202 MONOGItAPHlA l'OLYGAI.ACEAKlI.M. 



diiohus ;ip|i(!iiili(iliiis lalis Piiiari,'in;ilis t'ni-iiiat;i. l'elala siiperiiira ]>er I'itc iliiiiidiiiin 

 cum lubd staminali connata, inrequilateralia. oliliisa, siihlanceolata. Aiilliera' glabru' 

 filamentis glabris, liberis nequilongin. Ovariiim obovalum glabrmn. Stylus liliformis 

 rficliis, ovarift fere tripin longior. Stigiiia siippriiis stylmii térniiiiaiis leviter vagina- 

 tuin, angiislissiniiiin. ci'cctuiii, in appciubciiliiiii Iimiiic apice ("ristaliiin pinlniigatiim 

 et Va styli Iniigiliidine a'ipiaiis. Sligiiia iiilrriiis niiillo iiiiiiiis ulinvatinn, papillosiiin, 

 horizontale, (lapsnbi aUs persistcntibus ninllo bnn'ior orbiciilaris vel lalior qnain 

 alta. Seinina trigonia, apice aciitissinia, tiilierciilala leviter, nigra, glabra, exap- 

 pendiciilata. 



Flores virent et nigriianl drssiratione. 



Habitat in Amerifa si'pt., stal. Florida. Curtiss, n" ol I (Fine barren swanips 

 near Jarksonvilic). Hb. (^haprn. St-Lonis Mississipi : Engeiiiiann; Alabaina: Drum- 

 moiid. (larolinia; Dclaware in Eliexdal(! : Wilinington (Canby). 



Hnei' plante fuie Cray Pt. Wright, p. 41, eadein est quie P. cymosa Walter et 

 P. graminifolia Poir. qiiod ex ilescriptione Walteri, qui planlani esse : cymis ternii- 

 nalibus, caule snbramoso, foliis subulatis, dicit, non facile intelligitnr. C\. A. (Iray 

 autem specimina authentica in herbario pi'opiio \\all. vidil (pia^ prorsuin iinii 

 P. graniiniloli.i Poir. l'oiigrnMnt. 



P RAMOSA, Elliot. 



Caulis elatus, apiee r.orymbose ramosus; lolia radicalia minima. spathnlate- 

 oblonga, canlinaria lanc.eolato-linearia. racemi eorymbosi hand capitati ; .sepala 

 subobtusa; ah'e elliptico-ovatae, sidiobtus* : rrista niultitlda: stylus brevis; semina 

 ovoidea pilis adpressis vestita, appendicibus duabns (larvis iniinita. 



Elliot. 2, 186. Beck. Bot. iS. Hook. .lourn. Bol. I. lO-H. T.ray Pt. Wriglil, I, Il ; 

 Manual 120; Chapm. 82. 



P. cymosa, Poir. Dict. non Walt. 



P. corymbosa, Nutt. gen. 2, 8i» ; non. Miehx. Torr et Gray. PI. \ . 1 28. 



Curliss, ?(. A. Pt. 222. 



A. P. cymosa, foliis radicdilms. alis hand l'iispiilalis. rrista. atqiH' seniinibns 

 ve.slitis valde dislincta, a P. iialdwini iiiianiin oli senien, oh Idriiiani crislie ron- 



