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region of South Africa, and a member of the Cyperaceae in a genus 

 previous!}^ unreported for North America. 



Ficinia filiforinis has cespitosely clustered, filiform culms 10- 

 25 cm. tall ; the leaves are all basal with prominent scarious sheaths 

 and filiform blades 2-8 cm. long. The terminal capitate inflorescence, 

 of 2-5 reddish spikelets about 3 mm. long, is subtended by two 

 involucral bracts, the lowermost 1-2 cm. long and appearing to 

 be a continuation of the culm. Ficinia filiforniis superficially resem- 

 bles Scirpus Clintoni and 5". Hallii; it might also be mistaken for a 

 depauperate form of the more common Bulbostylis capillaris. 



It is hoped that, during the coming field season, members of 

 the Torrey Botanical Club will search for this plant near the 

 C. R. R. N. J. terminal and in other waste places in the New York 

 harbor area where the species might still be persistent. It is re- 

 quested that all suspicious looking specimens from the region be 

 forwarded to the writer for determination. 



New York Botanical Garden. 



Lespedeza violacea in New Jersey 



Harold N. Moldenke 



In the first report of the Local Flora Committee in Torreya 

 40: 105-109 (1940) the statement is made that Lespedeza violacea 

 (L.) Pers. is "represented in New Jersey from Warren, Morris, 

 and Bergen Counties." The implication is that it is not known as 

 yet from any other counties. Actually there are specimens of this 

 species in the Britton Herbarium at the New York Botanical 

 Garden from two additional counties. N. L. Britton collected it 

 at Sparta, Sussex Co., on September 5, 1887, and K, K. Macken- 

 zie's No. 1123 is from Wight's Pond, Sussex Co., collected on 

 September 25, 1904. The present writer's No. 11243 was collected 

 along an old wood road on the "First Mountain," Watchung, 

 Somerset Co., on August 23, 1939. 



It is to be hoped that the Local Flora Committee will some day 

 publish a series of maps showing the known distribution of all the 

 species and varieties of wild plants in the so-called "Torrey Club 

 range" {i.e., within a radius of 100 miles from New York City). 



