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on all the branches appearing "terminal." Calyx-tube 2.5-3 mm. 

 long, hemispheric, |-| the length of the capsule, truncate, its lobes 

 .4-.6 mm. long, triangular-subulate, not becoming callose. Corolla 

 18-20 mm. long; its tube 14-15 mm. long, slightly upcurved, its 

 lobes 4-5 mm. long, truncate to emarginate, all spreading; externally 

 minutely pubescent, within pubescent below sinus and over entire 

 width of basal portions of posterior lobes; probably pink (not seen 

 fresh). Anther-sacs 2.5 mm. long, lanceolate, cuspidate at distal 

 apex, lanate with white hairs on the valvular surface. Style glab- 

 rous. Capsule 3-3.5 mm. long, globose, bi'own. Seeds .7-.9 mm. 

 long; testa dark-brown to nearly black, with reticulations rather 

 fine; intrareticular lines not discernible. 



Type: woods. Pine Key, Florida, collected in flower and fruit 

 by Mr. Blodgett; in herb. Columbia University at the New York 

 Botanical Garden. 



Known only from the original station in the Florida Keys. Not 

 re-collected; Dr. Small and myself have hunted in vain for this on 

 Pine Key, but at the time of our joint visit the season had been 

 unusually dry. 



16. Agalinis oligophylla PenneU. 



Gtrardia aphylla grandiflora Benth., Comp. Bot. Mag. 1 : 174. 1836. "Jack- 

 sonville [Drummond]." Type, labeled "Jacksonville," [certainly an error 

 for Louisiana], seen in Kew Herbarium. 



Gerardia plukenetii microphylla A. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. Amer. II. 1 : 293. 1878. 

 "Louisiana, Drummond, Hale." Type, an isotype of Gerardia aphylla 

 grandiflora Benth., seen in Gray Herbarium. 



Agalinis oligophylla Pennell, Bull. Torr. Bot. Club 40: 432. 1913. New 

 name for Gerardia plukenetii microphylla A. Gray. 



Moist longleaf pineland, in the Coastal Plain from southern 

 Mississippi to southeastern Texas. 



Flowering from late September to late October, and soon ripening 

 fruit. Corolla rose pink, with two yellow lines and, mostly along 

 these, rather large purple-red spots within throat anteriorly. 



17. Agalinis aphylla (Nutt.) Raf. 



Gerardia aphylla Nutt., Gen. PI. N. Amer. 2: 47. 1818. "Hab. From 

 North Carolina to Florida, where it was first detected by Dr. Baldwyn." 

 Type seen in herbarium of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Phila- 

 delphia. 



Agalinis microphylla Raf., New Fl. Amer. 2: 65. 1837. "In Florida, 

 collected by Le Conte (Collins herb.)." Type not known to exist. 



Agalinis aphylla (Nutt.) Raf., 1. c. 65. 1837. 



Moist sandy longleaf pineland, near the coast, North Carolina 

 to northern Florida and Louisiana. 



Flowering from mid-September to early JSFovember, and soon 

 ripening fruit. Corolla pale -pink, with two yellow lines but with- 

 out purple-red spots within throat anteriorly. 



