﻿A 
  FLORA 
  OF 
  ARKANSAS 
  TERRITORY. 
  171 
  

  

  — 
  Hab. 
  Banks 
  of 
  the 
  Arkansas. 
  — 
  Obs. 
  Stem 
  hirsute 
  and 
  branching 
  

   from 
  the 
  base; 
  upper 
  surface 
  of 
  the 
  leaves 
  smooth; 
  dentures 
  often 
  

   uncinate; 
  calicine 
  glands 
  green 
  and 
  cup-shaped; 
  angles 
  of 
  the 
  fruit 
  

   obtuse. 
  

  

  4. 
  E. 
  hypericifolia. 
  5. 
  E. 
  thymifolia 
  (E. 
  maculata, 
  Jacquin. 
  Hort. 
  

   Vind. 
  t. 
  186, 
  ft 
  *disticha). 
  Foliis 
  distichis 
  approximatis 
  ; 
  caule 
  sub- 
  

   erecto. 
  — 
  Hab. 
  Banks 
  of 
  the 
  Mississippi 
  and 
  Arkansas. 
  

  

  6. 
  E. 
  *herniaroides. 
  Humifusa 
  prostrata 
  glaberrima; 
  foliis 
  oppo- 
  

   sitis 
  subrotundo-ovalibus 
  integerrimis 
  ; 
  floribus 
  sparsis 
  plerumque 
  ag- 
  

   gregatis, 
  coccus 
  carinatus. 
  — 
  Hab. 
  On 
  the 
  overflowed 
  banks 
  of 
  the 
  

   Arkansas 
  and 
  Mississippi. 
  Nearly 
  allied 
  to 
  E. 
  microphylla 
  of 
  India. 
  — 
  

   Obs. 
  Annual. 
  Stem 
  prostrate, 
  diffusely 
  branched, 
  sometimes 
  repent 
  

   towards 
  the 
  base 
  ; 
  leaves 
  roundish-oval, 
  about 
  the 
  size 
  of 
  those 
  of 
  thyme 
  ; 
  

   stipules 
  partly 
  ovate, 
  membranaceous 
  ; 
  flowers 
  approximating, 
  axillary 
  

   and 
  terminal, 
  greenish 
  and 
  inconspicuous. 
  

  

  7. 
  E. 
  *maritima. 
  Parvula, 
  glabra; 
  foliis 
  oppositis 
  integerrimis 
  

   lineari-oblongis 
  brevibus 
  ; 
  floribus 
  sparsis 
  dichotomalibus 
  subsessilibus, 
  

   fructibus 
  subrotundis; 
  caule 
  procumbente. 
  — 
  Hab. 
  On 
  the 
  sea 
  beach 
  of 
  

   New 
  Jersey. 
  — 
  Obs. 
  Annual. 
  The 
  plant 
  small, 
  diffusely 
  and 
  dichoto- 
  

   mously 
  branched, 
  the 
  branches 
  not 
  flaccid 
  ; 
  stipules 
  setaceous 
  ; 
  flowers 
  

   green 
  and 
  inconspicuous, 
  approximating 
  towards 
  the 
  summits 
  of 
  the 
  

   branchlets 
  ; 
  styles 
  very 
  short 
  ; 
  the 
  fruit 
  smooth 
  and 
  roundish, 
  with 
  the 
  

   angles 
  almost 
  obsolete, 
  and 
  more 
  than 
  twice 
  the 
  size 
  of 
  that 
  of 
  E. 
  thy- 
  

   mifolia, 
  though 
  the 
  plant 
  is 
  of 
  nearly 
  the 
  same 
  magnitude, 
  and 
  per- 
  

   fectly 
  smooth. 
  — 
  This 
  species 
  appears 
  to 
  be 
  somewhat 
  allied 
  to 
  E. 
  poly- 
  

   gonifolia, 
  and 
  I 
  have 
  introduced 
  it 
  here 
  in 
  consequence 
  of 
  its 
  affinity 
  

   to 
  the 
  following. 
  

  

  8. 
  E. 
  *arenaria. 
  Glabra, 
  foliis 
  oppositis 
  integerrimis 
  linearibus 
  

   oblongiusculis 
  obtusis 
  remotis; 
  pedunculis 
  dichotomalibus 
  solitariis; 
  

   corolla 
  alba 
  tetrapetala. 
  — 
  Hab. 
  On 
  the 
  sandy 
  banks 
  of 
  the 
  Arkansas 
  

   and 
  Red 
  rivers. 
  — 
  Obs. 
  Annual. 
  Stem 
  diffusely 
  branched, 
  somewhat 
  

   glaucous 
  ; 
  leaves 
  about 
  an 
  inch 
  long 
  ; 
  petals 
  white 
  and 
  conspicuous, 
  as 
  

   in 
  E, 
  corollata; 
  fruit 
  roundish, 
  the 
  angles 
  obtuse. 
  Flowering 
  in 
  June 
  

   and 
  July. 
  

  

  9. 
  E. 
  *heterantha. 
  Caule 
  erecto 
  angulato, 
  opposite 
  ramoso; 
  foliis 
  

   oppositis 
  lineari-lanceolatis 
  acutis 
  integerrimis 
  ; 
  floribus 
  sparsis 
  dichoto- 
  

  

  