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GARDEN 



conspicuously stipitate ; style very short, stigma small, subentire, 

 the lobes evidently produced over the placentae; septum thin, 

 cells elongated parallel to the replum, walls straight or slightly 

 tortuous, especially near the middle. Seeds not winged, coty- 

 ledons obliquely accumbent. Generic type: W. amplexifolia 

 Nutt. 



Key to the Species 



A. Leaves broad at the base, amplexieaul or sessile. 



a. Leaves distinctlv and deeply amplexieaul at the 



base *• W - omp[rxifolia 



b. Leaves sessile or subamplexicaul S. W. sessihfoha 



B. Leaves cuneate or subpetioled at the base. 



a. Stipe 8-11 nun. long; claws of petals papillose..*. TV. cuneifolta 



b. Stipe 3-G mm. long; claws of petals fimbriate .-4. W. Carteri 



1. W. amplexifolia Nutt. Jour. Acad. Phila. 7: 83. 1834, in 

 part; Torr. & Gray, Fl. N. Am. 1: 98. 1838; Dietr. Syn. PL 3: 

 717.' 1843; Robinson in Gray, Syn. Fl. N. Am. I 1 : 180. 1895, in 

 part; Chapman, Fl. Southern U. S., ed. 3, 28. 1897, in part; 

 Small. Fl. Southeastern U. S. 487. 1903, and 



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Stanleya amplexifolia Nutt. Am. Jour. Sci. I. 5: 297. 1822 

 DC. Prodr. 1: 200. 1824; Spreng. Syst. 2: 909. 1825. 



Glabrous and somewhat glaucous: stems simple or paniculately 

 branched above, 4-8 dm. tall: leaves ovate to oblong, obtuse or 

 acute, 1.5-4 cm. long, deeply amplexieaul at the base, basal lobes 

 rounded: flowers purplish or white; petals 7-9 mm. long, blade 

 suborbicular, about one-half as long as the slender, slightly papil- 

 lose claw: mature inflorescence 1-4: cm. long; pedicels nearly hori- 

 zontal, 10-15 mm. long, deciduous: pods, including stipe, 6-7.5 

 cm. long (according to Nuttall), linear, curved; stipe about 10 



mm. long. 



Distribution: eastern Florida. Type from "East Florida" by 



A. Ware. 



Specimens examined: 



Florida: Tavares, Sept. 15, 1895, Webber 20 (Mo. Bot. Gard. 

 Herb.); pine barrens, Haines City, Aug. 14, 1897, Curtiss 5958 

 (U. S. Nat. Herb, and Mo. Bot. Gard. Herb.) ; Clarcona, Orange 

 County, Nov. 5, 1899, Meislahn 86 (U. S. Nat. Herb.). 



2. W. sessilif olia Nash, Bull. Torr. Bot. Club 23: 101. 1896; 

 Small, Fl. Southeastern U. S. 487. 1903, and ed. 2, 487. 1913. 



W. amplexifolia Nutt. Jour. Acad. Phila. 7: 83. t. 10. 1834, as 

 to illustration and habitat. 



