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narrower leaves and the smaller flowers, these being hardly one- 

 half as large as those of Vicia Caroliniana. I take pleasure in 

 naming the species for my friend Mr. A. M. Huger, a very thor- 

 ough explorer of the flora of the Southern States. I have speci- 

 mens before me as follows : 



Georgia: Stone Mountain, May 1-18, 1895, J- K. Small; 

 Americus, March i, 1897; Atlanta, April, 1897, and Gainesville, 

 April, 1897, A. M. Huger. 



Alabama : Auburn, March 28 and April 18,1 896, L. M. Under- 

 wood and F. S. Earle. 



Samolus cuneatus. 



Perennial, fleshy. Stems solitary or tufted, I-3 dm. long, ascend- 

 ing or reclining, simple or usually branched ; leaves opposite or 

 mainly so, obdeltoid-spatulate or broadly spatulate, 4-12 cm. 

 long, truncate or coarsely mucronate at the apex, the bases de- 

 current as broad wings ; racemes 1-3 dm. long, their peduncles 

 longer than the stems, together with the racemes glandular-pilose ; 

 pedicels slender, spreading or ascending, 1-3 cm. long ; calyx 

 campanulate, the triangular acute segments longer than the tube, 

 or at maturity shorter; corolla white, 4-5 mm. broad, the 5 lobes 

 broadly cuneate, flattish or truncate at the apex, toothed, as 

 long as the tube ; stamens included ; capsules depressed-globose, 

 3-3.5 mm. in diameter ; seeds .4 mm. thick. 



On limestone rocks or soil, Texas. Spring. 



A study of the genus Samolus has revealed this hitherto un- 

 described species ; it is related to Samolus alyssoidcs and S. ebrac- 

 teatus, from both of which it may be distinguished by the 

 glandular-pilose peduncles and smaller corollas. The corollas of 

 specimens of Samolus alyssoidcs and .S. ebracteatus which I have 

 examined vary from 6-9 mm. in breadth, while those of S. cune- 

 atus are only 4-5 mm. broad. The corolla-segments of the new 

 species are broadly cuneate as contrasted with the suborbicular 

 segments of the two older ones. 



The following specimens belong to 5. cuneatus : 



Texas: Kerrville, Kerr county. May 14-21, 1S94, A. A. 

 Heller, no. 175 1 (type); Waco, 1887, Miss Sara Trimble. 



LiMONiuM Nash 1 1. 



Perennial by branching rootstocks, glabrous. Leaves basal, 

 the blades oblong or elliptic, sometimes varying to narrowly 



