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BBB. Florets with all tubular florets
E. bracts subtending the head in several rows; flowers white or yellowish... Gnaphalium
EE. bracts in one row, flowers red or purple...
............Emilia
AA. Shrub, flower heads with outermost florets having rays, inner florets tubular, leaves opposite, oblong, flowers pink or purplish.........Pluchea
Glabrous; leaves less than 5 cm long, coarsely dentate; heads pink.........Pluchea indica (L) Less.
hairy, leaves over 10 cm long; oblong; heads whitish..
.....................Pluchea odorata (L) Cass.
11. Convolvulaceae
A. Flowers funnel-shaped stigmas 2
B. Stigma lobes flat and oval......Jacquemontia
BB. Stigma lobes not flat but thick......Convolvulus
AA. Flowers funnel-shaped, stigma l......Ipomoea
Jacquemontia sandwichensis Gray - perennial herb, prostrate over ground, radiating from thick root, flowers pale blue to white.
Convolvulus arvensis L. - perennial with long tap root, leaves small,; flowers white to pink.
Ipomoea
Twining perennail herb; leaves nonsucculent, hairy; corolla violet fading to pink.....I. indica (Burm.) Merr.
Non-twinning perennial herb; leaves succulent, smooth; corolla purplish red.........I. pes-caprae (L.) Sweet.
12. Cyperaceae
13. Euphorbiaceae
A. Shrubs and small trees...
B. Leaves 8" or more in diameter with 7 or more lobes toothed edges......Ricinus communis L.
AA. Herbs and Shrubs....BB
BB. Leaves opposite (plant prostrate)......Euphorbia
Small herb--Euphorbia prostrate Alt.
a small herb with nearly smooth leaves less than 0.3" long