52 JkUT. BOT. 



WaltvhirsiJta sutirutic. simpl. fol. sessil. lanceol. 

 acutis, basi cuneatis integris, apice serratis,sub* 

 tus glaucis, racemis term. bract. lanc. squaino- 

 sis, cal. glabris, fl. fem. sepe 4part. stylis2 4tidi$ 

 stigm. obt. — Alabama and Florida, pedal or 

 less, base woody, leaves uncial, fl. niinute lew, 

 capsules hirsute pendulous, often with 2 or 4 

 round lobes and seeds, or even only one by 

 abortion. 



374, Allos. rnacrocarpa Kaf. Tragia do Mx. 

 O. — Tennessee and Kentucky, hardly different 

 from Tr. uriiciiolia, excrpt by stem ramosc 

 diffuse divaricate, leaves dentate ; habit very 

 unlikc the 2 last, by loiig petiolate cordatt» 

 leaves, spikes filiform flexuose, bracts obiong ; 

 perhaps a subg. Etoradis Raf. by stigrtias 

 acute, cal. persistent 3part. subequal reflexed^ 

 the central trigone trifid placenta is also per- 

 sistent after the seeds are fallen. 



375, Parietaria floridana Nut. <Slc. called 

 P. australis by Baldwin — Florida, 



376, Pariet, pensylvanica Mg &c — Pens. 

 ad Missouri, 



ii77, Pnriet, heterophyla Raf. ramosa diflusa, 

 ibl. longe petiolatls obt. inferis ovatis vel ellipt. 

 superis lanceol. involucris Sphylis obl. linearis 

 fl. longior, petiolis brevior, l'3flt)ris — Kentucky 

 and Tenn6ssee, decumbgnt, upper leaves un- 

 cial, lower niuch shialler. AnnuaK 



378, Fariet. svffniticosa Raf. suflj*ut. de- 

 cmnl)ens assurgejis ramosa, fol. brevi petiol. 

 lanceok obt. basi acutis, nonulis inferisobovatis; 

 fl. glomeratis, invol. linearib. IL longior> ad pe- 

 tiol. subeq. — Antilles and perhnps Florida,stem 

 woody fuscate l)eIow, branchos erect elongate, 

 leaves uncial, lower smallor. 



379, Variet. virgata Raf. annua, caule erec- 



