V. 



rLANT-E TVRIGHTIAN^ 



41 



are slmilar, closely approximatc, and papilliform. The flowers are as if intermedi- 

 ate between those of P. ovatifolia and P. ovalifolia. P. monticola, 11. B. K, has 

 smaller flowers, narrower wings, «Scc* 



KRAMERIACEiE. 



t Kramerta rAKViFOLiA {BeHtli. Bot. Voy. Sulph.p. 6. t 1.): fruticosa, pubc ap- 

 pressa canescens ; caule erecto 1-2-pedali ramosissimo; ramis divaricatis: foliis 

 Imearibus sessilibus junioiibus mucronatis ; pedunculis sparsis swpe bis bibractea- 



# 



No 



&* Gray 



671), the opposite extreme from his variety canescens, No, 39. 



P, leptostachys, ShuUleivorth^ from Aspalaga, Florida, is a good species, which I have from Dr. Torrey 

 (E. Florida, Leavenworth) under the name of P. teuuls, n. sp, ; and a less slender form is also sent by 

 Dr. Chapman, who dlstinguished it as an undescribed species. It is wcll distingulshed from P. verticillata 

 and P. ambigua, by its glabrous, more slender and lageniform, somewhat curved seed. The calycine 

 wings are oval and subsessile, and thc slender spikes are long-peduncled, as in P. ambigua, but ihc nar- 

 rowly linear leaves are nearly all verticillatc. Mr. Shuttlcworth^s name, under whlch ihc plant has bcen 

 distributed, should be prcferred. 



R Rugelii, Shuttleworth, No. 26 of RugePs Southcrn Florida collcction, is only a form of P. lutca the 

 flowers of which have turned green, as in P. nana, probably in drying. Besides thc characters givcn In 

 the Flora of North America^ P. nana dlfrcrs from P. lutca m having a prolonged cylindraceous rostellum 

 at the hllar end of the seed : in P. lutea the rostellum is verj^ small and incur\'ed. 



i of North America^ as 



made in the Supplement, p. 670, are stated in a manner that is liable to mislead, and scveral of the names 

 arc wrongly referred. 

 Michaux, the P. 



Walter must be 



& Gray 



4- 



is manifest from Elllott^s whole description, and especially from the hairy seeds which he attributes to 



smce 



bdongs to the other species, as also does the P. corymbosa of Elliott. The character and the synonymy 

 should stand as follows : 



PoLYGALA CYMosA (Walt.) : caule simplici elato superne attenuato subnudo ; foliis radicalibus lanceo- 

 latis linearibusve acutis sscpius elongatis gramineis, caulinis sensim abbrevlatis subulatis ; cyma corymbosa 

 simpllciuscula (e racemis simplicibus nunc parce ramosis) ; rhachi post lapsum florum squarrosa ; a!is caly- 

 cinis ellipticis mucronatis ; seminibus subglobosis glaberrimis ecarunculatis. — P. cymosa, Walt. Car. p, 

 179 ; Torr, ^ Gray, Fh 1. p, 128, Sf p. 670 (excl. syn- P. ramosa, £/?.). P. cor>'mbosa, Michx. Fl 2. 

 p. 54 (in partem) ; EIL Sk. 2. p. 187, non Nutt., nec Torr. ^ Gray, FL P. graminlfolia, Poir. Dict. 5, 

 p, 500; DC. Prodr. 1. p. 329. P. attenuata, Nutt Gen. 2. p. 90. P. acutifolia, Torr. Sf Gray, Fl. 1. p. 

 128 (P. cymosa ^S. graminifolia, Torr. ^ Gray^ L c.p. 670) ; forma cyma composita. 



PoLYGALA RAMosA (EIl.) : caullbus c basi plurimis (8- 10-unciaIibus) usque ad apicem follosis ; foliis 



obtusis, radicalibus spathulato-obovatls, caullnis oblongo-llncaribus; cyma decomposita fastigiata e racemis 



brevibus confertis; alis calycinis oblongis acuminato-cuspidatis ; seminibus ovoideis hispidulis carunculo du- 



plo longioribus. (Flores et semlna iis P. cymosai subdlmidio minores.) — P. ramosa, EIL Sk, 2. p. 186. 



P. cymosa, Poir. Dict, 5. j?. 500, non Walt. P. corymbosa, Nutt. Gen. 2. p. 89 ; Torr. ^- Gray^ FL 

 1, p. 128, non Michx.^ nec EIL 



Walter's name must be kept for the first of these species, to which it certainly belongs, as the specimen 



in his herbarlum, as well asthe character, shows. Michaux's P. corymbosa consists princlpally of P. cy- 



mosa, Walt.^ with which inhis herbarium some P. Baldwinii, I believe, is intermixed. The two specles 



are distinguished, and for the first time well characterized, by Elliott, whose name for the last should be 



retained. I am much indebted to Mr. Carey for the elucidation of these species. 



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