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sufTulta, rluiclii villosula; mascula subdensiflora, peduiiculo vix ad 1 cni. 

 longo excluso dcmum vix ultra 6:1 cm. magna, vulgo Icvitcr arcuata; 

 bracteae ovatae vel ovato-oblongae, obtusae vel subacutae, flavescenles, 

 veiiosac, utrinquc brevilcr villosae vcl extus ad apiccm plus minusve gla- 

 brae; stamina vulgo 5-7 (rarius 3 vel 9), filamenlis 1/2-1/3 dense villosis 

 bractea dcmum subduplo longioribus, anlhoris flavis parvis glo])osi.s; glan- 

 dulae 2, ventralis pleraque late ovato-rhombica, truncal a vel su1)rolundata, 

 dorsalis pleraque irregulariter (2-)3-partita (sacpe digitata); amenta fem- 

 inea sub anthesi circ. 3-5 : 0.7 cm., fructifera pedunculo ad 10-L5 mm. 

 longo excluso 5-7:1.5 cm. magna, satis laxiflora; bracteae ut in floribus 

 masculis vel plerumque magis lanceolatae acutiores; ovaria ellipsoideo- 

 conica, glaberrima; styli distinct! sed brevissimi (vix ad 0.4-0.5 mm. longi), 

 apice vulgo divaricato-bifidi, stigmatibus minimis emarginatis pro sec- 

 tione typicis; pedicelli graciles, sub fructu 2-3 mm. longi; glandula 1, ven- 

 tralis, late ovata, apice truncata vel rotundata, basi semiamplectens, quam 

 pedicellus initio 2-3-, dein 4-6plo brevior; fructus maturi e basi subacuta 

 ad subrotunda cllipsoidei, plus minusve rostrati, {)edicello excluso (5-)6 

 mm. longi. 



Type Locality: Savannah, Cliatam County, Georgia. 



Si'ECiMEXs Examined: Georgia. Chatam County: Savannah, in border of 

 swamp, April 5, 1918, T. G. Harbison (Xo. 5, f., fr., type; A.; ** wi(l<^-si)rca(ling tree 

 30 ft. tall and 10 in. in diameter; bark rough and sealy in thick narrow ridges; twigs 

 brittle-jointed"; folia supernc ut videtur estomatifera) ; on ditch hank, same date, 

 T. G. llarhunn (No. 2, m. syntype; A.; "small brittle-jointed slnnib"). Charl- 

 ton County: Trader's HllK^on bank of St. Mary's Kiver, Aug. 11, 1!)(>2. /?. J/. 

 Harper (No. 1499, st.; N,; folils ad 14:2 cm. mai.>nis satis serrnlato-dentieulatis 

 subtns imullo glaucescentibus, stipulis distinctis); April 3. 1918, T. G. Harbison 

 (Nos. 1, fr. jnv., 2, m.; A.; ** small tree; bark rough; twigs brittle-jointed''; stomala 

 in foliis superne tantuni panea ad costarn visa). Richmond County: Augusta, 

 on river bank, April 0, 1918, T, G. Harbison (No. 7, f.; A.; ''large tree; bark rough 

 and scaly ; twigs brittle-jouit(Hl "; stipulis minimis acutis, foliis juvenilibus sed sul)tus 

 leviter glaucescentibus); in swamp near the river, April 6, 1918, T. G. Harbison 

 (Nos. 8, m., 9, f.; A.; "large scaly barked shrub"; in specimine femineo stipuhu- 

 plus minusve evolutac semicordato-subrotundae, obtusae, 2-5 mm. longa<^ iis H. 

 l())iijip€s Wardii iion absimiles; forma porro observanda); in swamp, same date, T, 

 G. Harbison (No. 4, m.; A.; 'Marge shrub or small tree; bark shallowly furrowed: 

 twigs brittle-jointed"; forma j^orro observanda). Stephens County: Toccoa, 

 along creek, Ai)ril 10, 1918, T. G. Harbison (No. 8, m.; A.; " small tree; bark shallowly 

 furrowed; twigs brittle-jointed"). Decatur County: Buinbridge, on bank of 

 Flint River, March 28, 1918, 1\ G, Harbison (Xos. 1. m., 2, f.; A.; ^^a straggling tree 

 40 ft. tall and 10 in. in diameter: bark scaly; twigs briltle-joinled"; this form may be 

 referable to the form of S. nigra mentioned on p. G) ; on river bank, ^Nlarch 28, 1918, 

 T, G. Harbison (No. '], f.; A.; '*a tree nearly a ft. in diameter and 115 to 40 ft. tall; 

 bark rough, furrowed and scaly; twigs very brittle-jointed"; folia juvenilia subtns. 

 satis glaucescentia); Climax, in swamp, March 28, 1918, T, G. Harbison (Nos. 1, f. 

 [satis ad S, nigram spectans], 2, m.; A.; ''tall upright shrub with brittle-jointed 

 twigs"; omnibus parti!)us juvenilibus satis griseo-tomentosis, foliis subtns glauces- 

 centibus). 



Flouida. Franklin County: Apalachieola, on (nlge of swamp, Marcli 20, 1918, 

 T. G. Harbison (No.9, m.; A.; "small shrub 5 ft. tall"; forma foliis juvenilibus porro 

 observanda). 



