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North Carolina.—Wilmington, W. M. Canby. | a 
Texas.—Henderson Co., J. D. Smith; Choctaw Agency, Ji q 
M. Bigelow; Hempstead, E. Hall, No. 673; Cypress City, G. ‘ 
Belt, No. 756, (1876); Tex. Flor. Exs. No. 186; Hardin Co., Gag 
C. Nealley, (1884). : 
Arkansas.—Southwest Arkansas, F. L. Harvey, No. 133. 
Illinois. —Mason Co., E. Hall; Dixon, G. Vasey. 
Wisconsin.—Marquette Co., J. Townley. 
** The winged keel of the lateral sepals toothed or fimbriate. 
5. XYRIA MONTANA, DN. sp. 2 
Scape slender, 3-12 inches high; straight and twisted, two- 
edged above; roots fibrous; leaves linear, 2-6 inches long, spikes . 
globose to ovoid, scales rounded, upper margin finely fimbriate, 
lateral sepals linear, the upper third of the winged keel irregu- 
larly serrate-fimbriate. : 
This plant has been called X. flexuosa var. pusilla, A. Gray, 
Man. Ed. 5, p. 548 (1868). The name pusi//a, however, belongs 
to a previously discovered species from New Holland.—R. Br 
Prodr. Fl. Aust. 256 (1810). : 
Small specimens of X. flexuosa have been erroneously referred 
to this. i 
Localities thus far known are: d 
Pocono Mt., Pa., Traill Green, T. C. Porter, 1876; Base of 
White Mts., A. Gray; Herkimer Co., N. Y., J. A. Paine; High 
Bogs, Westchester Co., N. Y., Hoysradt; Eagle Harbor, Ke- 
weenaw Co., Mich., Robbins; Leverett, Mass., H. G. Jesup; Pine 
Barrens of New Jersey, Torrey; Open Swamps, Akron, Ohio, — 
C. Mohn; Salem, Mass., J. H. Sears; Quaker Bridge, N. J. : 
6. XYRIS ELLIOTTII, Chapm. 
X. ELLIOTTH, Chapm. Fl. S. U. S. 498 (1860). : 
Scape slender, twisted, straight, two-edged throughout the 7 
greater part of its length; leaves linear, twisted, 2-8 inches long, | 
the upper two-thirds of the leaf a darker shade of brown than the 
lower third, spikes ovate, scales lacerate on the upper margin, : 
lateral sepals lanceolate, the winged keel incised-fimbriate. 2 
Florida.—Jacksonville, A. H. Curtiss, No. 3105; Dr. Chap-_ 
man, 1860; C. F. Powell; Miami, A. P. Garber, No. 287, 18775 
Tampa, J. D. Smith; St. Augustine, Herb. Harv. Coll.; Apa 
lachicola, B. F. Saurman, 1867. 
