1919.] NATURAL SCIENCES OF PHILADELPHIA. 265 
1. Afzelia pectinata (Pursh) Kuntze. 
Seymeria peeman Pursh, Fl. Amer. Sept. 2: 737. 1814. ‘In South Caro- 
a. sby. v. s. in Herb. Sherard.’’ Type not seen, but description 
istinctiv 
i be Veckeon Ell., Sketch Bot. 8. C. and Ga. 2:123. 1824. “Sent to 
e from Louisvi e, Bs, r. Jackson.” Type seen in the Elliott 
Seymeria heterophyla Raf., New FI. Amer. 2: 68. 1837. Piayre agy and 
eorgia, my specimen from Le Conte.”’ ‘Type not known to ex 
Afzelia pectinata (Pursh) Kuntze, Rev. Gen. 1: 457. 1891. 
Dry sandy longleaf pineland, in the ee Plain from South 
Carolina’ to Louisiana, south in the Florida peninsula to Brevard 
County; inland reported from the Pine Mountains of Meriwether 
County, Georgia,!! and from the metamorphic region of northeastern 
Alabama." 
Flowering in August and September, fruiting September and 
October. Corolla deep golden-yellow, more or less marked with 
purple-red within throat and at the bases of the lobes. 
Pennell (Georgia)—4732, 4760, 4780, 4845. (Florida)—4568, 
4585, 4645, 4656, 4674, 4686, 4705, 4715, 4802. (Alabama)—4630. 
la. Afzelia pectinata peninsularis Pennell, var. nov. 
Stem 4-6 dm. tall, finely glandular-pubescent to -puberulent in 
lines with ascending-incurved to -appressed hairs. Leaves glandu- 
lar-pubescent to -puberulent, those of the stem 1-2 em. long, 5-8 
mm. wide. Pedicels in flower 5 mm. long, in fruit 7-10 mm. long. 
Calyx-lobes 4.5 mm. long. Corolla 8 mm. long, its tube 3-3.5 mm. 
long, its lobes 4.5 mm. long. Style 4-5 mm. long. Capsule min- 
utely glandular-pubescent with hairs slightly dark-jointed, most or 
all with terminal knob-like glands. Seeds 1.2-1.4 mm. long. 
Type, flat woods, Marco, Lee Co., Florida, collected in fruit July— 
August, 1900, A. 8. Hitchcock 254, in United States National Her- 
barium. 
Flat long-leaf pineland or hammocks, southern Florida. 
Flowering June to August, probably flowering and fruiting through- 
out the year. 
2. Afzelia cassioides (Walt.) J. F. Gm 
Anonymos cassioides Walt., FI. Carol. 1 } 1788. Presumably from lower 
South Carolina. Description ciently distinctive 
Afzelia cassioides (Walt.) J. F. G . i791. 
Gerardia afzelia Michx., Fl. Bor. Amer. 2: 20. 1803. New name for Af- 
[sess tenuifolia Pursh, Fl. Amer. Sept. 737. 1814. New name for 
Gerardia cassioides (Walt.) Pers 
10 Reported from lower North Carolina, collected by Croom [see M. A. Curtis, 
Bot. ae ne 39. 
r, Bull. Torr. Bot. Club 36: 587. 1909. 
ec fae ha. Agric. Exp. Sta., Bull. 119: 104. 1902. 
