452 Small: Dasvstoma flava and related Species 



J 3. Dasystoma brachycarpa 



Perennial, puberulent or finely pubescent. Stems 6-15 dm. tall, 

 • usually simple below the inflorescence : leaf-blades leathery, ob- 

 long-ovate, oblong-lanceolate or lanceolate, 5-12 cm. long, incised 

 or repand on the lower part of the stem, entire or merely undulate 

 and shorter above : racemes continuous : flowers very short pedi- 

 celled : calyx-tube campanulate at maturity ; lobes as long as the 

 tube or longer : corollas 2.5-3 cm - l° n g> with widely dilated tubes : 

 capsules globose-ovoid, about 1 cm. long, scarcely beaked. 



In dry sandy soil, Stone Mountain, Georgia. 



The specimens on which this species are based were collected 

 by the writer on the slopes of Stone Mountain, Georgia, September 

 6-12, 1894, and are in the herbaria both of Columbia University 

 and the New York Botanical Garden. 



4. Dasystoma flava (L.) Wood 



Perennial, grayish pubescent or sometimes merely puberulent. 

 Stems 3-12 dm. tall, simple, or branched above : leaf-blades lanceo- 

 late to oblong, 4-14 cm. long, repand, coarsely toothed or rarely 

 pinnatifid on the lower part of the stem, entire or merely undulate 

 above : racemes continuous, at least during anthesis : calyx -tube 

 turbinate at maturity; lobes as long as the tube or much longer: 

 corollas 3-4 cm. long : capsules ovoid-conic, about 1.5 cm. long, 

 long-beaked. 



In open woods and thickets, Ontario and Wisconsin to Massa- 

 chusetts. Florida and MississinDi. 



5. Dasystoma dispersa 



Perennial, inconspicuously puberulent, blackish in drying. 

 Stems 4-10 dm. tall, simple, or widely but rather sparingly 

 branched : leaf-blades spatulate, oblong, elliptic or oblong-ob- 

 lanceolate, entire, 2-6 cm. long, or longer and repand near the 

 base of the stem, slender-petioled : racemes conspicuously inter- 

 rupted, the pairs of flowers quite regularly separated by inter- 

 nodes 2-4 cm. long : calyx-tube 7-8 mm. broad during anthesis, 

 glabrate or merely puberulent ; lobes about as long as the tube or 

 usually shorter: corollas 3-3.5 cm - 



In pine woods and on hillsides, Alabama, Mississippi and 

 Louisiana. 



Alabama : no locality, Gates. 



