BOTANICAL GAZETTE. 



nous — Charleston, S. C, {Reo. Dr. Bachman in Herb. Durand.) Stem 3-5 feet high. 

 Flowers 1 inch wide. 



Urena Ribesia, Smith. ? Stem stout, much branched, tomentose ; leaves roundish' 

 sub-cordate, obscurely 3-5-lobed, whitish beneath, with 1-3 glands at the base ot the ribs; 

 flowers axillary, and crowded in a terminal raceme; involucel with 5-7 subulate lobes; 

 corolla 3-4 times as long as the calyx; carpels 5, densely spinous. — South Florida. 

 October. Annual. Stem 2-4 feet high. Flowers pale rose color. 



F'u^osiaTieterophpUa, Yant. Smooth; stem angular, branching; leaves lanceolate or 

 oblong, rarely obovate and 3-lobed, 3-nerved, the margin entire; flowers axillary, solitary, 

 the long peduncles thickened under the flower; involucel of 8 or more minute subulate 

 leaves; calyx dotted with black, the 3-ribbed acute lobes much larger than the tube; 

 petals truncate; style clavate; capsule 12-20 seeded, the seeds woolly.— Lignum Vitis 

 Key, Scuth Florida. Perennial. Stem 12-18 in. high. Flowers yellow, 1}4 inchs 

 wide. 



Hibiscus coccimus, var. intexjr if alius. Leaves ovate, acuminate, undivided, or the 

 lowest sliglitly 3-l()bed. — Marshes near Jacksonville, East Fl^^rida. 



Riedlia sermt((,Yiin\.. Somewhat shrubby, hairy ; stem branching, slender; leaves 

 ovate, unequally serrate, acute; stipules linear, longer than the petioles; flowers axillary, 

 mostly clustered, the upper ones forming a terminal interrupted spike; involucel 

 3-leaved, subulate, much shorter than the petals. — Banks of the Caloosa River, South 

 Florida. October. Stem 2-5 feet high. Leaves 1 inch long. Corolla 1 in. wide, purple» 

 Riedlia hiisuta, DC. Stem pubescent and slightly muricate, much branched; leaves 

 ovate, subcordate, acute, smoothish, crenate serrate ; stipules subulate, many times 

 shorter than the petioles; flowers in dense terminal clusters; involucel setaceous; cor- 

 olla small, pale rose color, yellowish within; filaments half united. — Waste places, 

 Savannah, Georgia (Dr. Feay.) September. Annual. V Stem 1-3 feet high. Leaves 3-3 

 inches long. Flowers % inch wide. 



Triiunfe.tla seiiutriloba.'L. Hirsute, much branched ; stem slender; leaves round- 

 ovate, acuminate, serrate, entire or angularly 3-lobed; flowers clustered, axillary and 

 terminal, the pedicels 3-flowered; sepals apiculate, as long as the wedge-shaped petals; 

 stamens 10-15; capsule globose, bristly. — Waste places, Manatee, South Florida, {Dr. 

 Feay.) Stem 3-4 feet high. Leaves thin. Flowers small. 



Schinpfi'.(, (irhorescem, R. &, S. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, entire; peduncles axillary, 

 l-3(mostly 2)-flovvered, dilated at the summit into an angular receptacle; calyx truncate, 

 entire; corolla bell-shaped. 4-5-lobed ; stamens 4-5, opposite the lobes, partly adnate, 

 ovary 2-3 celled.— Banks of the Caloosa River, South Florida. October. A small tree 

 with smooth, flexuous, brittle branches. Leaves 2-3 in. long. Flowers small, greenish, 

 Fruit not seen. 



Vitis [Cissm) sicyoides^li. Pubescent; leaves undivided, ovate, cordate, acute, fine- 

 ly and sharply serrate; cymes small, shorter than the leaves. — Banks of the Caloosa 

 River, and at Palm Cape, South Florida. November. Stem long; tiie branchlels and 

 leaves succulent. Berry globose, of the size of a currant. 



Pirr<imiiiape!it/ijidra,iiwartz. Branches smooth ; leaflets 5-7, ovate-o1)long, entire, 

 opposite or alternate, obtuse; racemes 3-4, slender, drooping, forming a simple terminal 

 panicle; flovyers small, single or clustered; stamens 5,exserted; stigtnassessile. — Miami, 

 Soath FUman, (Dr. Oarber.) June. A slender shrub, 8-10 feet high. Leaflets 2-3 in. 

 long, distant, smooth and shining. Racemes 3-0 in. long. 



IHyyinda piiUens, Smith. Leaves elliptical, very obtuse, crenate, smooth, nearly 

 sessile; peduncles forking, with the middle flower stalked; style distinct, 4-cleft. — South 

 Florida, Dr. Blod^ett, in Herb. Gray. 



tiapindus Saponarid., L. ? Petioles broadly winged ; leaflets G or 8, mostly ojiposite, 

 oblong, oV)tase, mostlj' equal-sided, paler and pui)escent beneath; panicle tomentose, 



