52 XV i\ BOT. 



Walt, hirs.Jta suflrutic.simpl. tbl. sessil. lanceoL 

 acutis, basi cuneatis integris, apice serratis,sub-»' 

 tus glaucis, racemis term, bract, lane, squaiiio- 

 sis, cal. glabris, fl. fern, sepe 4part. siylis2 4fidis 

 stigm. obt. — Alabama and Florida, pedal or 

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

 capsules hirsute pendulous, often with 2 or 4 

 round lobes and seeds, or even only one by 

 abortion. 



374, Alios, rnacrocarpa Kaf. Tragia do Mx. 

 O. — Tennessee and Kentucky, ^hardly different 

 from Tr. uriicUolia, exec pt by stem ramose 

 diffuse divaricate, leaves dentate ; habit very 

 unlike the 2 last, by long petiolate cordat'fe 

 leaves, spikes filiform flexuose, bracts oblong ; 

 perhaps a subg. Etoradis Raf. by stigrtias 

 acute, cal. persistent 3part. subequal reflexedj 

 the central trigone trifid placenta is also per- 

 sistent after the seeds are fallen. 



375, Parietaria floridana Nut. &c. called 

 P. australis by Baldwin — Florida, 



376, Pariet. pensylvanica Mg &c — Pens, 

 ad Missouri, 



iJ77, Pariet, heterophyla Raf. ramosa diffusa, 

 fol. lohge petiolat'is obt. inferis ovatis vel ellipt. 

 ejiperis lanceol. involucris 3phylis obi. linearis 

 fl. lon^ior, petiolis brevior, l-3fl'oris — Kentucky 

 and Tennessee, decumbqnt, upper leaves un- 

 cial, lower nmch shialler. Annua K 



378» FiirleL svffruticosa Raf. suffrut. de- 

 cumf)ens assurgejis ramosa, fol. Drevi petiol. 

 lanceok obt. basi acutis, nonulis inferis obovatis; 

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

 tiol, subeq. — Antilles and perhaps Florida»stem 

 W(jody furcate l)elow, branches erect elongate, 

 leaves uncial, lower smaller. 



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



