Notes and Descriptions of North American Plants — 



By John K. Small 



I. NOTEWORTHY SPECIES 



Habenaria Garberi Porter, Bot. Gaz. 5: 135. 1880 



The original and second known stations for this interesting 

 orchid are both near Manatee, Florida. A second locality can 

 now be placed on record ; this is Orange County, Florida, where 

 Mr. F. L. Lewton discovered the species at several stations in 

 the summer of 1894. His specimens are essentially the same as 

 the type. 



Habenaria macroceratitis Willd. Sp. PL 4 : 44. 1805 



This remarkable tropical Habenaria has been found native in 

 Florida, by Mr. Lewton. It is not rare in Sumter County, where 

 he first met with it in 1894. 



Thermopsis mollis (Michx.) M. A. Curtis, Mem. Am. Acad. II. 



3 : 47. //. p. 1848 



Heretofore this comparatively rare species has been reported 

 as growing in the mountains of Virginia and North Carolina. 

 But its range is wider than this; in May, 1869, Mr. Canby col- 

 lected it on Lookout Mountain, Tennessee, and on May 21, 1890, 

 Professor Scribner rediscovered it at the same locality. 



Pluchea imbricata (Kearney) Nash, Bull. Torr. Club, 23: 108. 



1896 



Excellent specimens of this Pluchea were collected in swamps 

 about Forest City, Orange County, Florida, by Mr. F. L. Lewton 

 in July, 1893. The specimens of this collection agree almost 

 perfectly with the type. 



Hieracium Scribxeri Small, Bull. Torr. Club, 21 : 20. 1894 



Professor Ruth has sent me almost typical specimens of this 

 rare member of Hieracium from near Knoxville, Tennessee, where 

 he collected the plant in 1897. 



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