NEOPHYTON. 
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Eliiot &c erect dichotome strigose, leaves sess- 
ile lanceolate base attenuate, remote serrate, 
triplinerve, flowers geminate, peduncles long, 
sepals of perianthe ovate acuminate — Virginia 
to Florida in gravelly soils, flowers estival : 
thus very different from last, but I have not 
seen it, it may have been badly described, there- 
fore is dubious. 
302. Eclipta flexuosa Raf. E. erecta L. 
<f*c. Stem erect nearly simple hirsute subflex- 
uose, leaves sessile lanceolate undulate une- 
qually serrate triplinerve, flowers 2 or 3, pedun- 
cles wooly, sepals of perianthe ovate — in Guy- 
ana and South America, biennial 2 or 3 feet 
high, thus totally unlike the two above. 
303. Eclipta tinctoria Raf. E . erecta 
Wild. Pers. 4’C. stem erect strigose, leaves ses- 
sile oblong lanceolate remote serrate — in Asia 
and Egypt, used to die black, certainly differ- 
ent again from all the American sp. but requir- 
ing a better description. 
304. Eclipta simplex Raf. stem erect sim- 
ple strigose above, lower leaves ovatoblong ob- 
tuse petiolate, upper oblong or lanceolate ses- 
sile acute uninerve, subentire, hardly strigose 
nearly smooth, flowers solitary axillary or ter- 
minal, sepals of perianthe ovatoblong acute — 
sent me from Alabama and Tennessee as £. 
proeumhens although quite erect. A small sp. 
semipedal, with few leaves and flowers, leaves 
1 or 2 inches long. 
305. Eclipta sulcata Raf. stem erect t ri- 
ch otome sulcate nearly smooth, leaves narrow 
lanceolate sessile acute, subserrate in the mid- 
dle, nearly smooth, peduncles geminate une- 
qual hispid, sepals of perianthe ovate lanceo- 
late acute — Louisiana, sent me by Riddell as 
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