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ACALYFHA. 
least. Being an unsightly Genus, it is neglected by 
the Botanists; but many other Sp. exist per- 
haps in Florida and the South: few of them 
know well their 2 species, and blend them con- 
tinually in herbals, having united 3 species in 
A. Virginica. All have alternate leaves. 
1. A. VIRGINICA L. or A. CRENULATA Raf. 
Stem erect, nearly simple, pilose ; leaves longer 
than petiols, oblong-lanceolate, crenate obtuse 
pubescent punctate : flowers axillary few mon- 
oical, shorter than petiols, involucre crenate. — 
From New England to Carolina. Pedal and 
annual, leaves small uncial. Seen alive. Esti- 
val. Capsule hispid. 
Figures. Autikon. Raf. 21. 
2. A. brevipes Raf. Hardly pubescent, 
stem erect angular simple ; leaves on very 
short petiols, narrow lanceolate, acute, nearly 
entire: flowers axillary, few monoical, involu- 
cre laciniate.— N. Jersey to Alabama and Ken- 
tucky. Annual 3 to 6 inches high. The A . 
virginica of many Botanists. Seen alive since 
1804. Estival, capsule hispid. 
Figures. Autikon. Raf 22. 
Var. Linearis. Leaves nearly linear and en- 
tire. 
Yar. pubescens , stem and petiols hairy, leaves 
lanceolate, A. Virginica Michaux. 
3. D. divaricata Raf. Pubescent, branches 
opposite divaricate ; leaves on short petiols, 
ovate obtuse crenate ; flowers axillary few mo- 
noical, equal to petiols, involucres sessile, laci- 
niate. Virginia, Kentucky &c. annual spread- 
ing 1 or 2 feet, Estival, seen alive. 
A. Virginica of some Botanists. Capsule 
hispid. 
Figures. Autikon Jlaf. 23 
