127 



near Mayport and Jacksonville, 1870-ICS76, Henry D. Keel- 

 er; Indian River, 1874, Dr. Edw. Palmer, Xo. 29; Hi- 

 bernia, 1869. \Vm. M. Canby; Manitee, 1876, Ur. A. P. Gar- 

 ber; Tampa, 1876. Dr. A.- P. Garber; 1880, J. D. Smith. 

 " Georgia and Florida'. — Lc Conte. •' Am. Sept". — Dr. Jiald- 



w 1 n . 



Type in Herb. Michaux, fide Torr. and Gray. 



16. P. LEPTOCAULTS, Torr. and Gray, Fl. X. A. i. 130, (1838). 



Glabrous throughout; stem very slender, in some cases 

 almost filiform, erect or ascending, often curved or flexuous, 

 l'^-2^ high, in most cases sparingly branched above, branches 

 fastigiate; leaves alternate, acicular, few, scattered, 3^'-i' 

 long; spikes slender, 1'^-2'^in diameter, often becoming much 

 elongated and loose ; bracts deciduous ; flowers pale-purple, 

 on very short, slender pedicels, in some cases secund; 

 wings" elliptical-obovate, narrowed at the base into a 

 short claw, yz^^-i^^ long, about three-veined; crest of keel 

 small; stamens eight in number; style minute, cucullate above 

 the middle, the stigmatic gland almost sc.^sile, the tufted ap- 

 pendage minute, filiform, in some cases the tuft sessile or the 

 entire appendage wanting; mature capsule small, less than 

 I '^ long ; seeds minute, ovoid, not curved, very hairy, the 

 two caruncle-lobes minute, hardly to be seen. 



Louisiana. — Carpenter, in Herb. Chapman; (Chateiguer), 

 1885, A.B. Langlois; Abbeville, 1884, A.B.Langlois. Texas. 

 ■ — Buckley, 1872, F^lihu Hall, Drummond,No. 28, (type); 1843, 

 Lindheimer, No. Ti;Mr. Chas. Wright; Hemstead, 1872, I'-Iihu 

 Hall, No. 95; Beaumont, 1884, G. C. Nealley. 



Type in Herb. Col. Coll. 



17. P. viRiDESCEXS, L. Spec. PI. 705, (1753). 



p. sanguine a, L. Spec. PI. 705, (1753). 

 P, purpurea, Nutt. Genera, ii. Z%, (1818). 



Glabrous throughout; stem more or less angled. 6'- 16' high, 

 stout, erect, branched, leafy to the top, or slender and simple; 



