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ISUPHOBBULCBJE. (SPUBGK FAMILY.) 



pine barrens, Middle Florida. June- Aug. — Stem I°-2° high. Brandies of 

 the more sterile plants successively forking and widely spreading. Leaves l'-2' 

 long. 



8. E. inundata, Torr. Smooth ; stem erect, S-branched or alternately 

 branched from near the base, few-flowered; leaves erect, lanceolate, entire, acute, 

 sessile ; those of the branches oblong-ovate, clasping ; involucre long-peduncled 

 reddish, the pul>esccnt lobes .'{-toothed ; glands orbicular, peltate, entire ; capsules 

 acute-angled, smooth, like the globose seed. — Pine-barren swamps, Florida. 

 April -June. — Stems G' - 12' high, from a thick woody root. Leaves 2' -.'{' 

 long. 



9. E. telephioides, n. sp. Smooth and somewhat fleshy ; stem thick ; 

 branches 3, short, forking ; leaves of the stem large, oblong-obovate, obtuse, 

 erect, with membranaceous margins ; those of the branches small, ovate, clasp- 

 ing ; involucre purple, slender-stalked, the lol>es ovate, entire, filiate, incurved ; 

 glands peltate, roundish, entire ; capsule acute-angled, smooth : seeds smooth. — 

 Low sandy pine barrens near the coast, "West Florida. May and June. — Plant 

 light-green, 2' - 5' high. Stem-leaves 2' - 3' long, often longer than the branches. 

 Floral leaves 4" -6" long. 



* * Stem erect, successively forking : leaves commonly ojiposite : involucres in the forks 



dark purple: glands 5, without appendages: perennials. 



10. E. Ipecacu.anh.9e, L. Stems several from a long perpendicular root, 

 slender, commonly forking from near the base. ; leaves of the stem and branches 

 similar, opposite, or the lowest rarely alternate, entire, obtuse, varying from lin- 

 ear to round-obovate, short-petioled ; peduncles slender, mostly longer than the 

 leaves ; involucre small ; capsule slender-stalked, nodding, round-angled ; seed-; 

 minutely pitted. — Dry sandy soil, Florida to Mississippi, and northward. May 

 and June. — Stem 2' - 12' high. Leaves $' - 1' long. 



11. E. nudicaulis, n. sp. Smooth; stems slender, forking above ; haves 



minute (.V" long), oval or obovate, the lowest alternate, those of the branches 

 opposite ; involucres minute, on short peduncles ; glands top-shaped. — Low pine 

 barrens, near St. Joseph's, West Florida. June. — Steins 1° high. Capsule 

 and seeds unknown. 



* * * Branches and leaves alternate : involucres terminal, clustered or single : glands 



without appendages. 



12. E. cyathophora, Jacq. Annual, smooth ; stem crcct. branching from 

 the base : branches elongated, leafy at the summit; leaves petiolcd, oblong, fid- 



dle-shaped, toothed or entire, the uppermost deep red at the base; involucres 

 clustered, short-stalked, with 5 incised lobesand a single gland ; capsule smooth; 

 seeds globose, warty. — Var.graminifolia (£. graminifblia, Michx.) basthe loaves 



all linear and entire. — South Florida, and around dwellings, apparently intro- 

 duced. May -Oct — Stem 1° - 2° high. Leaves 2' long. 



13. E. trichotoma, II. 1>. K. Shrubby ; stem irregularly much branched, 

 very leafy : leaves small, imbricated, oblong-obovate, acute, obscurely crenate, 

 sessile ; involucre solitary, top-shaped, Bessile ; glands •">. peltate : capsule smooth, 

 short-stalked. — South Florida. — Stem low. Leaves 3" -4" long. 



