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North Carolina. — Wilmington, W. M. Canby. 



Texas. — Henderson Co., J. D. Smith ; Choctaw Agency, J. 

 M. Bigelow; Hempstead, E. Hall, No. 6'J'^\ Cypress City, G. 

 Belt, No. 756. (1876); Tex. Flor. Exs. No. 186; 'Hardin Co., G. 

 C. Nealley, (1884). 



Arkansas. — Southwest Arkansas, F. L. Harvey, No. 133. 



Illinois. — Mason Co., E. Hall; Dixon, G. Vasey. 



Wisconsin. — Marquette Co., J. Townley. 



* * The wing'ed keel of the lateral sepals toothed or fimbriate. 

 5. XYRIA MONTANA, n. sp. 



Scape slender, 3-12 inches high, straight and twisted, two- 

 edged above ; roots fibrous ; leaves linear, 2-6 inches long, spikes 

 globose to ovoid, scales rounded, upper margin finely fimbriate, 

 lateral sepals linear, the upper third of the winged keel irregu- 

 larly serrate-fimbriate. 



This plant has been called X. flexuosa var. piisilla, A. Gray, 

 Man. Ed. 5, p. 548 (1868). The name /?^.y///rt', however, belongs 

 to a previously discovered species fi-om New Holland. — R. Br. 

 Prodr. Fl. Aust. 256 (18 10). 



Small specimens of X.flexuosa have been erroneously referred 

 to this. 



Localities thus far known are : 



Pocono Mt, Pa., Traill Green, T. C. Porter, 1876; Base of 

 White Mts., A. Gray; Herkimer Co., N. Y., J. A. Paine; High 

 Bogs, Westchester Co., N. Y., Hoysradt; Eagle Harbor, Ke- 

 weenaw Co., Mich., Robbins; Leverett, Mass., H. G. Jesup ; Pine 

 Barrens of New Jersey, Torrey; Open Swamps, Akron, Ohio, 

 C. Mohn ; Salem, Mass., J. H. Sears ; Quaker Bridge, N. J. 



6. Xyris Elliottii, Chapm. 

 X. Elliottii, Chapm. Fl. S. U. S. 498 (i860). 



Scape slender, twisted, straight, two-edged throughout the 

 greater part of its length; leaves linear, twisted, 2-8 inches long, 

 the upper two-thirds of the leaf a darker shade of brown than the 

 lower third, spikes ovate, scales lacerate on the upper margin, 

 lateral sepals lanceolate, the winged keel incised-fimbriate. 



Florida. — Jacksonville, A. H. Curtiss, No. 3105; Dr. Chap- 

 man, i860; C. F. Powell; Miami, A. P. Garber, No. 287, 1877; 

 Tampa, J. D. Smith ; St. Augustine, Herb. Harv. Coll.; Apa- 

 lachicola, B. F. Saurman, 1867. 



