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the E. procumbens ? nearer my longifolia , but 
leaves only 2 or 3 inches long, stem sulcate, 
sepals broader but not acuminate as in E* 
dubia. 
306. Eclipta dichotoma Raf. E. erecta 
Nuttal in Collins herb, stem erect dichotome 
smooth, leaves small sessile lanceolate and 
oblong acute entire or subserrulate substrigose, 
flowers 2 or 3 axillary and terminal, peduncles 
short subhispid, sepals ovate acute. Arkanzas, 
found by Nuttal, mistaken also for E. erecta, 
quite distinct, stem slender 3 or 4 feet high, 
leaves remote uncial, sometimes small leaves on 
the lower peduncles, imitating short branches, 
flowers small smooth, seeds brown oblong sub 
4gone. 
307. Eclipta pumila Raf dwarf hispid 
rough, stem simple erect l-3flore, leaves sessile 
lanceolate acute or obtuse subentire, flowers 
axillary solitary, peduncle short, sepals oblong 
— Mts. Cumberland of East Kentucky, 1 or 2 
inches high only, perhaps a deviation of E. 
simplex. 
308. Eclipta nutans Raf. stem decumbent 
or assurgent flexuose trichotome rough above, 
leaves sessile strigose, oblong lanceolate or cun- 
eate hardly serrate acute uninerve, on the 
branches linear lanceol. entire, flowers axillary 
and terminal geminate nodding, peduncles very 
short, sepals ovate lanceolate acute — in Ken- 
tucky also the banks of the Ohio and Potow- 
mak, pedal or less, leaves small uncial, flowers 
very small. This has probably been the E» 
procumbens of Mx and many botanists, but 
not of Elliot and others. It has some varieties 
1 paucijlora, assurgent nearly simple few flow- 
ers, 2 diffusa leaves often cuneate below, most- 
