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E. Obtusita. Native "W. & S. : like preceding, but taller, lo-2° highj 

 stem-leaves oblong-spalulate and obtuse, the upper heart-shaped ; . floral ones 

 dilated-ovate ; umbel once or twice 3-rayed, then 2-rayed; glajids of floTver-cup 

 short-stalked ; pods long-warty. 



E. diotyosp6rma. Open ground S. W. Resembles the preceding, but 

 slendet ; leaves obtusely serrate ; glands small, almost sessile ; seeds dfslicately 

 reticulated. 

 I E. Heliosc6pia. Weed from Europe in waste places N. : with stouter 

 ascending stems 6' - 12' high ; leaves all obovate and rounded or notched at the 

 end, the lower wedge-shaped,- finely serrate ; umbel first with 5, then 3, and at 

 length with 2 'tays ; glands orbicular and stalked; pods smooth and even; 

 seeds with honeycomb-like surface. 



++ ++ Glands of the flower-cup with 2 long horns : pod smooth : seeds sculptured 

 or pitted and pale. ® @ ' ■■•'■• 



E. F^plus. Waste places, from Eu. : stem erect ; leaves petioled, entire, 

 round-obovate, the upper floral ones ovate ; umbel first , 3-rayed, afterwards 

 2-forkcd ; pod 2-cr6sted on each lobe. 



E. COZnmut^ta. Wild from Wisconsin and Virginia S. W., on shady 

 slopes : stems with decumbent base ; leaves obovate, the upper sessile, the 

 rounded floral ones broader than long ; umbel 3-forked ; pod crestless : 8. early 

 summer. ' 



++++++ Glands crescent-shaped : pod granular : seeds smooth, dark-colored, y, 



E. Cyparissiaa, Cypress Spokge. Gardens from Eu. and running 

 wild E. : in 'dense clusters 6'- 10' high, smooth ; stem and branches crowded 

 with small linear entire leaves, the floral ones small and rounded heart-shaped ; 

 umbel many-rayed. 



■1^ -tr Leaves all or chiefly apposite, entire, smooth, almost sessile : pod smooth., , 



E. Ipecaeu^nhSB, Ipecac Spukge. Sandy soil from New York S. : 

 branching repeatedly from the long perpendicular root, widely spreading ; 

 leaves barely 1' long, varying from obovate to linear ; peduncles solitary in the 

 forks, slender ; flosverTCup dull purple, with 5 glands, y. 



E- LAthyris, Capek Spue&e. Cult, from Eu. in countij gardens :^ glau- 

 cous ; stem erect, stout, 2° -3° high; leaves thick; those bf the stem lance- 

 linear, floral ones oblong-ovate and heart-shaped ; umbel 4-rayed, then forking ; 

 glands short-homed, (f) ' ; ' 



2. STILLINGIA. (ISamei'forDr.B. SlUlingfleet.) Very smooth plants^ 

 only S. ; flowering all summer. ' i - 



S. sylvAtica, Queen's Delight. Dry soil from Virginia S. : herbl°- 

 3° high; clustered from a woody root; leaves crowded, almost, sessile, varying 

 from obovate to lance-linear, seiTulate ; stamens 2. 



S, ligustrlna. Eivor-swamps from N. Carolina S. ; shrub 6° -12° high; 

 leaves lance-obovate or'oblong, entire ; spikes short ; stamens mostly 3. 



S. seblfera. Tallow-tree of China, planted South Carolina & S. : tree 

 20° - 40° high ; ■ leaves rhombic-ovate, entire, long-petioled ; stamens 2 ; seeds 

 white, yielding a useful vegetable tallow or wax. 



3. AOAIiYPHA. (Ancient Greek name of Nettle.) Flowering through 

 late summer and auturtin. i ,, 



A. Virginioa. A most common, coarse, low weed in fields, &c : smoothish 

 or hairy, ' turning purplish, with leaves varying from ovate to linear, fertile 

 flowers in short clusters ; pod and seed smoothish. ® 



■A. CaiPOliai&lia.', .Cult, ground, :chiefly S. : has thin Ijeart-shajied closely 

 serrateleaves, mostly a. long terminal fertile spike, podsbesetTvith soft prickles, 

 and seeds rough-wrinkled. (J,, 



4=. BiCIlTlTS, PAXMA-CHRISTI, OASTORrOIL PLANT, (Latin 

 name of a bug, which the seed resembles. ) 



R. GOmmiinis, the only species, but of many ystrieties, native probably of 

 Africa : a sort of ti'ee, but cult, in temperate climates as a stately annual, for its 



