402 KL'riIORlUACE.K. (si'lUfiK FAMILY.) 



pine barren-;, Middle Florida. June- Aug. — Stem 1° -2° high. Branches of 

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

 long. 



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

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

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

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

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

 April -June. — Stems 6' -12' high, from a thick woody root. Leaves 2' -3' 

 long. 



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

 branches 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 lobes ovate, entire, ciliatc, incurved ; 

 glands peltate, roundish, entire ; caj)sule 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, successively forkinc] : leaves rommonli/ opposite : involucres in the forks 



dark purple : glands 5, without appendages : perennials. 



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

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

 similar, opposite, or the lowest rarely alternate, entire, oi)tusc, varying from lin- 

 ear to round-obovate, short-petioled ; peduncles slender, mostly longer than the 

 leaves ; involucre small ; capsule slender-stalked, nodding, round-angled ; seeds 

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

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



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

 miimte (h" 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 seeds unknown. 



* * * Branches and leaves alternate : hwolucres terminal, clustered or single : glands 



without appendages. 



12. E. cyathophora, J:uq. Annual, smooth ; stem erect, branching from 

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

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

 clustered, short-stalked, with 5 incised lol)esand a single gland ; capsule smooth; 

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

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

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



13. E. triehotoma, H. B. K. Shrubby ; stem irregularly much branched, 

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

 sessile ; involucre solitary, top-shaped, sessile ; glands 5, j)eltate ; capsule smooth, 

 short-stalked. — South Florida. — Stem low. Leaves 3" -4" long. 



