110 Edward L. Greene. 
(50.) Cercis dilatata Greene, nov. spec. 
Ramuli nigricantes, glabri. Folia ex ovi figura late dilatata, 6—8 cm 
longa, 8—9 cm lata, retusa vel interdum leviter subcordata, apice late 
breviterque cuspidata, ipsa cuspide emarginata, supra atrovirentia et, 
venis plus minus hirtellis exceptis glabra, subtus glauca, et pube hir- 
tella, praecipue secus venas, subvestita.  Legumen breve, 5—7 cm 
longum, rectum, oblongum, glaucum, 4—5-spermum. 
Known only from dry woods about Athens, Georgia, as collected, 
26 June, 1900, by Roland M. Harper; the type being U. S, Herb. 
no. 384592. Well marked as regards both pod and leaf, the latter being 
notably broader than long, often almost truncate at base yet with some- 
thing of the ovate in its circumscription as indicated above. 
(51.) Cercis Georgiana Greene, nov. spec. 
Ramuli nigricantes glabri. Folia late subcordato-ovata, aeque lata 
atque longa, utroque diametro 7— 8 cm, apice acutiuscula, basi leviter 
subcordata, supra saturate viridia, subtus valde glauca, utrinsecus glabra. 
Legumen 7—9 em longum, 1,5 cm latum, satura dorsali ferme recta 
ventrali curvata, manifestim transverse lineatum, virescens et glaucum. 
Ic habits the Pigeon Mountains of Georgia, growing among lime- 
stone rocks at 1300 feet, where it was collected, 3 August, 1900, in 
good leaf and fruit, by Roland M. Harper, the special locality Blue 
Bird Gap. Specimens on U. S. Herb. sheet 384593. 
(52.) Cercis ellipsoidea Greene, nov. spec. 
Ramuli atrorubescentes glabri. Folia ovato-suborbicularia, 6—8 cm 
longa, apice plus minus conspicue cuspidata, cuspide abrupte acutius- 
cula (nec emarginata), basi subcordata, pagina superiore atrovirentia, 
glabra, inferiore glauco-pallida, sparsissime et minutim hirtella. Legumen 
pro genere parvum, 3-5 em longum, 1—1,2 cm latum, oblongo-ellip- 
ticam, glauco-virens, glabrum. 
Native of Oklahoma and adjacent northeastern Texas; the 
oldest specimens seen are from Gainesville, Texas, 1892, by Vernon 
Bailey. The best are from Oklahoma, collected in 1904, partly by F, 
J. Tyler, partly by J. H. Gaut, the latter at Mount Scott, 10 May. The 
pods are the smallest known in the genus, and by the almost equal 
curvature of the dorsal and ventral sutures become narrowly elliptie in 
outline. They are acute at both ends. 
(53.) Cercis nitida Greene, nov. spec. 
Ramuli atrorubentes, glabri. Folia latissime cordato-ovata euspidata, 
vel interdum, absque cuspide, suborbicularia, attamen semper summo 
apice (sive obtusa sive cuspidata) distincte emarginata, utrinque glabra, 
saturate virentia et valde nitentia. Legumen 6—9 cm longum, 1,5 cm 
latum, atrorubéns, glaberrimum atque splendide politum. 
Known only as collected in the western part of Texas, in 1890, by 
Y. C. Neally. The species is in strong contrast with every other by 
its firm hard shining foliage and even more highly polished dark red 
