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M0N0EC1A MONADELPHIA, 
1 have always been accustomed to consider this plant as the E. Polygon^ 
folia of Michaux. Yet it resembles very much, and may be the linear-leaved 
variety of E. Ipecacuanhse. The E. Polygonifolia of Pursh I do not know. 
Grows in dry sandy soils near Ogeechee Ferry. 
Flowers May— July. 
11. Pubentissima. Michaux. 
E. perennis, erecta, 
pubentissima; caulibus 
sub-dichotomis; foliis 
oppositis, sessilibus, 
sub -cordato -ovalibus, 
obtusis; pedunculis so- 
litariis; involucri laci- 
niis interioribus albis. 
Perennial, erect, ve- 
ry pubescent^- stem 
somewhat dichotomous; 
leaves opposite, sessile, 
oval, slightly cordate, 
obtuse; peduncles soli- 
tary; interior segments 
of the involucrum 
white. 
Mich. 2. p. 212. Pursh, 2. p. 606. Nutt. 2. p. 227. 
Stem 12 to 18 inches high, divided towards the summit, hirsute. Leaves 
opposite, sessile, nearly an inch long, elliptic, entire, not so hairy on the 
stem, except along the midrib. Flowers solitary in the divisions of the stem. 
Peduncle nearly as long as the leaf. Petaloid Segments white. 
Grows in the pine-barrens in the middle districts of Carolina and Geor- 
gia. 
Flowers April— July, perhaps as most of our species until October. 
12. Helioscopia? Lin. 
E. umbella quinque- 
fida, trifida, dichotoma; 
foliis floralibus obova- 
tis; foliis cuneiformi- 
bus, serratis, glabris; 
capsulis laevibus. 
Umbel 5-cleft, 3- 
cleft, dichotomous; flo- 
ral leaves obovate; 
leaves wedge-shaped, 
serrate, glabrous; cap- 
sules smooth. 
Sp. pi. 2. p. 91’4* 
Plant annual. Stem 12— 18 inches high, glabrous, branching. Leaves 
alternate, sessile, cuneate, obovate, finely serrate, glabrous, those at the divi- 
sions of the umbel broad-lanceolate. Umbel 5-cleft, 3-cleft, the small bran- 
