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MONOGRAPH OF 
ieaves commonly ternate, lower obovate, sub- 
sessile, upper cuneate and linear petiolate acute 
smooth ; racemes panicul. lax subnaked, pedi- 
cels equal to fl. Internal sepals lanceol. acute 
carinate, capsules ovate — Kentucky and Illi- 
nois in woods and glades, trigone, ext. sepals 
subequal linear. Several varieties, 1 major , 
2 minor , 3 parmfiora , lower leaves caducous, 
flowers small fuscate. It has no sterile stems. 
Perennial, 
10. L. glomerata Raf. smooth, branches 
short adpressed, leaves variable oblong, lanceo- 
late or cuneate, petiolate mucronate ; flowers 
axillary and terminal on short pedicels, glome- 
rate, sepals ovate acute carinate, capsules sub- 
globose — Apalachian mts. pedal, no sterile 
stems, calix trigone over the .fruit, external se- 
pals linear — Perennial. 
11. L. corymbosa Raf. stem erect rough, 
above pilose corymbose, leaves petiolate broad 
oblong nearly obtuse, pubescent, ciliate ; flow- 
ers corymbose, pedicels equal to flowers, sepals 
round concave, ext. linear, capsules globose — 
Mts. Alleghany, 6 to 12 inches high, leaves 
small, capsules large with 3 to 6 seeds, disco- 
vered 1818, 
12. L. surculosa Raf. stem with spreading 
branches, sterile stems prostrate pilose, with 
leaves ternate ovatoblong acute ciliate petiolate 
branches smooth with leaves opposite and al- 
ternate smooth linear ; flowers paniculate, pe- 
dicels equal, bracts subulate, ext. sepals linear, 
internal ovate acute, capsules ovate — In Penn- 
sylvania on dry hills, the L. minor of some Au- 
thors, stem 3 to 0 inches, leaves and flowers 
small. 
13. L. revoluta Raf. minor of Lin. not of 
