lis CONTUIHUTIONS l.'K(»M THK NATIONAL HKllHAKirM. 



Tyin" species. Ainiii! riiju'lhi, , iim Mielix. l''l. Hor. Ami. 1: lt!l. ls<>;'.. 

 A t;eiillS()l" at least .". species. I)elim<.''ili«i' to Kastelii I'liited Stales. 



Leave.'* (lisHcctfd into lllifoiiii divisiniis. 



Iiivtilucnil liriicts cleft 111- piii'teil; fruit L' tn .'1 mm. Inn;.' I . /'. cii/iilltiniini. 



Iiivnliicral liriict.>< entile; fruit I tn l..")iiim. inii^' L'. /'. iiullitlHi. 



Le!i\('s with ianceoliite (li\ isiciiis; fniit iar^re I 1 mm. Idiiy:) .">. /'. Iiii'liiinhini. 



1. Ptilimnium capillaceum( Mich X.) Rat". Seiinoe Uiill. liol. :J17. Is;{(>. 



Fi(i. :;;;. 



.!;///;(/ (•((/*(7///('/((/// ^Miclix. I'"l. Iiiir. .\m. 1: 1(11. ISO,'!. 

 Disfo/ilriirn i<i/)illiici(i I X '. ('(ill. Mi'lii. 5: .".S. |il. S. lS'_'!t. 



Slciulcr and more or less spfeiuliiiji". ."> to •> <liii. Iiieli; leaxcs finely 

 di.s.sectcd into lilifoiiii di\ isions; iiiiihel ."» to •Jit-iaycd. with iiivoluere 

 of lilit'onn hnicts usually clet't of pafted. and involiicels more or less 

 prominent; rtiys <>.;") to .'1 cm. lone-; pedicels;! to <> mm. lon^-; tVuit 

 ovate, '2 to :*> mm. lone-, with lilit'onn doi'sal and intcniu'diale ribs, the 

 lut»M'als i'orndne- a i)road Hat hand al»oiit the fruit; calyx teeth minute; 

 styles siiorler than the stylopodium, sometimes very short; seed fiice 

 convex. 



Typ*' locality. " in ciim})estrihus Carolinae." 



Wet meadows, mostly netir tin* coast, li-om Massachusetts to Florida 

 and west to Texiis. 



Sjti'rIiiK'iix r.ntiiiiiieil : 



Massaciu'skt'is: Nantucket, MIs.t J\ .V. I'u.si//. Antrn.'<t \'2, 1S<)7. 



("dn.nkctk ir: Stratfnnl, Kann's, Aiiirnst 1(1, ISH."!. 



Nkw Youk: Stateii Island, Sinall. .hily IL', lSS!t. 



Nhw Jkuskv: Wnodrid^e. XhsIi A'), .Inly, ISSO; ]'i>v\ .Mmiis, IIuIiiuk ,".,S,"), S('|i- 



teml)er9, ISOO. 

 l>Ki..\\v.\i{i:: Kent ('(innty, //o////c.v 144, .Vntrust, IS'.IO. 

 Makyi,.\ni): Eastern Maryland, /luliiiis 4-i, .Inly, IS'lO. 

 Dkstkict ok ("oi.imhia: Near Wa^hinjiton, Wdrd, in 1877. 



Virginia: Franklin, Sonthamptoii ("ounty, irclhr ll.'iO, ,7nly L'l'-l'it, l.Sft;?; Wal- 

 nut Point, Kiioir/loii, .\ny;nst 17, lS!t7. 

 North Caroli.na: }fc< 'urth i/, ,Tu\y, \HH'v, near Wilmin^rton, foc/Z/r, .Iiine 24, l.siK): 

 Kowaii ("onnty, SiiKtII i(- Ifi-lhr i')'\ Au^nst l.'i-lS, 1S!)1; southeastern North 

 Carolina, Axhr. 

 SocTii Cauoi.ina: Aiken, Jiiiirnil, ,]\\\y, ISdd. 



Florida: Near .Tacksonv ille, Cnrlixs lOL'S, an.l 4:141, 4!llS, .lune-.Inly, ISlC!, IS'.U; 

 near Kustis, T.ake Comity, Xasl, S;i7, May 1(1-:{1, 1S<)4, an<l llClo, May L'S- 

 .Tnnel."), 1S9.'); liiltninir Iln-I,. ( ('hai>nian coll. ) -JKil. 

 Ai.AHAMv: .\nl)nrn, Le(> Comity, J'til/anl <{: Md.iun i'll, .]u\y \f, IIKIO. 

 Mississirri: .Madison, Phans, in 1888; f)('oan Sprinjis, Misn A'. Skrrhnii, .lime l"i. 



IS'.tO. 

 Te.xas: Ileniii.stead, IInU '^-iT, .Inne 12, 1872. 

 The foHowiiifr forms differ in certain rcsjiects from /'. <-(ipill<uriiiii as dctined alH'Vc 

 and may or may not deserve recognition as varieties or species. Field study an! a 

 fuller suppl\- of fruiting specimens will he neces.siry to settle the ((ueHtioii. 



A form from Allenton, Mo. (LrltniiKm, August 27, 1878), lias the cleft invohical 

 liractH, fruit rihs, and larger fruit of /'. rd/tilhirciiut, and the stouter habit, up re 

 ])roininent stylopodimn, longer styles, and range of /'. initliillii. 



A form from near Hockley, Tex. {Tlnifmr, Sejitember, 189(1), has the cleft iiiVMii- 



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