POLYGONELLA MACROPHYLLA 11. sp.
Perennial (?), stoutish, glaucous, glabrous. Stem solitary, erect, S dm. tall, simple below, branched above ; leaves obovate or ob lanceolate, 2-6 cm. long (sometimes shorter on the branchlets), obtuse, 3-5-nerved, leathery, exceeding the internodes except on the upper part of the stem ; ocreae cylindric, slightly oblique, not pointed, increasing in length toward the upper part of the stem ; racemes very dense, 2-3 cm. long, disposed in ovoid panicles ; ocreolae funnelform, densely imbricated, slightly pointed ; pedicels jointed at the middle; calyx (flowering stage not seen), the outer segments slightly accrescent, the inner developing wings ; fila ments subulate, somewhat dilated at the base ; style 3-parted to the base; wings oblong, 4 mm. long ; achene 3-angled, narrowly
oblong, acuminate at both ends, 4 mm. long, brown.
Sandhills near the coast, Florida, A. W. Chapman." Strikingly different from anything heretofore described in the genus but related to Polygonella polygerma. It differs from all its relatives in its stout build, wand-like stem and remarkably large leaves for the genus.