4:2 



Scapes spirally twisted, 1-2 feet high, one-edged ; roots 

 bulbous, shining ; leaves linear, twisted, 6-15 inches long ; spikes 

 cylindric, pointed ; scales light brown, twice as long as wide, 

 the apex serrulate ; lateral sepals long, linear, exserted, the upper 

 portion of the keel- wing short-fimbriate. 



New Jersey. — Quaker Bridge, D. C. Eaton, i860. 



North Carolina.— G. McCarthy, No. I2>^. 



South Carolina. — Florence, J. D. Smith, No. 233 ; Society 

 Hill, M. A. Curtis. 



Georgia. — Columbus, J. D. Smith, 1883. 



Florida. — Mayport, H. D. Keeler ; Key West, Blodgett ; 

 Apalachicola, B. F. Saurman ; Tampa, A. P. Garber, No. 20, 

 1876, white flowers; Jacksonville, A. H. Curtiss, No. 3013. 



Louisiana. — Dr. Gates. 



Texas. — Hempstead, E. Hall. 



* * *Leaves filiform. 



14. Xyris Baldwiniana, R. & S. 

 X. Baldzviiiiana^ R. & S. Mant. i. 351 (1822). 

 X. temdfolia, Chapm. Fl. S. U. S. 502 (i860). 

 X. setacea, Chapm. Fl. S. U. S. 500 (1866). 

 X.jimcea, Baldw. in Ell. Bot. S. C. i. 53 (18 16) not R.Br. 

 X. stenophylla, Chapm. Mss. in Herb. Col. Coll. 



Scape slender, straight and twisted, 6-15 inches high ; leaves 

 filiform, hollow, 4-8 inches long, twisted and acute ; spikes 

 o-lobose or oval ; scales round, outer margin usually lacerate ; 

 lateral sepals linear, the upper half of keel- wing serrate. 



South CaroUna. — Society Hill, M. A. Curtis, 1852. 



Florida. — Walton Co., A. H. Curtiss, No. 3015 ; Apalachi- 

 cola, B. F. Saurman, 1867; Indian River, E. Palmer, No. 577. 



Louisiana. — Dr. Hale. 



Alabama. — Mobile, C. Mohr. 



Texas. — Hempstead, E. Hall, No. 672 ; Hardin Co., G. C. 

 Nealley, June 1884. 



DESCRIPTION OF PLATE CXXV. 



X. brevifolia, Michx. Scale X 7. Sepal x 9 



X. flabelliformis, Chapm. Scale x 9. Sepal x g. 



X. ambigtia, Beyr. Scale x 3. Sepal x 4. 



X. flexuosa, Mtihl. Scale x 5. Sepal x 6. 



X. montana, n. sp. Scale X 7. Sepal x 7. 



A^ Ellioitii, Chapm. Scale X 5. Sepal X 6. 



X. comviunis, Kunth. Scale x 6. Sepal x 9. 



