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The capsules of lampocarpus are by much the largest; those of acutiflorus are evidently larger, and more elongated, than those of obtusiflorus; (i. e.) the largest and strongest plant bears the smaller capsule.

The branches of the panicle in lampocarpus are sometimes but once divided, but frequently trice, and even thrice, as well as in the two other species.

When lampocarpus happens, from some accidental cause, to flower late in the season, so as not to perfect its large and polished capsules, it may be distinguished by a disposition to