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invalidates the use of this name by Dunal, so that given by Will- 
denow is here taken up, being the oldest one available. 
6. ASIMINA PYGMAEA (Bartr.) A. Gray. 
Annona pygmaea Bartr. Trav. 18. pl. 7. 1791. 
Asimina:pygmaea A Gray, Bot. Gaz. 11: 164. 1886. Not 
Dunal, 1817. ign 
A small plant, 2-4 dm. tall. Stems simple, or rarely some- 
what branched, arcuate, often nearly prostrate, 2-several from the 
same root, somewhat shrubby below, reddish, glabrous at the base, 
often tomentose at and near the summit; young leaves more or 
less tomentose, especially beneath; mature leaves often erect, 
thereby appearing as if secund, oblong, oblanceolate, or spatulate- 
obovate, 5-15 cm. long, I—4 cm. broad, rounded, obtuse or acutish 
at the apex, acute at the base, glabrous, reticulated, the midrib 
and principal nerves very prominent beneath, sessile, or on peti- 
oles 8 mm. long or less; flowers solitary in the axils, on slender 
glabrous, or somewhat tomentose, often recurved peduncles 1-1.5 
cm. long; sepals ovate, 7-10 mm. long, tomentose when young, 
glabrate when old; petals greenish and slightly pubescent exter- 
nally when young, becoming dull black-purple and glabrous at the 
time of falling, the mature outer ones narrowly obovate, 2-3 cm. 
long, 8-12 mm. broad; fruit not seen. 
Pine lands in eastern and peninsular Florida. 
Specimens examined: 
Curtiss, nos. 87, 4202 and 4742, all from the vicinity of Jack- 
sonville. 
Nash, nos. 359 and 1919, in the vicinity of Eustis, Lake Co. 
Palmer, no. 7, Fort Capron, Indian River, 1874. 
Burroughs, no data. 
Powell, 1872. 
' 7. ASIMINA ANGUSTIFOLIA A, Gray, Bot. Gaz. 11: 163. 1886. 
Orchidocarpum pygmaeum Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1: 330. 1803. 
Porcelia pygmaea Pers. Syn. 2:95. 1807.? 
Asimina pygmaea Dunal, Monog. Anon. 84. p/. zo. 1817: 
Uvaria pygmaea Torr. & Gr. Fl. N. A. 1:45. 1838. 
A small shrub, 4-6 cm. tall. Stems several from the same 
root, erect or reclining, much branched, glabrous excepting at the 
summit, the old bark gray, the young bark reddish; leaves very 
variable, 5-20 cm. long, I-3 cm. broad, linear to oblong-linear or 
