238 Harper : Some plants from Georgia 



erect flowering stems 4-6 dm. tall, bearing several short ascend- 

 ing sparingly pubescent branches above the middle. The leaf- 

 blades are oblong, 1.5-4 cm. long and 1-2 cm. broad (the 

 largest on young shoots), subacute at the apex, finely serrate 

 nearly to the truncate or cuneate base, on petioles 6-10 mm. long. 

 The upper surfaces are bright-green and shining, and reticulated 

 with whitish veins, and the lower paler and minutely pubescent. 

 The racemes are terminal, about 5 cm. long, 1 to 3 on each up- 

 right stem, few-flowered. Pedicels 6—12 mm. long, bearing 1 or 

 2 minute glands or tubercles near the middle. Petals unknown. 

 Stamens numerous. Calyx-segments triangular, acute, 2 mm. 

 long in fruit Fruit globose, 5-7 mm. in diameter, purplish and 

 glaucous. 



The plant had very much the aspect of a small form of Gay- 

 lussacia frondosa, which grew with it. It seems to differ from all 

 other southeastern species in its diminutive stature, shining leaves, 

 and especially in habitat ; but I do not care to name it without 

 knowing more of its characters. On March 27, 1904, Mr. A. 

 Cuthbert showed me some flowering specimens of what is probably 

 the same thing in a similar habitat near Augusta, but I did not 

 take any of them. If other botanists will look for this plant in 

 the coastal plain of Georgia and the Carolinas we may soon know 

 more about it. 



Rhexia Alifanus Walt. Fl. Car. 130. 1788 



I can discover no good reason why this name should not super- 

 sede R. glabella Michx. FL Bor. Am. 1: 222. 1803. Walter's 

 description is characteristic enough, and the two plants were recog- 

 nized as identical or nearly so by Michaux himself, also by Poiret, 

 Persoon, Pursh, Elliott, Torrey & Gray and Watson. Even if 

 varietally or specifically distinct, Walter's name would still be 

 entitled to recognition, for it is not known to be a synonym or 

 homonym of any earlier species. 



Prosperpinaca sp. 



In moist pine-barrens and 



Proserp 



Altamaha 



nra which 



seems just intermediate between the two well-known species, P- 



