2 ALT. EOT. 



Walt, hirs ita suffrutic. simpl. fol. sessil. lanceoL 

 acutis, basi cuneatis integris, apice serratis,sub* 

 tus glaucis, racemis term, bract. lane, -squamo- 

 sis, cal. glabris, fl. fern, sepe 4part. stylis*2 4tidis 

 stigm. obt. Alabama and Florida, pedal of 

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

 capsules hirsute pendulous, often \vitb 2 or 4 

 round lobes and seeds, or even only one by 

 abortion. 



374, Allos. rnacrocarpa Kaf. Tragia do MX. 

 O. Tennessee and Kentucky, Jiardly different 

 from Tr. urticifolia, except by stem ramose 

 diffuse divaricate, leaves dentate ; habit very 

 unlike the 2 last, by long petiolate cordate 

 leaves, spikes filiform flexuose, bracts oblong ; 

 perhaps a subg. Et&fadis Raf. by stigmas 

 acute, cal. persistent 3part. subequal reflexed^ 

 the central trigone trifid placenta is also per- 

 sistent after the seeds are fallen. 



375, PARIETARIA floridana Nut. &c. called 

 P. austral is by Baldwin Florida. 



376, Pariet. pensylvanica Mg &c Pens, 

 .ad Missouri, 



#77, Pariet, heterophyla Raf. ramosa diffuse, 

 fol. lohge petiolatis obt. inferis ovatis vel ellipt. 

 super is lanceol. involucris 3phylis obi. linearis 

 fl. longior, petiolis brevior, l-3flt>ris Kentucky 

 and Tennessee, decumbent, upper leaves un- 

 cial, lower much sfrialler. Annual. 



378, Pariet. suffruticosa Raf. suffrut. de- 

 cumj>ens assurgejis ramx>sa, fol. brevi petiol. 

 lanceol. obt. basi acutls, nonul is inferis obovatis; 

 fl. glomeratis, invol. linearib, 1L longior, ad pe- 

 tiol, subeq. Antilles and perhaps Florida >st em 

 woody furcate l>eJow, branches erect elongate, 

 leaves uncial, lower smaller.. 



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



