488 



most robust species of Oxalis, from the Biltmore herbarium, col- 

 lected in thickets at Biltmore, North Carolina. This collection 

 extends the geographic range of the species somewhat further 

 southward than was heretofore known. 



Oxalis recurva Ell. Dot. S. C. & Ga. i: 526. 1821. 



As the exploration of the Southern States progresses, Elliott's 

 beautiful and delicate recurved-styled Oxalis is being found at 

 various points. Mr. Beadle has sent me ample specimens, show- 

 ing the extensive rootstock system, and the first specimens gath- 

 ered bearing mature fruit. The species grows in woodlands at 

 Biltmore. 



Hedera Helix L. Sp. PI. 202. 1753. 



The common European ivy must be admitted to the flora of 

 the Southern States as an introduced species. It is frequent about 

 old dwellings and similar places and I have found it perfectly natu- 

 ralized on the steep, rocky banks of the Ocmulgee River, above 

 Macon, Georgia, where it has escaped from a cemetery higher up 

 on the hill. 



LiMONiuM AUGUSTATUM (A. Gray). 



Static e Brasiliense var. august ata A. Gray, Syn. Fl. 2: part i, 

 54. 1878. 



Perennial, slender, acaulescent ; leaves basal, few, the blades 

 linear, 4-7 cm. long, cuspidate, i -nerved, narrowed into petioles 

 which are somewhat shorter than the blades, their bases dilated ; 

 scapes erect, about 3 dm. tall, with several scale-like clasping 

 bracts, sparingly branched above; bracts subtending the flowers 

 broadly oblong, 4 mm. long, acute ; calyx about 5 mm. long, the 

 tube glabrous, the 5 teeth ovate, the connecting membranes 

 eroded. 



In salt marshes. Pine Key, Florida. 



The best treatment of our North American Linionia that has 

 thus far appeared is that by Dr. Gray in his Synoptical Flora, 2 : 

 Part I, 54 ; but one distinct species was there admitted as a 

 variety and one was overlooked. (See page 491-) 



The plant just described is apparently rare and I call attention 

 to it hoping that some of the botanists of southern Florida may 

 be able to find it and collect specimens. Heretofore it has been 

 made a variety of Limomum, Brasiliense {V>o\?>s.) {^Statice Brasili£nsis 



