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smooth ciliate subpetiolate obtuse or retuse 

 glaucous beneath, stipules minute not decur^ 

 rent, peduncles elongate racemose 3-6flore, 

 bracts linear calix hirsute lanceolate, pod obo- 

 vate— from Carolina to Florida and Alabama, 

 stem sesquipedal, leaves uncial or less, pedun- 

 cles 4 to 8 inches long, petals exceeding a lit- 

 tle the calix, pods uncial. Perennial, some 

 Var. 1 Ohovata many leaves obovate, 2 par- 

 vifolia 6lc, 



352. Crot. or loc. pumila Raf. Dwarf pros- 

 trate branches flexuose hispid diffuse angular, 

 leaves elliptic rounded subsessile obtuse or re- 

 tuse rugose, stipnles obsolete, peduncles very 

 short uniflore, bracts linear, calix lanceolate 

 hirsute— Florida and Georgia, perennial, only 

 2 or 3 inches high or long, leaves and flowers 

 very small. Habit of Polygonum aviculare. 

 Probably a deviation of the last. 



353. Crot. or loc. sagittalis L. &c stem 

 erect hirsute winged above, leaves lanceolate 

 petiolate hairy beneath, stipules bifid decurrent 

 peduncles racemose — in Guyana and Brazil, 

 quite different from all ours. Decandole ap- 

 pears to omit it, and applies the name to ours, 

 perhaps to 347. 



354. Crot. (loc?) flexuosa (Eaton.) Suf- 

 fruticose, branches flexuose, leaves obovate den- 

 tate hairy, flowers corymbose downy — Caro- 

 lina, quite distinct since shrubby with toothed 

 leaves: not seen, I find it only in Eaton, who 

 forgets to quote the Author. 



355. Crot. (loc?) scariosa Raf. suffruticosc 

 branches erect simple slender terete silky, 

 leaves adpressed sessile lanceolate acute entire, 

 silky white beneath, peduncles subradical with 

 scariose scales, flowers subcapitate, involucre 



