268 FLOKA OF TEXAS. 



linear, obtuse, entire, attenuate at the base ; flowers (rather 

 small) axillary; tube of the calyx shorter than the seg- 

 ments; i^als nearly entire, much longer than the calyx- 

 segments and stamens; capsules canescently pubescent, 

 obovate-clavate, the alternate angles carinate or slightly 

 winged toward the summit, tapering to a slender base, 

 nearly sessile. 



(E. LiNiFOLiA, Nutt. Stem strict, simple or branched 

 above ; radical leaves oblong-spatulate, petioled, the cauline 

 ones linear-filiform, crowded and fascicled; S2nkes slender, 

 loosely flowered; bracts shorter than the ovary, persistent; 

 floiuers very small ; tube of the calyx rather shorter than 

 the ovary; the segments shorter than the jjetals ; lobes of 

 the stigma very short ; capsules obovate, 4-carinate, nearly 

 sessile, hispidly puberulent. — Drumrnond. 



CE. FRUTicosA, L. Hairy or smoothish ; stem mostly 

 simple; leaves lanceolate, commonly wavy and remotely 

 denticulate on the margins; raceme at first corymb-like, at 

 length elongated; flowers large; capsule 4-winged, with 

 intermediate ribs, oblong-clavate, longer than the pedicel ; 

 perennial. Stem l°-2° high ; flowers l'-2' in diameter. 



CE. LINIFOLIA, Nutt. Low, smoothish ; stem, at length, 

 much branched; leaves very numerous, linear-filiform, the 

 lowest spatulate ; racemes pubescent, few-flowered ; bracts 

 shorter than the ovary; floiuers small; lobes of the stigma 

 coherent into a globular head ; capsule obovate, 4-angled, 

 nearly sessile. Stem 6-12' high ; flowers 4"-5" in diameter. 



EPILOBIUM, L. Willow Herb. 



Calyx-tube not prolonged beyond the ovary; the limb 

 4-cleft, deciduous ; petals 4 ; stamens 8 ; capsule elongated, 

 many-seeded; seeds with a tuft of long hairs at the apex ; 

 perennials, with alternate and opposite denticulate leaves 

 and chiefly white or purplish /owers. 



