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5. A. inearnata, L., var. pulehra. Hairy ; stem erect, branching ; 

 leaves oblong or oblong-lanceolate, acute, nearly sessile ; nmbcls numerous, 

 somewhat corymbose, long-pcduncled, often compound ; pedicels erect, much 

 shorter than the peduncle ; corolla small, reddish-purple ; leaves of tlie crown 

 flesh-color, ovate, as long as the slender incurved horns, and twice as long as the 

 short-stalked gynostegium. (A. pulehra, Willd.) — Swamps in the upper dis- 

 tricts, Georgia, and northward. June and July. — Stem 3° - 4° high. Leaves 

 4' - 6' long. 



6. A. tomentosa, Ell. Pubescent or villous ; stem stout, very leafy ; 

 leaves oblong or oblong-lanceolate, cuspidate, undulate, somewhat hoary beneatli, 

 abruptly short-petioled ; ixmbels 4- 10, alternate, nearly sessile, many-flowered ; 

 pedicels three times as long as the large greenish corolla; leaves of the crown 

 obovate, truncated, shorter than the gynostegium and the broad abruptly pointed 

 erect horn. (A. aceratoides, M. A. Curtis.) — Dry sandy pine barrens, Florida 

 to North Carolina. June and July. — Stem I°-4° high. Leaves 2' -3' long, 

 thick, on rather slender petioles. Pedicels 1' long. Corolla ^' wide. Follicles 

 lanceolate, tomentose, 4'-6' long. 



7. A. Obovata, Ell. Tomentose; stem stout, very leafy; leaves thick, 

 oblong-oval or oliovate, cuspidate, undulate; the midrib, like the .short (2" long) 

 petiole, very thick and prominent ; umbels nearly sessile, closely 10 - 14-flowered ; 

 the stout pedicels barely twice as long as the large yellowish-green corolla ; 

 leaves of the crown purplish, twice as long as the gynostegium, and equalling 

 the incurved horn ; follicle tomentose. — Drj' gravelly or sandy soil, Georgia, 

 Florida, and westward. June and July. — Stem l°-2° high. Leaves and 

 flowers as large as tliose of the preceding, 



-I- -1- Leaves opposite, lanceolate or linear, narroxoed into a petiole. 



8. A. cinerea, Walt. Stems erect, slender, pubescent in lines ; leaves 

 long, narrowly linear, distant, spreading; umbels 3-6, commonly longer than the 

 leaves, 5 - 7-flowered, the slender drooping pedicels longer than the peduncle ; 

 flowers small, purple without, ash-color within ; leaves of the crown obliquely 

 truncated, 2-toothed at the inner angle, sliorter than the gynostegium, longer than 

 the thick horn; follicle smooth, linear. — Flat sandy pine barrens, Florida to 

 South Carolina. June- Aug. — Stem l°-2° high. Leaves 2' -3' long, 1" 

 wide, somewhat glaucous; the uppermost often minute. Corolla 3" -4" wide. 

 Follicle 3' -4' long. 



9. A. viridula, n. sp. Stem slender, i)ubescent in lines ; leaves linear, 

 erect; unil>els shorter than the leaves, 6- I2-flowered, the erect or spreading 

 pedicels as long as the peduncle ; corolla small, yellowish-green ; leaves of the 

 crown oblong, spreading at the apex, rather longer than the erect subulate horn, 

 and twice as long as the gynostegium ; follicle smooth, linear. — Pine-barren 

 swamps, West Florida. June and July. — Stem 10' - 15' high. Leaves 2' long. 

 Corolla 3" wide. Follicle 3' long. 



10. A. paupercula, Michx. Stem smooth, tall ; leaves elongated, linear 

 or linear-lanceolate, acuminate, rough-margined, the upper ones small and re- 

 mote ; umbels 2-5, corymbose, 6- 10-tlowered; pedicels pubescent, about as 



