MONOECIA MONADELPHIA. 
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1. Cyathophora. Murr. 
E. fruticescens; foliis 
petiolatis, ovatis sub- 
dentatis, panduriformi- 
bus, summitate involu- 
cellisque coloratis; flori- 
bus subumbellatis. 
Somewhat shrubby; 
leaves on petioles, o- 
vate, slightly toothed, 
panduriform, the upper 
ones and the invoke 
crurns coloured; flowers ' 
somewhat umbellate. 
Sp. pi. 2. p. 891. Pursh, 2. p. 605. Nutt. 2. p. 227- 
Plant annual. Stem about 2 feet high, glabrous. Leaves alternate on 
petioles nearly an inch long, oblong, panduriform, the segments toothed, the 
summit slightly acuminate, the upper and those that surround the flowers, 
coloured near the base deep red. Flowers in a terminal cluster. Sterile 
florets numerous. Pedicel of the fertile floret longer than the involucrum. 
Capsule smooth, 3-celled, the cells 2-valved, 1 -seeded. 
This plant is seen occasionally in our gardens, but is not naturalized as 
far north as Savannah. 
Flowers' through a great part of the summer. 
2. Graminifolia. Mich. 
E. pusilla, ere eta, ab 
imo ramosa, minu^issi- 
me puberula; foliis 
sparsis, iinearibus, in- 
tegerrimis, supremis 
basi discoloribus; flori- 
bus fasciculato-termi- 
nalibus. 
Small, erect, branch- 
ing from the base, fine- 
ly pubescent; leaves 
scattered, linear, entire, 
the upper ones disco- 
loured at base; flowers 
fasciculate, terminal. 
Mich. 2. p. 210. Pursh, 2. p. 605. Nutt. 2, p. 227. 
This species is said by Michaux to grow along the sea-coast of Georgia 
and Florida. I have never met with it. 
Flowers — 
3. Hypericifolia. Lin. 
E. glabra; ramosis- Glabrous, branch- 
sima, patulo-erecta; ra- ing, erect, expanding; 
