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monly sterile, 5 shorter with oblortg anthers bi- 

 locular. Pistil subsessile, style lateral longer 

 than stamens, stigma obtuse hairy, pod snl^s- 

 sile oblong turgid obtuse mucronate on one side 

 black and smooth polysperm, seeds small reni^ 

 form shining rattling. Habit as above stated. 



346. Crot. or loc, linearis Raf. C. sagit% 

 var. linearis Mx. smooth virgate erect, kaves 

 linear elongate sessile ucute stipules linear 

 erect hardly decurrent ; peduncles elongate tri- 

 flore, bracts and c.alyx linear lanceolate cilio- 

 late, pods subterete — from Carolina to Louisi- 

 ana, received from Alabama, annual, estival, 

 stem erect slender pedal, leaves long narrow, 

 2 or 3 inches long, stipules weH marked, pe- 

 duncles very long 4 or 5 inches, with 1 or 2 

 bracts in the middle, flowers small near togeth- 

 er. Pods longer and narrower than in the 

 others, nearly terete oblong quite black. 



347. Crot. or loc. longipes Raf sagittalis ? 

 Dec. smooth assurgent, stem well winged, leaves 

 sessile narrow lanceolate acute, stipules lanceo- 

 late erect foliose decurrent, peduncles very 

 long incurved biflore, bracts and calix linear 

 lanceolate hispid — sent me from Alabama, 

 large bipedal, leaves 3 or 4 inches long, half 

 inch broad, stipules large uncial, peduncles 6 

 to 8 inches long, with a bract in the middle, 

 flowers small, pods not seen. 



348. Crot. or loc. pilosa Raf parviflora 

 Roth Dec. P. El. &c, excl. syn. Mx. non par- 

 vifl. Thunberg, W. Sm— erect ramose, pilose 

 hirsute, leaves subsessile oblong lanceol, ciliate 

 mucronate. stipules short irregular subdecur- 

 rent, peduncles short subracemose 3-5flore, 

 bracts and calix ciliate linear lanceol. pods tur- 

 gid oblong — from Pensylv. and New Jersey to 



