MONOECIA MONADELPHIA. 657 
Polygonifolia of Clayton, (consequently of Linnaeus) who speaks of it as a 
maritime plant. I quote Pursh with great hesitation. 
Flowers through the whole summer. 
9. Ipecacuanha. Lin. 
E. procumbens erec- 
taque, pumila, glabra; 
foliis oppositis, obova- 
tis lanceolatisque; pe- 
dunculis axillaribus; 
unifloris, elongatis. 
Procumbent and e- 
rect, small, glabrous; 
leaves opposite, obo- 
vate and lanceolate; 
peduncles axillary, one- 
flowered, long. 
Sp. pi. 2. p. 900. Mich. 2. p. 212. Pursh, 2. p. 606. Nutt. 2. p. 22 7- 
Plant perennial, with very long creeping roots. Stem generally short, 
sometimes buried in the sand and appearing fasciculate and leafless, some- 
times erect 12 — 15 inches high. Leaves opposite, sessile, elliptic or obo- 
vate, (sometimes linear, Mich.) entire, glabrous. Flowers solitary in the 
divisions of the stem. Peduncle about as long as the leaves. 
Grows in dry sandy soils. 
Flowers from April to July, perhaps through the whole summer. 
10. Gracilis. E. 
Stem erect, dichoto- 
mous, glabrous; leaves 
opposite, remote, ses- 
sile, lineari-lanceolate; 
peduncles solitary in 
the divisions of the 
stem, longer than the 
leaves. 
E. Polygonifolia? Mich. 2. p. 211. 
Plant perennial. Stem about 12 inches high, like the whole plant glab- 
rous, very regularly dichotomous, the divisions remote for the size of the 
plant. Leaves opposite at the divisions of the stem, linear or linear-lanceo- 
late, entire, sessile. Peduncle solitary, longer than the leaf, petaloid seg- 
ments scarcely coloured. 
VOL. II. O 4 
E. caule erecto, di- 
chotomo, glabro; foliis 
oppositis, remotis, ses- 
silibus, linear-lanceola- 
tis; pedunculis solita- 
riis in dich'otomia cau- 
lis, foliis longioribus. 
