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GERANIUM DISSECTUM L. Ameen: Acad. 4: 282. 1760.—This and 
the preceding species are not mentioned in text-books at my command 
as occurring in the southern states. Geranium dissectum blossoms at 
the same time or a little later than G. Carolinianum L., when the two 
species occupy the same area, and matures its first fruit as early as 
May. Not uncommonly a second crop of plants is produced that 
blossoms in autumn or late summer. The species is plentiful in waste 
places and cultivated grounds at Biltmore, North Carolina. 
VioLa TRiparTiITa Ell. Bot. S. C. & Ga. 1: 320. 1817.—Dr. 
Small? has left little that may profitably be added to strengthen his 
most just attempt to restore to full standing this much confused and 
valid species. The affinities of V. ¢ripartita are truly with V. pudescens 
Ait. and not with V. Aastata Michx. Even in simple-leaved forms it 
is abundantly distinct from the last named species, and not only in 
the characters set forth in the article above referred to, but by the 
rootstocks, roots, and as it occurs in the south, by marked differences 
of environment. The short rootstock and long, coarse roots of V. 
tripartita are conspicuously different from the long horizontal and 
nearly white, fleshy rootstock and fine, short roots of V. hastata, and 
as found along the mountains and at Biltmore, N. C., /. iripartiia 
gtows in rather dry and fertile soil on the slopes of the hills or in 
shallow dales, while V. hastata selects a very moist or wet situation in 
woods and boggy or springy places on the sides of the mountains. 
ACHYRANTHES ASPERA OBTUSIFOLIA (Lam.) Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. 
Ind. 62. 1864.—I have a specimen of this collected by Mr. A. H. 
Curtiss at Key West, Florida, and recently Dr. Chapman sent to the 
Herbarium specimens gathered in the streets of Apalachicola, Florida. 
It is evidently spontaneous at these stations and will doubtless be 
found at other southern ports. 
149. 1824.— Material 
Panicum LoNncirotium Torr. Fl. U 
and recently 
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gathered near Wilmington, N. C., October 11, 1897, rec 
verified by Mr. F. Lamson-Scribner, extends the range of this ee 
esting grass many miles beyond the heretofore recognized pgs . : 
this locality the species inhabits moist savannahs and margins of shal- 
low ponds, growing in scattered tufts over a considerable area. 
Fruct. 2:.456. pf. 774. 1791- 
SYNEDRELLA NODIFLORA (L.) Gertn. 
um flowering specimens 0 
—Dr. Chapman has sent to the Herbari 
3 Bull. Torr. Bot. Club 24: 494. 1897- 
