Plant. nov. in Florida subtropica indigenae, John K. Small descriptae. 271 
lower part loosely fine-pubescent, the upper part or slender ascending 
branches glabrous or nearly so, at least st maturity: leaves copiously 
pubescent, those of the rosettes and lower part of the stem 8—12 cm 
long; blades oblanceolate to narrowly spatulate, pinnatifid: leaves of the 
upper part of the stem 2—4,5 cm long; blades lanceolate to linear- 
lanceolate, sharply toothed or somewhat pinnatifid: hypanthium glabrous: 
sepals oblong or oblong-lanceolate, 5,5—6 mm long, obtuse, glabrous: 
petals pinkish, 4,5—5 mm long, the blades oval, longer than the claw: 
style glabrous: fruit 0,5—10 mm long, glabrous, abruptly narrowed at 
the base. 
A species related to Gaura angustifolia Michx. but readily distinguished 
by the glabrous buds and fruit. The fruit, too, is of a different shape, 
being relatively much broader and abruptly contracted at the base. 
Florida: The type-specimens were collected in the pinelands between 
Cocoanut Grove and Cutler, XI, 1908 (Small & Carter, no. 766). Other 
specimens belonging here are: Ft. Myers (Hitchcock, no. 123). Miami 
(Small & Nash, XI, 1901). Virginia Key (Britton, no. 102). Between 
Cocoanut Grove and Cutler (Small & Wilson, no. 1591). 
19. Proserpinaca platycarpa Small. l. e., p. 432. 
Perennial, glabrous: stem and branches 1—3,5 cm long, very leafy: 
leaf-blades uniform or the lower ones with more prominently toothed 
blades than the upper; blades oblong or elliptic, or slightly broadened 
upward, 1,5—5,5 em long, sharply serrate: sepals deltoid or ovate-deltoid. 
barely 1 mm long: hypanthium ridge-winged: fruits 4—5 mm wide, con- 
stricted above the middle, the angles thus abruptly dilated. 
Most nearly related to Proserpinaca palustris and with the same habit, 
differing most markedly in the fruit, which is constricted under the apex, 
thus forming abruptly dilated angles. 
Florida: The type-specimens were collected in the everglades west 
of Camp Jackson, by Dr. Britton, in III, 1904 (no. 239). Similar spe- 
cimens are: Braidentown (Tracy, no. 7186). Ft. Myers (Hitchcock. 
no. 93). Between Cutler and Camp Longview (Smal! & Carter, no. 1466). 
Camp Jackson (Small & Wilson, no. 1861). 
20. Adelia pinetorum Small, l. c., p. 433. 
A shrub 0,5—2 m tall, with short rigid branches, the bark pale, the 
twigs puberulent: leaves numerous; blades mainly linear-spatulate, 1—2,5 cm 
long, remaining thin, entire, deep green above, pale beneath: flowers nearly 
sessile on the branches: bracts obovate to orbicular-cuneate, 1,5—2 mm 
long, ciliate: sepals minute or obsolete: drupes oval, 6—9 mm long, nearly 
black: stone 5-6 mm long. 
A species related to the western Adelia angustifolia and with much 
the same habit; differing in the less pronounced spatulate lustrous leaf- 
blades and the equilateral fruit. 
Florida: The type-specimens were collected in the pinelands between 
Homestead and Camp Jackson by Dr. Britton, III, 1904 (no. 209, fruit), 
