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205. EPATITIS Rat. a na.ue ot Diosko- 

 rides for Eupatorium, A (ienus akin to it 

 and Mikania^ but without caliculo and tlie 

 florets reduced to tiic minimum number ol* 2 

 or 3. 



Perianthe simple 2 or 3 stpals, no calicule, 

 floscules 2 or 3 longer tubular 5fid, seeds con)- 

 pressed linear, pappus simple pilose, phoranthe 

 naked. Habit of Mikania and Cacalhi, 



206. EpATiTis OBLIQUA Raf. smooth, stem 

 ftngular erect, leaves petiolate obliqual cordate 

 or subsagittate, (one side rounded, another sa- 

 gitate) acute dentate, flowers corymbose fasci- 

 culate, peduncles pubescent, bracts linear, se- 

 pals of perianthe cuneate oblong obtuse flat — 

 sent me from Oregon, pedal and higher, flow- 

 ers white and small. It is akin to the Vacal- 

 ia alpina of Sibiria, but the leaves are not 

 properly cordate, nor flowers with 5 florets. 



207. ROPALON Raf. name of Teophrastus 

 for a Nymphea, to which it is akin, but lacks 

 tlie petals. 



Calix Gphyle, no petals, anthers many sub- 

 sessile, stigma with 12 or more rays truncate. 

 Remainder and habit as in Nuphar. 



208. RoPALON sAGiTTATUM Raf. Nympliea 

 sagittifolia Wild. Elliot, N. longifolia Mich. 

 &c — leaves oblong obtuse sagittate, fruit ovate. 

 — In Carolina and Florida in waters, leaves 6 

 to 8 inches, elongate, flowers estival yellow. 



209. Lobelia CLADLowESA Raf. smooth, stem 

 cre<5t angulai', with short branches in the mid- 

 dle, leaves all linear acute adpressed entire : 

 flowers racemose adpressed, capsules subin- 

 flate equal to pedicels — sent me fron\ Alaba- 

 ma, 1 or 2 feet high, flowers blue estival sr/e 

 of L, inflata, leaves one inch or more, bracts 



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