380 SMALL: PLANT NOVELTIES FROM FLORIDA 
region isnot known. The plant was first observed near Sebring, 
Florida, in April, 1919. 
The specimens on which the above description is based were 
collected south of Avon Park, Florida, by the writer on May 23, 
1921. Plants have been observed and collected in the same 
general region in successive years. Live specimens sent to The 
New York Botanical Garden in 1919 have flowered each suc- 
ceeding year. 
*Delopyrum basiramia Small, sp. nov. Annual, glabrous: 
derly linear, mos 5 cm. long, acute, revolute; ocreae 
terminat setaceous brown bristles; ocreolae short-acu- 
inat nthium-base clavate, nearly 1 g at maturity; 
ong, much exceeding the outer; achene subulate, fully 
2.5 mm. long, thrice as long as thick, much exceeding the loosely 
investing calyx.—Inland sand-dunes (“‘scrub’’), southern end of 
the lake region, Florida. 
The following synopsis indicates some of the characters that 
distinguish D. ciliatum and D. basiramia. 
Achene ellipsoid-ovoid; hypanthium-base obconic; upper 
ocreae leaf-bearing; fruiting calyx persistent. 1. D. caliatum. 
Achene subulate; hypanthium-base clavate; upper ocreae 
leafless; fruiting calyx deciduous. 2. D. basiramia. 
The buckwheat family, to which the above proposed species 
belongs, is well represented in the Florida “scrub.”’ Several 
well-known genera are often abundantly in evidence, and also a 
new one which is proposed on a subsequent page. The type 
specimens of Delopyrum basiramia were collected by the writer 
on the high dunes north of Kuhlman, May 23, 1921. 
bs Kuhnistera truncata Small, sp. nov. Plants 1 m. tall or less 
with rather slender glabrous branches; leaflets mostly 5-7 
sometimes fewer; blades narrowly elliptic to elliptic-oblanceolate 
