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l° n g> pubescent below the middle, erect in the whitish clamp-like 

 involucel ; sepals linear-subulate, acutish, erect, slightly involute : 

 stamens included : style about equalling the sepals in length : utri- 

 cle ovoid, tipped by the slender style : seeds lenticular, about I mm. 

 broad. 



In sandy soil and on sand hills, southwestern Georgia and ad- 

 jacent Florida. Summer and fall. The species has been col- 

 lected' as follows : 



Florida : Barren sandhills, October, Chapman* 



Georgia : Eainbridge, Chapman ; October, 1 869, Cnrtiss, 

 number 345. 



