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and Louisiana, south through the Florida peninsula to the Ever- 

 glades. 



Flowering from May to September, and soon ripening fruit; in 

 southern Florida flowering and fruiting throughout the year. Cor- 

 olla uniformly sky blue. 



In the herbarium of Columbia University is a memorandum 

 description of this by Boykin. He proposed it as a new genus, but 

 his name "Beyrichia" was preoccupied, and unfortunately no name 

 was substituted and his suggestion has Iain unheeded. 



Pennell (Florida)— 9675, 9683. 



11. HERPESTIS Gaertner. f. 

 Herpestis Gaertn. f., Fruct. et Sem. PI. 3: 186. 1807. 



Type species, H. rotundifolia Gaertn. f. 



1. Herpestis rotundifolia Gaertn. f. 



Herpestis rotundifolia Gaertn. f., 1. c. 186. pi. 214. 1807. "E America 

 septentrionali a Dno Bosc, ex coUectione Desfontaines." Bosc collected 

 in Carolina, and his plant, as shown from the parts described, is certainly 

 the species now considered. While Gaertner was doubtless influenced 

 in his selection of a name by Michaux' Monniera rotundifolia, 1803, Bosc's 

 plant is stated to be only perhaps this. Moreover Michaux' name is not 

 connected with the phrase "Herpestis rotundifolia," so that we must 

 consider this combination as here originating for the plant of Bosc. This 

 has been confused with Gratiola repens Sw., a species of Ranapalus. 



In shallow water, muddy shores, within the Coastal Plain, Mary- 

 land to Florida. Also in the West Indies. Very few collections are 

 known, and in our area only the following stations have been noted : 

 Wilmington, North Carolina; Ogeechee, Georgia; Jacksonville and 

 Eustis, Florida. While doubtless often overlooked, the plant is 

 certainly of scattered and rare occurrence. 



Flowering at least from July to September, and soon ripening 

 fruit. Not seen growing. 



12. AMPHIANTHUS Torrey. 



A?nphianthns Torr., Ann. Lye. N. Y. 4: 82. 1837. 

 Type species, A. pusillus Torr. 



1. Amphianthus pusillus Torr. 



Amphianthus pusillus Torr., 1. c. 82. 1837. "Hab. — In small excavations 

 on flat rocks, where the soil is wet during the flowering season; Newton 

 County, Georgia . . . Dr. M. C. Leavenworth!" Type seen in 

 Herb. Columbia University at the New York Botanical Garden. 



"Growing in water in very shallow depressions in granite rock," 

 Stone Mountain and nearby granite hills of Dekalb and Newton 

 counties, central Georgia. 



Flowering in April, fruiting in May. Not seen growing. 



