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glands orbicular, showy ; capsule and seed smooth. (E. paniculate, Ell.) — Var. 

 am. i 3TIFOLIA, Kll. 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 

 i°-2°high. 



2. E. discoidalis, n. sp. Smooth or pubescent; branches commonly 2, 

 divaricate, lurking; leaves linear, obtuse, with the margins rcvolute , 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, l"-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 eremite appendages; capsule 

 erect, short-stalked, round-angled; seed globose, smooth. — Low pine barrens, 

 Florida to North Carolina. Aug. — Plant C - 9' high, sometimes branching 

 from the base. Leaves j' - H' long. 



■*- -t- Glands of (lie involucre 5, without appendages. 

 *-*■ Annuals. 



4. E. COmmutata, Engelm. Smooth; stems erect or ascending, umbel- 

 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, L., which has a 

 wing-crested capsule. — Stem G'-12' high. Leaves J'-l' 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 sessile; 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, forkinpr ; leaves 

 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 2° -4° high. 



7. E. Floridana, n. sp Smooth; stem erect; branches 3-4, forking; 

 leaves entire, sessile ; those of the stem linear or linear-lanceolate, mostly acute, 

 reflexed ; of the branches cordate-ovate, clasping, acute; involucres short-pedi- 

 celled, 1 green, with the ovate lobes nearly entire, much shorter than the truncate 

 crenate stalked glands ; capsule acute-angled, and, like the seeds, smooth. — Dry 

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