1 o-l- Pdllii ril (I ikI PkiII — ?\ nf<ir(irfli 1/ I^mii^'Kinii T'Jnjifs. 



racemes, associate this plant closely with Baiitimx hinccohitu" . A very 

 superficial examination of the characters involved would have convinced 

 Mr. Holzinger that he was in error, even if he had chosen to regard the 

 principles of geographic distribution as of no consequence. Baptixui 

 lanceohttd is a plant of the southeastern Atlantic coast from South Car- 

 olina to Florida, and is not known from the Gulf states. Its leaves are 

 by no means sessile, but distinctly peliolate, the petioles in many cases 

 a centimeter or more in length, while the leaflets, instead of being short 

 and obovote as in B. Texctna, are elongated, and unmistakably lanceolate 

 in outline. The stems, moreo\er are glabrous in lanceulata. The near- 

 est ally of /?. 1\'.vaii(t is ijrobably B. lacvictmlix, a species which is glab- 

 rous throughout, howe\er, even to the pod. Excellent fruiting speci- 

 mens were obtained by Mr. Ball near Alexandria, La., June 3, 1899 (No. 

 ■")4()), growing on hillsides under scrub oaks. 



Stylosanthes biflora hispidissima (]\lirlix), u. comb. 

 Shjlotidiilhci liit^jildd \iir. f). Jiisjiidis.slma ^liclix., I'^l. Hor. j\in. 1:7.^ 



iso:;. 



This form differs from the type in Ihe long hirsute puliescence with 

 which the stem and often the foliage is clothed. Michaux's character- 

 ization of Ihe variety as "universe hispidissima"' leaves little doubt as 

 to its identity. The plant is more prostrate in habit and eliffusely 

 branched than the ordinary form of N. lirfinrd. Mr. iialTs specimens 

 were collected at Alexandria. La., June 10, IStll) (Xo. ()21). 



Prunella vulgaris scaberrima n. \ar. 



Stems purple: herbage and inflorescence den.sely hispid and scabrous- 

 pul)escent with white hairs: otherwise similar to P. rahjaris. 



Type in U. S. National Herbarium, collected by Mr. Hall at Alexan- 

 dria, La.. June 9, 1899 (No. (iOT). The plant is there common in dry 



soil. 



Physalis rigida n. sp. 



rcrcnniiil, from a thick root: stems tufted, creel, rigid, sulcale, more 

 or h'ss l)ranching, ',\-'M dm. high, hisijid-pulx'scciil with flat haii's. par- 

 ticularly above: leaves firm, ovate-lanceolate, obscurely repand-dentate, 

 acute at apex, tapering to base, densely pubescent when young, scabrous 

 above when mature, 4-(5 cm. wide: petioles slender, 1^-4 cm long: flowers 

 small, 1-H cm. broad, on slender hispid-imbescenl pedicels: flowering 

 calyx densely pubescent, its lobes ovate-triangular, acute: limb of corolla 

 yellow, the throat dark purple: fruit ing calyx nearly smoolh. ovoid, ob- 

 scurely l(t-iMl)be(l, "^J^-:! cm. long, I iHUicate or somewhat (le))ress<^d at bas(>; 

 pedicel rellexed, hispid-pubescent, al)ou< 2 cm. long. 



''I\vpe in the V. S. National IIerl)ariuin, collected at Alex;indria, I^a., 

 on a dr\ railroad emhankmeni May 2:5, 1899 by Mr. Hall (No. 4:!1). No. 

 11!."), a fruit ing specimen, is to l)e referred lu'i'e. The plants were sul)- 



