11)21 1 Fernald, — Expedition to Nova Scotia 243 



** S. rotundi folia, var. QUADRANGULARIS (Muhl.) Wood. Fre- 

 quent with the typical form or in separate colonies, Yarmouth Co. 

 See pp. 144, 147. 



Lophiola septentrionalis, n. sp. Planta stolonifera cauHbus 

 solitariis vel laxe cespitosis 4-5.5 dm. altis; foliis linearibus iniis 

 usque 3 dm. longis 1.5-3.5 nun. latis plerumque 8-nerviis margine 

 hyalinis basi deinde fulvis; inflorescentiis laxis paniculato-eorymbi- 

 t'ormibus 0.6-1.8 dm. altis 0.6-1.2 dm. latis, rhachi ramibusque 

 imis valde adscendentibus sparse villosis vel glabratis, pedicellis 

 adscendentibua albido-tomentosis plerumque 0.7-1.5 cm. longis; 

 bracteis oblongo-lanceolatis scariosis fulvis; perianthiis 1.2-1.5 cm. 

 diametro, segmentis patentibus vel reflexis lanceolatis subtus villoso- 

 tomentosis supra fulvis apice glabris basi medioque longe villoto- 

 barbatis pilia aureis deinde flavescentibus; filamentis 3 mm. longis, 

 antheris oblongis 1.2 mm. longis; capsulis nifescentibus vel fulvis 

 conico-ovoideis rostratis fere basi liberis 4-4.5 mm. longis 3 mm. 

 latis; seminibus fusiformi-obovatis vel clavatis vel semi-obovatis 

 stramineis longitudinaliter obscure corrugatis 1-1.4 mm. longis apice 

 rotnndatis bnmneo-tinctis basi plerumque caudatis. 



Plant stoloniferous; the stems solitary or loosely cespitose (often 

 with 2 or 3 flowering stems and many crowded leafy tufts), 4-5.5 dm. 

 high: leaves linear; the lower up to 3 dm. long, 1.5 3.5 mm. wide, 

 mostly 8-nerved, hyaline at margin, finally fulvous at base: inflores- 

 cences lax, paniculate-corymbiform, 0.5-1.8 dm. high, 0.6-1.2 dm. 

 broad, the rhachis and strongly ascending lower branches sparingly 

 villous or glabrate; the ascending pedicels white-tomentose, mostly 

 0.7-1.5 cm. long: bracts oblong-lanceolate, scarious, fulvous: peri- 

 anths 1.2-1.5 cm. in diameter; the segments spreading or reflexed, 

 lanceolate, villous-tomentous beneath, fulvous above and glabrous at 

 tip but with the basal half or two-thirds villous-bearded with golden 

 or finally only yellowish long crinkled hairs: filaments 3 mm. long; 

 anthers oblong, 1.2 mm. long: capsules reddish or fulvous, conic- 

 ovoid, beaked, free almost to the base, 4-4.5 mm. long (including 

 the beak), 3 nun. broad: seeds fusiform-obovate, clavate or semi- 

 ovate, straw-colored, longitudinally but obscurely corrugated, 11.1 

 nun. long, rounded and brown-tinged at apex, usually tailed at base. 

 -Nova Scotia: wet savannahs along Little River east of Tiddvillc, 

 Digbv Co., August 22, 1920, Fernald & Long, no. 20,784 (type in 

 Gray* Herb.), October 13, 1920, H. II'. Sypher, no. 20,785. 



Differing from both L. aurea Ker, which extends from Mississippi 

 to Florida and locally to South Carolina, and /,. amertctma (Pursh) 

 Wood of the New Jersey pine-barrens in its fulvous capsule free 

 nearly to base and in its caudate-based seeds, both the more southern 

 species having the green capsules adnate at least half their length 

 to the perianth and the seeds rounded at both ends. L. aurea has 



