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Scapes spirally twisted, 1-2 feet high, one-edged; roots _ 
bulbous, shining ; leaves linear, twisted, 6-15 inches long ; spikes” 
cylindric, pointed; scales light brown, twice as long as wide, | 
the apex serrulate ; lateral sepals long, linear, exserted, the uppe 1 
portion of the keel-wing short-fimbriate. | 
New Jersey —Quaker Bridge, D. C. Eaton, 1860. 
North Carolina.—G. McCarthy, No. 12%. i‘ 
South Carolina.—Florence, J. D. Smith, No. 233; soa 
Hill, M. A. Curtis. ef 
Georgia. —Columbus, J. D. Smith, 1883. 4 
Florida—Mayport, H. D. Keeler; Key West, Blodgett; | 
Apalachicola, B. F. Saurman; Tampa, A. P. Garber, No. 20, | 
1876, white flowers ; Jacksonville, A. H. Curtiss, No. 3013. 
Louisiana.—Dr. Gates. 
Texas.—Hempstead, E. Hall. 
* * *Leaves filiform. 
14. XYRIS BALDWINIANA, R. & S. 
X. Baldwiniana, R. & S. Mant. i. 351 (1822). 
X. tenuifolia, Chapm. Fl. S. U. S. 502 (1860). 
X, setacea, Chapm. FI. S. U. S. 500 (1866). 
X. juncea, Baldw. in Ell. Bot. S. C. i. 53 (1816) not R.Br. 
X. stenophylla, Chapm. Mss. in Herb. Col. Coll. 
Scape slender, straight and twisted, 6-15 inches high ; leaves 
filiform, hollow, 4-8 inches long, twisted and acute; spik 
globose or oval; scales round, outer margin usually lacerate 
lateral sepals linear, the upper half of keel-wing serrate. 
South Carolina. Fe ag Hill, M. A. Curtis, 1852. 
Florida.—Walton Co., A. H. Curtiss, No. 3015 ; Apalachi- 
cola, B. F. Saurman, 1867 ; ace River, E. Palmer, No. 577- 
Louisiana.—Dr. Hale. 
Alabama.—Mobile, C. Mohr. : ? = 
Texas. —Hevipstead, E. Hall, No. 672; Hardin Co., G © 
Nealley, June 1884. © a 
DESCRIPTION OF PLATE CXXV. 
X. brevifolia, Michx. Scale x 7. Sepal x 9 
X, flabelliformis, Chapm. Scale x 9. Sepal x 9. 
X, ambigua, Beyr. Scale x 3. Sepal x 4. 
X, flexuosa, Mihl. Scale x 5. Sepal x 6. 
X. montana, n. sp. Scale x 7. Sepal x 7. 
X, Ellioitit, Chapm. Scale x 5. Sepal x 6. 
X. communis, Kunth. Scale x 6. Sepal x 9. 
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