15^ 



Beaufort Dist., 1S73 and 1886, Dr. J. H. Mellicluimp, GcoV' 

 gia. — Le Conte, Baldwih. Florida, — Dr. Torrey, Mr. Ware, Dr, 

 A. W. Chapman, Mrs. Treat, and 1875, Mary C. Reynolds; 

 Indian River, 1874, Dr. Kd. Palmer, No. 31; Hibernia, 1869, 



\Vm. M. Canby; Manatee Co., 1887, Dr. J. T. Rothrock; 

 Fort Meade, 1880, J. D. Smith; Tampa, Hay, 1845, Rugel, No. 

 39; Tampa, 1880, J. D. Smith; ** near Jackson\'ille/' A. II. 

 Curtiss, No. 513; Miami, 1877, Dr. A. P. Garber; Keys, Sara- 

 sota, 1876, Dr. A. P. Garber; Key West, Blod^^ctt. Ala- 

 bauia. — Gates. J/ississ///^i. — Columbus. 1 890, S. ^l. 1 racy. 



Var. ANGUSTIFOLIA, Torr. and Gra}-, i. 671, (1840). 



Leaves linear, almost glabrous, flowers usually somewhat 

 smaller. 



■ Florida, — Dr. Leavenworth, Dr, A. W. Chapman; Lake 

 Astachusa, Sumter Co., 1879, J. D. Smith; '' near St. Marks/' 

 1843, RugelJ Key West, 1846, Rugel, No. 37, (dist. as A 

 Jlabellata, Shuttl.); Miami, 1877, Dr. A. P. Garber; Biscayan 

 Bay, T874, Dr. Ed. Palmer, No. 32; Pine Key and Key West, 

 Blodgett. 



Type in Herb. Col. Coll. 



In his Flora of North America. Part iv. pp 88-90, (1836), 

 Rafinesque describes seven species under the generic names 

 Ascmcia and Poly gala, I have not been able to find authentic 

 specimens of any of them, and his descriptions are not suffici- 

 ent for their positive identification. 



Besides the specimens contained in the Herbarium of 

 Columbia College, there have been examined, in the prepara- 

 tion of this^ paper, those in the Gray Herbarium at Cambridge, 

 the Herbarium o'l the Academy of Natural Sciences of Phila- 

 delphia, and that of the Geological and Natural History Sur- 

 vey of Canada, and also those in the Herbaria of Prof Thomas 

 C. Porter, Capt. John Donnell Smith and Mr. Wm. M. Canby. 



