Stem-leaves 2' - 3' long, often longer than the branches. 

 Floral leaves 4" -6" long. 



* * Stem erect, surrcssiveli/ forhing : leaves common! >/ oppoxitc : iiivoliicns in the forks 



dark purple: (/lands 5,icitliout appendages: jicrenniak. 



10. E. Ipecacuanhse, L. Stems several from a long perpendicular root, 

 slender, commoidy forking from near the base ; leaves of the stem and branches 

 similar, opposite, or the lowest rarely alternate, entire, obtuse, varying from lin- 

 ear to round-obovatc, short-petioled ; jwduncles slender, mostly longer than the 

 leaves ; involucre small ; ca])sule slender-stalked, nodding, round-angled ; seeds 

 minutely pitted. — Dry sandy soil, Florida to Mississipi)i, and northward. May 

 and Juno. — Stem 2' - 12' high. Leaves ^ - 1' long. 



11. E. nudicaulis, n. sp. Smooth ; stems slender, forking above ; leaves 

 minute (^" long), oval or obovate, the lowest alternate, those of the brandies 

 opposite ; involucres minute, on short peduncles ; glands top-shaped. — Low pine 

 barrens, near St. Joseph's, West Florida. June. — Stems 1° high. Capsule 

 and seeds unknown. 



* * * Dranchfis and leaves alternate: invulticixs tcnninul, clustered or single : glands 



without appendages. 



12. E. cyathophora, Jacq. Annual, smooth ; stem erect, branching from 

 the base ; brunches elongated, leafy at the sumniit; leaves j)etiolcd, oblong, fld- 

 die-sha]jed, tootiied or entire, the uppermost deep red at the base; involucres 

 clustered, short-stalked, wiih 5 incised lol)es and a single gland ; capsule STuooth ; 

 seeds glol)ose, warty. — Var. graminifolia (E. graininifolia, Mi<h.r.) has the leaves 

 ull linear and entire. — South Florida, and around dwellings, a])i)arently intro- 

 duced. May - Oct. — Sitni 1° - 2° high. Leaves 2' long. 



13. E. trichotoma, II. H. K. Shrubby ; stem irregularly much branched, 

 very leafy ; leaves small, imbricated, oblong-obovate, acute, obscurely crenate, 

 sessile ; involucre solitary, top-shajjcd, sessile ; glands 5, pelfnfo ; capsule smooth, 

 short-stalked. — Soutii Florida. — Stem low. Leaves 3" -4" lony. 



