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6. R. Nashii Small. wr 3—6 dm. tall, rape i adi leaf- Brea e 
Rub laneeolate, 2—5 cm. long: sepals trian ngular: petals purple, 14-17 m 
ong: capsule 5-6 mm. long.—Swamps, Coastal Plain Fla. to La dir 
R. lanceolata Walt. Stems 1-4 dm. tall, villous- ad DE blades ob- 
lanceolate, pee eae RE e, or linear- Janceo! ate, 1-2.5 sepals 
lane eolate: petals white to pale- purple, 12-17 mm. long: n 6-7 mm 
lus [ E. filiformis Sm ue UN Pag shes and swamps, Coastal Plain, Fla. to 
La., Tenn., . C— 
R. delicatula Small. ie 1-4 dm. tall, sparingly pubescent: leaf-blades 
rare to ovate, 1-2.5 em. long: sepais triangular: petals pale-purple, 10-15 
mm. long: capsule 4-5 mm. long.—Stream-banks, in the Blue Ridge of Ga 
m 
9. R. Alifanus Walt. as 3-10 dm. tall, glabrous: leaf-blades lanceolate 
P pan laneeolate, 3-8 em. long: sepals triangular: petals bright-purple, 17— 
. long: capsule 6-7 mm. long. [R. gla Miis Michx. ]—M oist pinelands, 
RE Plain, N Fla. to La. and N. O.—Spr.- 
10. R. "pene aL. Stem ^re dm. tall: leaf-blades elliptic, oval, lanceolate, 
or Du lanceolate, 2-10 em. long: sepals lanceolate or tri angular- -lanceolate: 
petals bri right a. 11- M mm. long: capsule 5-6 mm. iene eer cee. 
MEADOW-BEAUTY. HA ANDSOME- HARRY. )—Sandy swamps and damp me eadows, 
various UE. Fla. to La., Mo., and Me.—Spr.-fall.— The entire plant is 
sometimes red. 
11. R. stricta m Stems 6-13 dm. tall: leaf-blades lanceolate to elliptie- 
d 2— E . long: sepals triangular: petals purple, 12-16 mm. long: 
m ule 6-7 m ET ong.— Moist pinelands and ponds, Coastal Plain, Ga. to Miss. 
N C oa 
aristosa Britton. Stems 2-6 dm. tall, glabrous: leaf- ecd linear to 
linear-la aneeolate or sometimes linear-elliptie, ou em. long: sepals linear to 
linear-lanceolate: petals magenta-red, 12-20 m long: capsule about 6 mm 
long.—Sandy swamps and damp pinelands, Coastal Plain, Ga. to N. 
13. R. parviflora P E Stems 1-3 dm. tall, pubescent: leaf-blades Pao 
OT nearly oval, 1-2 em. long: sepals triangular e petals white, les 
than 10 mm. lo ong: coule about 3 mm. long.—Shallow ponds, near Ag 
cola, Fla.—Sum 
2. TETRAZYGIA L. C. Rich. Shrubs or trees. Leaf-blades 3-5-ribbed, 
mostly scurfy or tomentose beneath. Sepals, and petals, 4-6. Ovary 4- or 
neck short.—About 16 species, ie Indian. 
i. T. base (Mill.) Cogn. Shrub or small 
tree with scaly bark: leaf-blades lanceolate 
to elliptic- AU 8—20 em. long, silvery 
beneath, stout-petioled: panicle 1-2 m. 
long: calyx about 1 mm. long: petals white, 
7-8 mm. long, cuneate: anthers lanceolate, 
the 
Hammocks riu pinelands, Everglade Pe 
la.—(W. I.)—Su This 
conspicuously Bou West Indian plants 
which are so numerous on the Everglade 
Keys that, floristieally these eode 
