154 Order MYRTALES 
af. Megapterium. 661. 
Petals 3-4 cm. long; capsules 2-3 cm. long, less than 2 cm. wide. 
1. M. fremontii. 
Petals 5-7 cm. long; capsules 5 cm. long, suborbicular. 
2. M. missouriense. 
1. Megapterium fremontii (S. Wats.) Britton. 
Dry bluffs in the Republican valley. Franklin; Red Cloud. 
2. Megapterium missouriense (Sims) Spach. Missouri Primrose. 
Dry limestone bluffs, mostly along the Blue river. Beatrice; Fair- 
bury; Homesville; Salem; Steele City; Wymore. 
12. Galpinsia. 662. 
Canescent; leaves narrow. 1. G. lavendulefolia. 
Hirsute-pubescent to tomentose; leaves broader. 2. G. interior. 
1. Galpinsia lavandulefolia (T. & G.) Small. 
On dry prairies in the western part of the state. Deuel county. 
2. Galpinsia interior Small. 
Nebraska, according to Small. 
13. Meriolix. 662. 
1. Meriolix serrulata (Nutt.) Walp. 
Common on dry prairies all over the state. Antelope county; Deuel 
county; Fairbury; Franklin; Indianola; Kearney; Neligh; Pine 
Ridge; Plummer Ford; Ponca; Sheridan county; Sioux county. 
14. Gaura. 662. 
Plants 1.5-6 dm. high, bracts persistent. 2. G. coccinea. 
Plants 6-15 dm. high, bracts deciduous. 
Flowers 3-4 mm. broad, pink. 1. G. parviflora. 
Flowers 8-10 mm. broad, flowers white turning pink. 3. G. biennis. 
1. Gaura parviflora Doug]. 
A common weed over the whole state. Crawford; Franklin; Lincoln; 
Newark; St. James; Weeping Water. 
2. Gaura coccinea Pursh. Scarlet Gaura. 
Common in dry prairies and waste places throughout the state. 
Belmont; Box Butte county; Hastings; Kearney; Lincoln; Ponca; 
Sioux county; Thedford; Valentine. 
3. Gaura biennis L. 
A common weed in the eastern part of the state. Broken Bow; 
Crete; Kearney; Lincoln; Peru; Seward; Weeping Water. 
15. Stenosiphon. 663. 
1. Stenosiphon linifolium (Nutt.) “Britton. 
In the valley of the Republican. Franklin; Red Cloud. 
16. Circza. 663. 
1. Circza lutetiana L. Enchanter’s Nightshade. 
In woods mostly in the eastern part of the state. Bellevue; Dismal 
River; Franklin county; Grand Island; Pishelville; Plummer Ford. 
