1909]  Bartlett,— Nolina in the southern Atlantic States 81 
was published, continued to repeat a traditional range, about as 
follows; — “Dry sand-hills in the middle districts of Georgia and 
South Carolina." It may be that Chapman doubted the identity 
of the Florida plant with Nolina georgiana. Watson, however, and 
then Small, included it with that species and extended the range to 
include Florida. 
The rarity in herbaria of true Nolina georgiana may account for 
the very distinct species of Florida ever having been confused with it. 
My attention was called to the differences between the two when I 
attempted to determine, by direct comparison, a Nolina from the fall 
line sand-hills of McDuffie County, Georgia. Except for a few fruits 
from Columbus, Ga., collected by Boykin, all the specimens labeled 
Nolina georgiana in the Gray Herbarium were the Florida species, 
which was altogether unlike the McDuffie County specimen. This 
conclusion was confirmed by examining additional material from the 
National Herbarium, for the use of which I wish to thank Dr. Rose. 
Mr. Nash based his Nolina Brittoniana upon Florida material. 
A cotype in the Gray Herbarium shows that its affinity is with А 
georgiana rather than with the undescribed species. From both it 
may be clearly distinguished by several good characters. 
Fruit not markedly asymmetric, sharply triangular in cross section. Регісагр 
inflated. 
Fruit cordate at both base and apex. Inflorescence closely, branched. 
Leaves broad . . ‚М. Brittoniana. 
Fruit obtuse at base and apex. Inflorescence distantly branched. Leaves 
narrow. ЯУ georgiana. 
Fruit asymmetrie, obtusely 3-lobed in cross section. Peric: wp closely in- 
vesting the seed of fertile carpels, scarcely inflated in the sterile ones. 
N. atopocarpa. 
Nolina atopocarpa sp. nov. Rhizoma breve erectum, radicibus 
fibrosis numerosis. Caudex perbrevis vaginis defoliatis obtectus. 
Folia radicalia numerosa usque ad 1 m. longa, 3-4 mm. lata, glabra, 
margine scabra. Scapus saepe quam 1 m. altior, bracteis foliaceis 
deorsum paucis usque ad 7 cm. longis, sursum minutis setaceis praedi- 
tus, remote ramosus vel simplex. Pedicelli articulati, vel singuli vel 
bini vel trini fasciculati, bracteati, juventate inaequales ascendentes, 
aetate deflexi. Perianthium patens ca. 5 mm. diametro. Fructus 
ca. 6 mm. longus obovoideus, carpellorum abortu sterilium asymme- 
trus, leviter 3-carinatus, apice vix emarginatus vel rotundatus, basi 
angustatus perbreviter stipitatus, circumscriptione solum leviter 
trilobus пес triangulus. Pericarpium seminibus 1-2 levigatis appres- 
sum, nec inflatum.— Type specimen, Curtiss 5702, in Hb. Gray. 
