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1 somewhat curved, i^-3^ high, simple or sparingly branched; 



leaves alternate, few, scattered, i^' -J^' long, Hnear-subulate, 

 the upper ones often very small; spikes somewhat cylindri- 



cal, y^'-iyz' long, }('-}4' in diameter; bracts deciduous; 



flowers pale purple or rose color, almost sessile; wings about 

 2" long, lanceolate, minutely mucronate, about five-veined, 

 conduplicate at the tip; petals united into a conspicuous, 

 slender, cleft tube, 3"-4" long, two or three times as long as 

 the wings; crest of keel conspicuous, made up of several 

 broad and thin processes, some of which are bifid; stamens 

 eight in number; style long, filiform, curving above, auricu- 

 late near the summit on either side of the almost sessile stig- 



matic gland and terminating above in a rather short, tufted 

 appendage; mature capsule about 2'" long, cordiform-ovoid, 



sulcate; seeds short-ovoid, dark-brown, hairy, conspicuously 

 beaked, the two caruncle-lobes lenticular, spongy, envelop- 

 ing the beaked extremity of the seed. 



Nciv Jersey. — Dr. C. Pickering; Haddonfield, Mr. Read; 

 Clarksboro, i886, ex. Herb. Isaac Burk; '* New Jersey to 

 Carolina," Nuttall; '' New Jersey and Illinois," W. D; Bridge- 

 ton, Britton; near Mickleton, B. Heritage. Pennsyl- 

 vania. — Huntingdon Co., 1843; Lancaster, Porter; New 

 Texas, 1862, J. J. Carter. Delaiuare. — Townsend, 1862, Herb. 

 Wm. M. Canby. Maryland, — Salisbury, 1865, ex. Herb. Wm. 

 M. Canby; Stockton, 1889, H. H. Rusby. D, C. — George- 

 town, Dr. Robbins, No. 55. Virginia. — Norfolk. Dana; 

 Noels', 1889, Dr. J. B. Brinton, (an almost leafless form). 



lYorth Carolina. — Rowan Co., 1890, A. A. Heller, (an al- 

 most leafless form). South Carolina. — Santee Canal, Ravenel; 

 Blufll:on, 1873, Dr. J. H. Mellichamp; Society Hill, 1884, J. 

 D. Smith; Mount Pleasant, near Charlestown, Miss Fisher. 

 Georgia. — Boykin; Monticello, Jasper Co., 1846, T. C. Porter; 

 Savannah, Mrs. Say; Bull Creek, near Columbus, 1883, J. D. 

 Smith. Florida. — Herb. Chapman, F^. Cozzens; Indian River, 

 1874, E. Palmer, No. 28; Magnolia, 1883, J. D. Smith; Fort 

 Meade, r88o, J. D. Smith; Duval Co., 1882, J, D. Smith; A- 

 H. Curtiss, No. 515; Jacksonville, 1869, ^^'^' M. Canby; 



