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2. Catopalfl Berteroni^na (Schult.) Mez. Blades of the basal leaves narrowed 

 to the apex, but not long-attenuate, stiff: inflorescence rigid: bracts 10-12 mm. long: 

 sepals 11-13 mm. long: capsules 12-15 mm, long, abruptly pointed. 



In hammocks, southern peninsular Florida. Also in tropical America. 



Page 247, at the end of Bromeliaceae, insert: 



4. GUZMANIA E. & P. 



Epiphytic herbs, resembling species of Tillandsia, but with the blades of the 

 basal leaves less attenuate, the sides, above the dilated bases nearly parallel up to 

 the abruptly narrowed apex. Flowers borne in conspicuously bracted spike-like 

 panicles, the bracts becoming membranous. Sepals and petals partially united. 

 Anthers coherent around the stigma. Capsule narrow. — Differs from Catopsis in the 

 partially united sepals, and petals, and the partially adnate filaments. 



1. Guzmania monostichya (L.) Eusby. Plants 3-6 dm. tall: leaves bright 

 green or variegated, with recurving tips: panicle stout: bracts as long as the corolla 

 or longer, usually striped: calyx firm, 12-15 mm. long: corolla-lobes oblong or ovate, 

 shorter than the tube : capsules becoming 3-3.5 cm. long. 



In hammocks, southern peninsular Florida. Also in tropical America. Summer. 



5. ANANAS Adans. 



Terrestrial herbs with leafy caudices. Leaves crowded: blades ensiform, the 



margins spinulose. Flowers borne in a terminal cone-like inflorescence, the upper 



bracts forming an apical rosette. Sepals short and broad. Petals much longer than 



the sepals, distinct, erect. Filaments free or nearly so: anthers short. Berries, 



together with the rest of the inflorescence, coalescent, forming a syncarp topped with 



a rosette of rigid bracts. Pineapple. 



1. Ananas Ananas (L.) Lyons. Leaves 25-50, crowded, 1-2 m. long, the 

 marginal spines hooked: stem erect: corolla fully twice as long as the calyx: fruit 

 ovoid, oblong or oblong-conic, 1-4 dm. long, scaly. 



On roadsides and in old fields, peninsular Florida. Adventive from the tropics. 

 All year. 



Page 249, after Xerophyllum asphodeloides, insert: 



4a. HELONIAS L. 



Stout caulescent herbs. Leaves several or numerous and persistent at the base of 

 the stem, those on the stem much reduced. Flowers perfect, in a dense terminal 

 raceme. Sepals and petals narrowly oblong, 3-veined. Ovary spheroidal. Ovules 

 numerous in each carpel. Capsule lobed. — Differs from Xerophyllum in the narrow 

 sepals and petals and the many-seeded capsules. 



1. Helonias buUata L. Plants 1.5-6 dm. tall: basal leaves 12-40 cm. long; 



blades oblanceolate to spatulate: raceme becoming 9-20 cm. long: sepals and petals 



purple, becoming green, 5-7 mm. long, obtuse : capsules broadly obovoid, 8-9 mm. 



long, notched at the apex. 



In bogs, southern New York, New Jersey and eastern Pennsylvania to Virginia and the 

 mountains of North Carolina. Spring. Swamp Pink. 



Page 251, after Tracyantlius angustifolius, add: 



2. Tracyanthus Tex^nus (Bush) Small. Similar to T. angustifolius, but 

 larger, and with broader leaf -blades: panicle pyramidal: sepals and petals yellowish, 

 oval, 4-5 mm. long: capsules not seen. — Differs from T. angustifolius in the yellow- 

 ish perianth, the broad petals and the paniculate inflorescence. 



In sandy swamps, eastern Texas. Spring. 



Page 263, after Allium microscordion, insert: 



8a. Allium hyacinthoides Bush. Bulbs ovoid, with fibrous outer coats: leaf- 

 blades narrowly linear, mostly 3-6 mm. wide, often curved: scapes 2-3 dm. tall: 

 umbel erect, simple, rarely bulblet-bearing : perianth pink: sepals and petals oblong 



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