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almost cuspidate; spikes ovoid or globose, blunt, compact, 

 }i'-i' long, 4^^ or 5'^ in diameter, short-peduncled; bracts per- 

 sistent, but in many cases onl}- moderately so; flowers red- 

 purple, or in forma albiflora white, sessile, or nearly so; wings 

 imbricated, broadly ovate, 1^'^-3'Mong, about nine-veined, 

 the mid-vein conspicuousl}- thickened throughout the upper ^ * 



half of the wing, and usually prolonged into a mucronation; 

 crest ofkeelv^ery small, consisting of a few short, broad, thickish, 

 in some cases retuse, processes; stamens eight in number; style 

 somewhat broadened, and minutel)' auriculate at the middle, 

 above and on either side of the almost sessile stigmatic gland, 

 and terminating above in a rather stout, curved, tufted ap- 

 pendage; capsule small; seeds small, pear-shaped, dark-brown, 

 hairy, the two caruncle-lobcs collateral, diverging, or even 

 straddling the seed, half as long as, or. in some cases, as long 

 as the seed. 



Canada, — Ontario, Point Pelee, t88i, Brodie; Windsor, 

 1884, J. M. Macoun. Maine. — Mt. Desert Island, near Seal 

 Harbor, 1889, J. H. Redficld; Cape Kli/abeth, 1889, M. L. 

 Fernald. 



NcivYorh. — Long Island, Hicksville, 1890, Geo. D. Hulst; 

 ForbelTs Landing, 1890, M. Timmerman. Staten Island, 

 1890, Oakwood, New Dorp, Court House, N. L. Britton. 



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Massachusctts,~Y2Xr Haven, 1865, Dr. J. W. Robbins; 

 Northampton, 1874, S. Watson; Cape Ann, 1883, Dr. J. B. 

 Brinton; Salem, C. Pickering. 



Rhode Island, — Providence, Olney; Little Compton, 1831, 

 Miss Stretter. 



Nezu Jersey. — S. W. Conrad; Camden, 1876, L C. Mar- 

 tindale; Gloucester Co., 1865. C. F. Parker; '* Pine barrens," 

 1856, Dr. Short; Demarest, 1880, Herb. Joseph Schrenk. 

 Pennsylvania. — 1836, H. Dettwiller; Bethlehem, J. Wolle; 

 Westchester, 1827, ^' D.; Lancaster Co., Reinholdsville, 1866, 

 Thos. C. Porter; Lane. Co., Mastic Forge, t86i, T. C. Porter; 

 New Texas, i860, T. C. Porter; Mercersburg, 1S50, Thos. C 

 Porter; Lebanon Co., Penryn, 1889, A. A. Heller; Harmons- 



