Bickxell: Studies in Sisvrin'ciiium 



231. 



gined and acute or mucronulate ; interior scales shorter than the inner 

 bracts : flowers ^-6, pale blue, on slender, loosely erect or flex- 



uous, much exscrted pedicels 



1-2 



cm. long; 



perianth delicately 



membranous, 8-12 mm. long; stamincal column 4-6 mm, high. 

 Mature fruit not seen. 



North Carolina: Buncombe County, near Biltmore, May lo, 

 1898, in full flower, ex. Biltmore Herbarium; Stanley County, at 

 the Falls of the Yadkin River, April 20-24, 1S96, just in flower. 

 John K. Small. 



Dr. Small's specimens are darker green and much less scab- 

 rous than those from IBiltmore, with larger and more foliaccous 

 primary bracts and thicker roots. 



