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smooth ciliate subpetiolate obtuse or ret use 
glaucous beneath, stipules minute not decur- 
rent, peduncles elongate racemose 3-6flore, 
bracts linear calix hirsute lanceolate, pod obo- 
vate — from Carolina to Florida and Alabama, 
stem sesquipedal, leaves uncial or less, pedun- 
cles 4 to 8 inches long, petals exceeding a lit- 
tle the calix, pods uncial. Perennial, some 
Var. 1 Obovata many leaves obovate, 2 par- 
vifolia &lc. 
352. Crot. or loc. pijmila Raf. Dwarf pros- 
trate branches flexuose hispid diffuse angular, 
leaves elliptic rounded subsessile obtuse or re- 
tuse rugose, stipnles obsolete, peduncles very 
short uniflore, bracts linear, calix lanceolate 
hirsute — Florida and Georgia, perennial, only 
2 or 3 inches high or long, leaves and flowers 
very small. Habit of Polygonum aviculare. 
Probably a deviation of the last. 
353. Crot, or loc. sagittalis L. & c stem 
erect hirsute winged above, leaves lanceolate 
petiolate hairy beneath, stipules bifid decurrent, 
peduncles racemose — in Guyana and Brazil, 
quite different from all ours. Decandole ap- 
pears to omit it, and applies the name to ours, 
perhaps to 347. 
354. Crot. (loc ?) flexuosa (Eaton.) Suf- 
fruticose, branches flexuose, leaves obovate den- 
tate hairy, flowers corymbose downy— Caro- 
lina, quite distinct since shrubby with toothed 
leaves: not seen, I find it only in Eaton, who 
forgets to quote the Author. 
355. Crot. (Ioc ?) scariosa Raf. suffruticose 
branches erect simple slender terete silky, 
leaves adpressed sessile lanceolate acute entire, 
silky white beneath, peduncles subradical with 
scariose scales, flowers subcapitate, involucre 
