1880.] ROTANIfAT. r;A/KTTK. Ill 



29. H. niidicanle Walter. Stem and opjwsito bnuu-lKs 

 foliforni, wirv, ai)|K'arin<>; naked from the very minute awl- 

 shajied appres.sed leaves, 4 to 20 inehes hi<j;li : Howors very small, 

 mostly sessile: stamens 5 to 10: eapsule very aeutely eonical, 1 

 to .'> lines long, mueh longer tlian the sejials ; seeds very iniidi 

 smaller, oblong, minuh^lv striate and pitted, light yellow. — l''l. 

 Car. 190. 



H. setomin L. Spec. 7S7, as to I'liick. syn. 



H. Sarolhra Michx. Fl. ii. 7!); Torr. .Si Oray, Fl. i. !().'); (Irny, (ion. III. i. 

 214, t. 93, f. 1-7, Manual, Sfi. 



Sarotlira gentianoides L. Spec. 272; Lam. 111. t. 21'), f. 1. 



S. Iiypa'ieoiden Niitt. Gen. i. 204; Barton, Fl. N. Am. iii. 5!», t. !)2, f. 1. 



Dry sandy soil, Canada to Florida, and the Mississipjji valley. 



:}. ELODHA -hss., Prusn. 



Perennial herbs, in marsiies or shallow water; witli small 

 close clnsters of flesh-colored flowers in the axils of the leaves 

 and at the summit of the stem; sepals much shorter than the 

 acute capsules. — Juss. Gen. 255, partlv ; Pursh. Fl. 360; Torr. 

 & Gray,"Fl. i. 167; Gray, Gen. 111. "i. 216, t. 94. Not E/odcs 

 Adans., Spach, nor Ehdcn Michx. Triadcnium Raf. — A genus 

 of two species, peculiar to Eastern North America. 



1. K. film pan u lata Pursh. A foot or two high, mostly 

 simple: leaves oblong to ovate, very obtuse or emarginate, clasp- 

 ing by a broad base, about an inch and a half long, half inch 

 wide, glaucous beneath and black dotted: axillary flower clus- 

 ters at the ends of elongated branches : sepals lanceolate to ovate : 

 filaments united below the middle: capsule 4 or 5 lines long. — 

 Fl. 379. 



K. Virglnim Nult. Gon. ii. 17 ; Torr. & Gray, Fl. i. Ku : (iray, (Jen. III. i 

 210, t. 94; Manual, S*!. 



Hi/peririnn Virginicnin L. Spec. 2 ed. 1104; ("hois, in IX'. Prodr. i. .")U). 



//. campanuldtnm Walter, Fl. Car. 191. 



//. eniarginul 11)11 Lam. Diet. iv. l.')4. 



From Hudson's Hay to New Jersey and North Carolina, westwanl to 

 Minnesota and the VViniiipep valley. AKso in adjacent Asia and .Japan. 



2. K. petiolata Piusii. Resembling the last, but usually 

 taller and moi-c branching: leaves longer (2 to 5 inches), half to 

 an inch wide, ta|)ering to a sessile i)ase or petioled, not so glau- 

 cous or black dotted biMieath : axillarv (lower clusters almost 



