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and usually less pubescent than the scapes: blades 3-foliolate; 

 leaflets cuneate-obovate or broadly rhomboidal, 2—8 cm, long, 

 coarsely and irregularly crenate or lobed : scapes erect, solitary or 

 several together, commonly shorter than the leaves, more exten- 

 sively corymbosely branched : calyx usually pubescent, often nod- 

 ding ; tube broadly turbinate, 2.5—3 mm. long ; segments triangu- 

 lar-lanceolate or lanceolate-acuminate, often shorter than the tube : 

 petals linear oblong or narrowly elliptic, shorter than the calyx- 

 segments or slightly longer : achenes obovoid, 3 mm. long. 



In woods or shaded soil, southwestern Virginia, North Caro- 

 lina, Tennessee and Georgia. March to May. 



Recent collections from the Southern States brine to light a 



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third species of Waldstcinia for the North American flora. The 

 new species may be distinguished from W. fragarioidcs by the more 

 prominent disk, the small sessile petals which are about as long as 

 the calyx-segments or shorter, and the larger obovoid achene. I 

 have seen the following specimens : 



Virginia : Marion, June, 1892, Mrs. Britton and Miss Vail. 

 North Carolina: Dunn's Mountain, April 20, 1896, Small. 

 Tennessee: Dandridge, March, 1842, Rugel ; Knox county, 

 May, 1897, Ruth, number 2140. 



Georgia: Toccoa Falls, August 8, 1893, Small) Gainsville, 



April 20, 1897, Huger. 



^Neptunia Floridana. 



Perennial, diffuse. Foliage sparingly pubescent or glabrate, 

 bright-green : stems several from large roots, ascending or spread- 

 ing. 3-7 dm - l° n g> commonly branching, more or less scabro- 

 pubescent : leaves rather numerous, with 3-5 pairs of pinnae : 

 stipules lanceolate, acuminate : leaflets oblong or narrowly-oblong, 

 4-5.5 mm. long, often mucronulate, ciliate, prominently 3-nerved, 

 sessile : peduncles slender, much longer than the subtending 

 leaves: heads oval or oblong, 1-1.5 cm. long: pods oblong, 



--5—3-5 cm - l on g> apiculate, rather lustrous, glabrous : stipe 2-4 

 mm. long : seeds 5-10. 



In sand, Florida to Louisiana. 



Heretofore confused with Neptunia lutea, but very different. 

 Easily distinguished by the glabrate or sparingly pubescent foli- 

 age, the long slender peduncl. and the oblong glabrous rather 

 many -seeded pods with short stipes. I note the following speci- 

 mens : 



