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long, divergent and ascending; outer sepals subulate ; inner sepals 
oval-oblong, very obtuse, firm, concave, 3-4 mm. long; petals _ 
yellow, broadly cuneate, slightly eroded, 5 mm. long; stamens 
about 15, shorter than the petals; ovary globose, puberulent. 
Nearest to 7. arenicola Chapm., but very different in its thyr- 
soid, not corymbose, inflorescense, and obtuse inner sepals. It 
occurs in the “scrub.” 
14. STIPULICIDA FILIFORMIS n. sp. 
A diffusely branched glabrous annual, of very slender habit, 
1-2 dm. high. Radical leaves orbicular, acute, about 4 mm. 1 
diameter, on slender petioles 5-7 mm. long; bracts triangular- 
subulate, about 1 mm. long; inflorescence capitate, 1~2-flowered ; 
flowers about 1.5 mm. Jong, sessile or slightly stalked; sepals 5, 
scarious-margined, oval, obtuse, the inner 1.5 mm. long, I mm. 
broad, outer about two-thirds as long ; petals 5, oblong, 2 mm. long, 
-75 mm. broad, entire or somewhat eroded at apex, minutely 3-5- 
toothed on each side near the base; stamens 3, opposite inner 
sepals; filaments linear, .75 mm. long, .25 mm. broad; anthers 
oval, .5 mm. long, .3 mm. wide; capsule globose, obscurely 3- 
angled; seeds more or less triangular in outline, flattened, less 
than .5 mm. long. 
Differs from S. sefacea in being much more slender; in the 1 
florescence, which is composed of fewer and sessile flowers, and 
in the shorter bracts. ; 
One of the few plants that grow in both the “scrub” and high 
pine land. It prefers the latter, and attains a much more luxuriant 
growth there. Begins to flower in March and continues through- 
out the summer. 
755. Hypericum aspalathoides Willd. 
This has been considered as a variety of //. fascicularts. The 
two occur very commonly around Eustis and are clearly distinct 
species. The latter is found invariably around the lake shores 
and grows from 4 to 12 feet high, sometimes forming a small ee 
with a trunk 2 to 3 inches in diameter. The leaves are long and it 
flowers about the middle of April, maturing its fruit early in hae 
gust. H. aspalathoides never occurs along the lake shores, but in 
the low pine land. It is a small undershrub, 1 to 3 feet high, has 
much shorter leaves, does not flower until five or six weeks later, 
and matures its fruit sometime in September. 
