402 EUl'IIOKBIACEiE. (SPUROB FAMILY.) 



pine barrens, Middle Florida. June -Aug. — Stem l°-2°high. Branches of 

 the more sterile plants successively forking and widely spreading. Leaves l'-2' 



long. 



8. E. inundata, Torr. Smooth; stem erect, 3-brancIieil or alternately 

 branched from near the base, few-flowered j leaves erect, lanceolate, entire, acute, 

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

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

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

 April-June. — Steins G' - 12' high, from a thick woody root. Leaves 2' -3' 

 long. 



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

 brandies 3, short, forking ; leaves of the stem large, oblong-obovate, obtuse, 

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

 ing ; involucre purple, slender-stalked, the lol>es 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 brandies. 

 Floral leaves 4" -6" long. 



* * Stem erect, successively forking : leaves commonly opposite : involucres in the forks 



dark purple: glands 5, without appendages: perennials. 



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

 Blender, commonly 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 roand-obovate, short-petioled ; peduncles slender, mostly longer than the 



; involucre small ; capsule slender-stalked, nodding, round-angled : Beeds 

 minutely pitted. — Dry sandy soil, Florida to Mississippi, and northward. May 

 and .rune. — Stem 2' - 12' high. Leaves J-'-l' long. 



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

 minute ( '," long), oval or obovate, the lowest alternate, those of the branches 

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

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



and Beeds unknown. 



* * * Branches and laves alternate: involucres ft rminal, clustered or single : glands 



without appt adages. 



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

 the base; branches elongated, leafy at the Bummit; leaves petioled, oblong, fid- 

 dle-shaped, toothed or entire, the uppermost deep red at the base; involucres 

 clustered, Bhort-stalked, with 5 incised lobes and b single gland ; capsule smooth ; 



lobose, warty. — Var. graminifolia (E. graminifolia, Michx.) has the leaves 

 all linear and entire. — South Florida, and around dwellings, apparently intro- 

 duced. Mny-Oct. — Stem l°-2 bigh, Leaves 8' long. 



la E. trichotoma, H.B. K Shrubby; stem Irregularly much branched, 

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

 Bcssile ; involucre solitary, top hap . glands 5, peltate ; eapBule smooth, 



sin irt -talked. — South Florida. — Stem low. Leaves 3" -4" long. 



