y 



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MONOECIA MONADELPHIA 



mis 



divaricatis 



? 



foliis 



oppositis; seiratis, ova- 

 li-oblongis, siibfalcatis; 

 corynibis termiiialibus. 



branches divaricate; 

 leaves opposite, ser- 



oval-oblong, 



rate: 



slightly falcate 



) 



co- 



rymbs terminal. 



1 



Sp. pi. 2. p. 895. Mich. 2. p. 21 1 . Pursh, 2. p. 605. Nutt. 2. p. 227- 



Stem annual, erect, 2—3 feet liigh, branches opposite, divaricate. Leaves 

 opposite, sessile, oval, acutely serrate, unequal at base, glabrous, 3-nerved, 

 nearly an inch long. Flowers small, solitary I suspect at each joint, but 

 from the shortness of the upper joints they are crowded and appear fascicu- 



Grows in the upper districts of Carolina and Georgia. Milledgeville, Dr. 



Boykin. 



Flowers June — September, Pursh. 



4. Maculata. 



Lin. 



E. erecto-patula; fo- 

 liis oppositis, serratis, 

 oblougis, pilosis; flori- 

 biis axillaribus solita- 



Erect, expanding; 



• • 



riis; 



interioribus coloratis. 



leaves opposite 



oblong, 



? 



ser- 

 rate, oblong, hairy; 

 flowers axillary, solita- 

 involiicri laciniis I ry, interior segments 



of the involucrum co- 

 loured. 



^^ 



r 



Sp. pi. 2. p. 896. Walt. p. 144. Mich. 2. p. 211 



Pursh, 2. p 



605. 



procumbent, dichotomously branching. 



Leases op- 



Nutt. 2. p. 227. 



Plant annual. Stem erect or ^ 

 slightly pubescent, generally colouredy (purple) 2 — 3 feet high. ggirate, 



posite, on short petioles, oblong, hairy, unequal at base, 3-nervea^ conspi- 

 excepting on one side near the base, paler underneath, when y?""S ^ ^^^ny 

 cuously spotted nearthe base. Flowers crowded near the summit, D ^^\ 

 solitary at each axil. Involucrum glabrous, the petaloid segments (, 

 white. Capsule glabrous. 



Grows in dry cultivated soils. 



Flowers June — October. 



5. Thymifolia? 



Lin. 



E- Immifusa^ gracilis 



Ji:- humiiusa^ gracilis^ rrocniiHHmt^ -- 

 pubescens; foliis oppo- dcr, pubescent: lea 



Procnmbent 



slen 



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