UST OF PLANTS NEW TO FLORIDA. 



By J. M. HoLziNGKB. 



Mr. J. IT. Simpson was employed by the Department of Agriculture 

 in 1891 and 1892 to collect plants in southern Florida. Among the 

 many interesting species found by him are the following introduc- 

 tions and additions to our Southern flora: 



Achyranthes aspera obtusifolia Lam. Strait of Florida, side of Key West, 

 Simpson (No. 205). 



Alternanthera paronychioides St. Hil. Key West, Simpson (No. 357). 



Argithamnia fendleri MUU. Key West, Simpson (No. 316). 



Cassia grammica Spreng. No Name Key, Simpson (No. 194). 



Colubriua reclinata Brogn. Long Island, Simpson (No. 427) ; southern Florida, 

 Curtiss (No, 473). 



Crescentia cucurbitina L. Southern Florida, Simpson (No. 450). (Vide Gray, Syn. 

 Fl. ii. pt. i. 456.) 



CuBcuta umbellata H. B. K. Southern Florida, Simpson (No. 361). 



Epidendron rigidum Sw. Florida, Curtiss (No. 1708). Communicated to the Na- 

 tional Herbarium by Professor S. M. Tracy. 



Euphorbia pilulifera procumbeus Boies. Elliott Key, Miami and Cedar Key, Simp- 

 son (No. 505) ; southern Florida, Garber; Indian RiTer, Curtiss (No. 2496). Dis- 

 tributed as E. pilulifera L. 



Ipomcea tuba Don. Key east of Bahia Honda, Simpson (No. 508). 



Melachra urens Poir. Chocoliska Island, southern Florida, Simpson (No. 220). 



PhyllanthuB niruri tenuicaulis Muell. Cedar Key, Garber; No Name Key and 

 Long Key, Simpson (Nos. 183, 309). 



Talinum patens Willd. One plant was sent in by Mr. Simpson from southern 

 Florida. 



Tamariudus indica L. Key West, Simpson (No. 348). Mr. Simpson says of this: 

 "Ic grows on dry, rocky hammock soil, mostly in the brush in uncleared land. 

 Trees 20 to 30 feet high and from 12 to 18 inches or more in diameter. There 

 were not many specimens, but enough to show that the species is naturalized at 

 Key West, and should be admitted into our flora." 

 Tillandsia polystachya L. Chocoliska Island, Simpson (No. 289). 

 Tridax procumbens L. Elliott's Key, Simpson (No. 553). 

 VillamiUa octandra (L.) Hook. f. ChocoliBka Island (No. 238), 

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