90 



teeth, and the calyx-lobes which are narrower and more gradually 

 pointed. 



Virginia: Southwest slope of the Peak of Otter, Bedford 

 County, July i, 1925, Rydherg 9264 (N. Y. Bot. Card.)- 



Explanation of Plates 



Plate 2. i. Hypericum Mitchellianum Rydb. X %. — 2. Cal^Tc. — 3. 

 Petal. — 4. Fascicle of stamens. — 5. Pistil. — 6. Fruit. X 2. — 7. Hypericum 

 graveolens Buckley. X %. — 8. Calyx. — 9. Petals. — 10. Fascicle of stamens. 

 — II. Pistil. — 12. Young fruit. X 2. 



Pl.\te 3. I. Kneiffia latifolia Rydb. X %. — 2. Flower with petals re- 

 moved. — 3. Petal and 2 stamens. Nat. size. — 4. Fruit. X %. 



Pl.\te 4. I. Stachys subcordata Rydb. X %. — 2, 3. Calyx. — 4. Corolla. — 

 5. Lip. — 6. Stamens. — 7. Pistil. X 2. 



New York Botanical Garden, 

 New York, N. Y. 



A NEW AND REMARKABLE HABITAT FOR THE 

 ENDEMIC FLORIDA YEW. 



Herman Kurz 



Many botanists know that the Florida yew Taxus Floridana 

 occurs somewhere along or in the vicinity of the Apalachicola 

 River Bluffs. Very few, however, are able to lead straight to it, 

 once they have arrived at the blufifs, so rare is it. Tumion 

 taxifoliiim (stinking cedar) is well nigh ubiquitous along the 

 bluffs. On the other hand, the yew, another endemic species of 

 the same family, as Harper (2) points out is about 40 times as 

 rare. Any new station for the latter is therefore in itself note- 

 worthy. 



In order to appreciate the peculiar or wanton distribution of 

 the yew as shown by our recent discovery, a typical habitat for it 

 43^ miles a little east of south of River Junction on Flat Creek 

 will first be briefly described. Here along the creek, but well 

 above the water table, at least a dozen plants grow in a perfectly 

 orthodox rich, though somewhat disturbed, mesophytic forest 

 where one can pass freely and comfortably about. The forest 

 soil here is a well aerated, only slightly acid (pH 6), sandy loam, 

 supporting among others Tumion taxifolium, Magnolia foeiida, 



