i5G-i ASCLi:ri.u>Aci:.r.. (miuovi:i:i> family.) 



long as tin- peduncle ; corolla deep red ; leaves of the crown oblong, erect, 

 bright orange, more than twice as long as the Bubnlate incurved horn and the 

 short-stalked gynostegium ; follicle lam folate, minutely pubescent. — Marshes, 

 Florida, and northward. June ami July. — Stem 2°- 4° high. Leaves 6' - 12' 

 long. Corolla 3"-4" lung. 



11. A. Curassavica, L. Stem somewhat shrubby, branching, slightly 

 pubescent, leafy to the summit ; leaves thin, lanceolate, acuminate, smooth ; 

 umbels corymbose, long-peduncled, 8-10-flowercd, pubescent; pedicels much 

 shorter than the peduncle ; corolla scarlet ; leaves of the crown bright orange, 

 oblong, erect, longer than the stalked gynostegium, shorter than the thick in- 

 curved horn; follicle ovate-lanceolate, velvety. — South Florida. April - ]S T ov. 



— Stem l°-2° high. Leaves .3' -4' long. Corolla 3" long. 



h — h — -»— leaves opposite, ovate or oblong, more or less cordate, nearly si x*il<. 



12. A. rubra, L. Smooth; stem simple, naked at the summit; leaves 

 ovate or ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, rounded or slightly cordate at the base, 

 very short-pctioled ; umbels 1-3, terminal, sessile, few-How ered ; lobes of the 

 corolla lanceolate, acute, reddish-purple ; leaves of the crown oblong, acute, 

 purplish, barely longer than the subulate incurved horn, and twice as long as 

 the short-stalked gynostegium; follicle smooth. (A. laurifolia, Michx.) — Wet 

 pine barrens, Georgia, and northward. June-July. — Stem 2°-4°high. Leaves 

 2' -4' long. 



13. A. obtusifolia, Miehx. Smooth and somewhat glaucous; stem erect : 

 leaves oblong, undulate, mUCTOnate, cordate ami partly Clasping at the base; 

 umbels 1-3, lateral and terminal, long-peduneled, many-llowered ; corolla 

 greenish-purple; leaves of the crown truncated and somewhat toothed at the 

 apex, rather longer than the gynostegium, much shorter than the subulate 

 incurved horn; follicle smooth. — Sandy soil, Florida, and northward. June- 

 July. — Stem 2° -3° high. Leaves 2' -3' long, the midrib very broad. Corolla- 

 lobes 3" long. Pedicels pubescent. 



14. A. amplexicaulis, Michx. Smooth and glaucous ; stem declining, 

 very leafy ] leaves large, fleshy, ovate, obtuse, cordate and clasping at the base, 

 veined with white; umbels 3-t>, lateral and terminal, many-How end. the Bmooth 

 and Blender pedicels shorter than the peduncle; corolla ash-color ; lease- of the 

 crown oval, obtuse, white, longer than the gynostegium, and the nearly straight 

 horn. — Dry sandy pine barrens, Florida to North Carolina. April and May. 



— Snins Beveral, l°-2° long. Leaves 4'-o' long, the midrib broad and 

 prominent. 



■*- +- •*- +- TJpper and lower leaves mostly opposite, the middle ones whorled. 



15. A. quadrifolia, Jacq. Somewhat pubescent; stem slender, simple ; 

 thin, ovate or ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, contracted into a petiole, pole 



beneath; umbels 2-5, many-flowered, the Blender peduncle longer than the 

 pedicels ; corolla pale-pink ; have- of the crown white, oblong, obtuse, twice as 

 long a- tin- gynostegiam and Btoul horn. — Mountains of Carolina, and north- 

 ward. June -Aug.— Stem l°-lj°high. Leaves 2' -3' long. 



