407 
Meisner based the species. In August, 1895, Mr. Nash collected 
specimens at Palmetto, Manatee county, Florida (no. 2429). This 
second station is in the vicinity of the original station. The geo- 
graphic range of Polygonella ciliata seems to be very restricted. 
2, POLYGONELLA BRACHYSTACHYA Meisn. in DC. Prodr. 14: 80. 
1856. 
Polygonella Croomti Chapm. FI. S. States, 387. 1860. 
As far as I can see, these two species must be united. Having 
the types of both at hand I cannot find any distinctive characters 
and in addition the labels show that Polygonella Croomii is from 
“ South Florida,” and not from “Carolina or Georgia,” as Dr. 
Chapman records in the Flora of the Southern United States. 
3. POLYGONELLA GRACILIS (Nutt.) Meisn. in DC. Prodr. 14: 80. 
1856, : 
Polygonum gracile Nutt. Gen. 1: 256. 1818. : 
Polygonum setaceum Nutt.; Meisn. in DC. Prodr. 14: 80. 1856. 
Sand hills, South Carolina to Florida and Louisiana. 
4. Potyconetta poryGama (Vent.) A. Gray, Bost. Journ. Nat. 
Hist. §: 231. 1847. ; 
Polygonum polygamum Vent. Hort. Cels, p/. 65. 1800. 
Polygonella parviflora Michx. F|. Bor. Am. 2: 241. 1803. 
Atraphaxis dioica Bosc; Meisn. in DC. Prodr. 14: 80. 1856: 
Folygonella parvifolia var. subenervis Meisn. in DC. Prodr. 14: 
80. 1856, 
Dry, sandy soil near the coast, from North Carolina to Florida. 
5. POLYGONELLA MACROPHYLLA N. sp. 
Perennial (?), stoutish, glaucous, glabrous. Stem solitary, erect, 
dm. tall, simple below, branched above ; leaves obovate or ob- 
nceolate, 2-6 cm. long (sometimes shorter on the branchlets), 
obtuse, 3-5 -nerved, leathery, exceeding the internodes except on 
the upper part of the stem; ocreae cylindric, slightly oblique, not 
Pointed, increasing in length toward the upper part of the stem ; 
Tacemes very dense, 2-3 cm. long, disposed in ovoid panicles ; 
Ocreolae funnelform, densely imbricated, slightly pointed ; pedicels 
Jointed at the middle; calyx (flowering stage not seen), the outer 
Segments slightly accrescent, the inner developing wings; fila- 
Ments subulate, somewhat dilated at the base; style 3-parted to a 
