88 FITTONIA 



to me by Chas. ]Molir over the label of '' E. serpylUfoUa f'-} 

 also collected by Marcus E, Joaes at Bowie, Arizona, 1884, 

 aiul distributed as No. 4223, labeled " E, seiytjUifoUa, var. f'\ 



E. Greenei. Prostrate, stems several, glabrous, spreading 

 from the rootstcx^k like tiie spokes of a wheel, soon and often 

 divaricately branching : branches terete, glabrous ; branchlets 

 often with a very few widely scattered hairs ; internodes 

 1|— 2 cm. long ; stipules triangular at the base, lacerate : 

 leaves ovate, entire, oblique at the basej mucronulate : inflo- 

 rescence solitary in the axils, the peduncles twice the length 

 ^ of the petioles; involucres campanulate, glabrous without 

 hairy witliin ; lobes cylindrical, truncate, dilated at the base ; 

 glands rose-red, orbicular^ folded upward upon themselves ; 

 appendages white, of the width of the folded gland, margin 

 mostly entire, in some slightly crenulate ; styles short. bifid» 

 stigmas capitate : capsule smooth, carpels bluntly carinate ; 

 seeds ovate, sharply quadrangular, the facets irregularly 

 transverse ridged, including slightly the angles. Stems about 

 1 cm. long ; branches 10—12 cm. ; leaves 4—6 cm. long ; peti- 

 oles 1 mm. The regular radiation of the branches and their 

 almost equal length renders this plant one of the prettiest of 

 the anisophijlJce. The seeds bring it very close to E. glypio- 



spcrma, Engdm, Beaver Canon, Idaho, E. L, Greene, journey 

 of 1S89, 



tE. PoNDii (to appear in coming vol. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus 

 nks next in this section.] 



E. Laredana, Prostrate, densely leafy, white, viscid, 

 villous ; stems numerous, frequently branching yet continu- 

 ous : leaves lanate, short-petiolate, very obliquely cordate at 

 the base, entire, obtuse ; stipules indistinguishable on account 

 of the densely lanate nodes ; inflorescence solitary in the 

 axils ; involucres campanulate, sessile, minute, one snowy 

 mass of white hairs; lobes triangular, hairy; glands 4, 

 brownish green, transversely ovate, concave, exappendiculate ; 



