BOTANICAL 



Vol 3 



MARCH, 1878 



An enumeration op some plants — chiefly fkom the semi-tropical regions 

 OF Florida — which are either new, or which have not hitherto been re- 

 corded AS REI,ONGING TO THE FlORA OP THE SOUTHERN STATES. By A. W. CHAP- 

 MAN. ((J (included from page 12.) 



Panrratiuin (Hi/mcnocnllis) Carihrieum, L. Bulb large, without ruuucrsV leaves 

 broadly lanceolate, erect-spreading (11/2-2 feet long, 2-3 inches wide), obtuse ; .scape 

 stout, 2-edged (2-3 feet high), raany-tiowered; tube of the perianth rather sknder (ij 

 inches long), aliout as long as the linear recurved wli ite divisions ; crown tunnel-shaped, 

 entire, or with few small teeth between the filaments. — Sandy Coast of South Florida, 

 from Tampa Bay and Southward. Flowers very fragrant. 



I'ancratium {U.) crassiflorum, Herb. Bulb large, with runners; leaves erect, lorate, 

 obtuse, concavo-convex, thick and rigid (li'2-2 feet long, f?::£ inch wide) ; scape stout, 

 glaucous, rather longer than the leaves, 2-flowered ; tube of the perianth thick (3— t 

 inches long), shorter than tlie linear spreading ochroleucous divisions; crown white, 

 large, funnel-shaped, )<^ as long as the perianth, variously toothed between the fila- 

 ments. — Low pine barrens, West Florida. 



Agave rigidii, Miller, var. Simlcuvi, Engelm. Caulescent; leaves long (4-G feet), 

 linear-lanceolate, the; margins more or less spiny, the terminal spine not decurrent; scai)e 

 tall (15-20 feet), leafy-bracted; panicle large, widely spreading, the clustered flowers 

 often viviparous; corolla funnel-shaped; stamens and style exserted.— Coast of Florida, 

 Tampa Bay and Southward. 



Jiinrus hr((chycrirpus, Engelm. Stem' erect (1-2 feet high), mostly 2-leaved; leaves 

 nodose; heads 2-10, spherical, densely many-flowered, pale green; sepals linear-subulate, 

 unequal, the 3 outer ones much longer than the inner ones, and the ovoid acute 1-celled 

 caijsule; style very short.— Near Charleston, South Carolina. {Bey rich fide Engelinanu.) 



Gyperus Itgularia, L. ? (not of S. Flora). Umbel many-rayed, erect; head compact, 

 cylindrical, pedunculate, the lateral ones shorter, ovate, nearly sessile, spreading; spike- 

 lets very numerous, crowded, short (2-3 lines long), lanceolate, sub-compressed, spread- 

 ing or reflexed, pale, about 7-flowered; scales membranous, ovate, acute, 7-nerved, twice 

 as long as the obovate triangular pointed nut; rachis broadly winged; culms stout, 

 nearly terete (2-3 feet high), glaucous, like the broadly linear rough-margined leaves, 

 and involucre.— Puuta Rassa, South Florida. November. 



C'yperus purpurnscem, Vahl V=C. ligularis, S. Flora. 



Cyjierus di.<i.viiflorits, Torr. Cyp. Umbel simple, of 3-4 erect slender rays, shorter 

 than the 3-leaved involucre; spikelets loo.sely inserted along the upper portion of the 

 rays, lanceolate, acute, compressed, 5-7-flowered ; scales oblong-lanceolate, acute; nut 

 obovate-oblong, obtusely angled in front; rachis narrowly winged ; culms filiform, from 

 a thickened base (1-2 feet high); leaves very narrow.— Mississippi (Caj-jjew^er), New Or- 

 leans (Hooker, fide Torrey). 



Cyperm retrorsus, n. sp. Umbel simple, 8-rayed ; heads clavate-cylindrical ; spike- 

 lets lanceolate, acute, reflexed ; scales 4, the third one fertile, oblong, 9-nerved, rather 

 longer than the oblong triangular nut, the fourth lanceolate, neutral ; rachis very slen- 

 der, broadly winged; culms slender (2 feet high), very smooth, triangular ; leaves linear; 

 involucre longer than the umbel.— Robert's Key, Caximbas Bay, South Florida.— Near 



