BOTANICAL GAZETTE. 



lanceolate, oblique at the rouaded base, the subulate gland near the base of the petiole, 

 or rarely between the lowest pair of leaflets; racemes short, axillaiy, the upper ones 

 approximate, few-flowered ; sepals obtuse; legume linear, slightly curved, compressed, 

 many seeded. — Sandy coast, from Tampa Bay southward, South Florida. Stem 3-4 feet 

 high. Leaflets lJ^-3 in. long. Legume 4 in. long. 



Psidium pyri'forwa, L. (Guava) Branchlets 5-angular, compressed ; leaves thick, 

 opposite, oval-oblong, stronglj' veined, paler and softly pubescent beneath; pedicels 

 axiHary, 1-flowered; fruit pear-shaped. — Clear Water Harbor and Southward, South 

 Florida. Introduced. A small tree. 



Justiitm /ancrociirpa, Vahl. Branches hirsute, leaves broadly lanceolate, acute at 

 each end, hirsute; peduncles barely longer than the 2-bracted club-shaped ovary ; calyx- 

 lobes 4, ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, longer than the tube, sliorter than the roundish pe- 

 tals; capsule vredge-oblong, obscurely 4-sided, longer than the bracts.— Muddy Banks of 

 the Caloosa River and at Miami, (Br. Garher) South Florida. Shrub 5-10 feet high- 

 Leaves 3-4 in. long. Corolla 3 in. wide. 



Mentzelia Flondaim, Nutt. This is a shrubby, trailing plant, 3-10 feet long, from 

 Tampa Bay southward. 



Vibnriinm inoolacratnin, n. sp. Leaves small, varying from oblong to broadly ovate, 

 entire, irregularly serrate, or slightly 2-3 lobed, acute at each end, or rounded at the 

 base; cymes small, compact, the base and ramifications involucrate with a whorl of 

 linear spatulate bracts. — Wooded hill-sides. West Florida. April. Shrub 2-4 feet high. 

 Leaves 1-2 in. long. 



liichardsonia 8mhra,QX.l\\\\. Annual, hirsute, the branches dichotomous; leaves 

 thick, ovate, acute, rough above and on the veins beneath, the 2 upper pairs involucre- 

 like; calyx-lobes subulate; corolla funnel-shaped, 3-6-lobed; nutlets 2-3, oblong. (Sperm- 

 acoce involucr<(ta, Phi) — Southern Alabama, thence spreading throughout the warmer 

 parts ot the Gulf States. Stem 1-2-3 feet long. Flowers white. 



Vemontn angustifolia, Michx., var. pumila. Stem low (6-12 in.), slender, smoothish ; 

 leaves {1-\% i"- lf"iS) scattered, flat, lanceolate, entire, or the lowest minutely denticu- 

 late; heads 3-7 in an open cyme, pedicellate; involucre purplish, smooth; pappus 

 yellowish; achenium smooth, furrowed. — Wet pine barrens near the Caloosa River, 

 South Florida. October. 



Pedis cilidns, L. Stem erect, branching, smooth ; leaves linear, crowded, sub-con. 

 nate, bristly fringed below the middle; heads linear, nearly sessile; rays 3, pappus of the 

 disk flowers of 5 lanceolate acuminate scales, of the rays 3. — Collier's Key, in Caximbas 

 Bay, South Florida. September. Stem 1 foot high. 



Eupatorium Kuaveolens, n. sp. Stem long, slender, smoothish, branching; leaves 

 small, Dvate, tapering to the obtuse apex, abruptly contracted at base, coarselj' and un- 

 equally serrate, 3-nerved, twice as long as the very slender petioles; corymbs loose, com- 

 pound, pubescent; heads 12-14-flowered; corolla white, achenium slightly pubescent. 

 Clear Water Harbor and j\Ianatee, South Florida. November. Stem 2-3 feet long. 

 Leaves 1-1 J^ in. long. Flowers very fragrant. Closely allied to E. aromaticum,bulv/\ih 

 the habit oi E . incnrnatum. 



Enpntorium tortifoUum, n. sp. Stem erect, slightly scabrous, pubescent, corymbose 

 above; leaves vertical, lanceolate, entire, sub-sessile, 3-nerved, the upper ones linear, 

 alternate; corymb compound, villous ; heads large, crowded, o-flowered; scales of the 

 involucrum linear, acute, villous; achenium smooth; pappus stout, longer than the 

 white corolla. — Dry pine barrens, Decatur county', Georgia. Stem 12-18 in. high 

 Leaves 1-1^^ in. long. 



ConocUnium dicJiotomum, n. sp. Stem smoothish, erect, diffusely dichotomous; 

 leaves opposite, deltoid, barely acute, crenale-serrate, truncate and entire at the base, 

 twice as long as the short petiole; corymbs very numerous, mostly in the forks of the 



