74 Addisonia 



ing in the slenderly elongated style which is conspicuously plumose 

 by lax sordid hairs. 



The clematis-relative here described and figured represents one 

 of the more interesting plants discovered during a period of explora- 

 tion in Florida subsequent to that represented by the Bartrams. 

 It was apparently first detected by WiUiam Baldwin, a surgeon in 

 the United States Navy, about the end of the first decade of the 

 last centur}^ perhaps shortly before he was recalled to active 

 service in the war of 1812 with Great Britain. It seems strange 

 that Bartram did not observe this plant or at least mention it in 

 his "Travels" if he had met with it in the field, and it is still 

 stranger that Baldwin, who did collect it, did not refer to it in his 

 published letters,* for, if it is not a conspicuous plant with a showy 

 flower, it is at least attractive, and unique in the flora of Florida. 



Either in flower or in fruit this plant attracts the eye. In flower 

 the nodding bell-shaped bright flowers are different from those 

 of any of the associated plants. The calyx resembles a large hya- 

 cinth flower, whence, in connection with the plant's habitat, namely 

 the pinewoods, the popular name, pine-hyacinth. In fruit it 

 attracts attention by the plumes made up of the numerous long 

 curled hairy tails of the achenes. 



By means of a stout caudex and numerous tough roots the pine- 

 hyacinth is able to survive repeated forest fires. These, occurring 

 frequently, sometimes almost annually, apparently rather stimulate 

 the plant which, burned off at the surface of the ground, quickly 

 starts afresh and sends up new flowering stems with decided vigor. 

 The forest fires, occurring at different seasons in both neighboring 

 and distant regions, thus prolong the flowering season of the pine- 

 hyacinth throughout the year. Individuals planted or growing 

 naturally in some protected area only, would give the clue to the 

 normal flowering season of this species. 



The specimens from which the accompanying plate was made 

 were collected by the writer in pinelands bordering the Everglades 

 along the Tamiami Trail several miles west of Miami, Florida, in 

 May, 1918. 



John K. Smai^i,. 



Explanation of Plate. Fig. 1. — Flowering stem. Fig. 2. — Fruit. 

 *Reliquiae Baldwinianae. 



