242 
HEXANDRIA MoNOGYNIA, Polygonatum, 
e P. caule angulato, foliis sessilibus ovatis acuminatis, pe- 
iculis uni- aut multifloris. Desfont. lL. c. p. 50. 
Conil latifolia. Willd. sp. pl. 2. p. 162. 
Icon. Jacq. austr. 3. t. 232. y 
M . On the sandy and gravelly banks of rivers, in shady wet 
^ — Situations : Pensylvania and Virginia, X1. June, July. 
v.v. The tallest of all the species, sometimes four 
feet high. i 
* 307. ASPARAGUS. Gen. pl. 573. 
1. A. caule herbaceo inermi e ies tereti, foliis setaceis 
y libus, stipulis subsolitariis. Smith fl. brit. 1. p.369. 
illd. sp. pl. 2. p. 150. 
. Fl. dan. 803. Engl. Lot. 339. 
vu Asparagus is frequently found in an ies 
wild state, but has been introduced from Europe. 
308. ORONTIUM. Gen. " 557. $ 
1. O. foliis lanceolato-ovatis, scapo cylindrico spicato.— 
Willd. sp. pl. 2. p. 199. 
Tea: Ameen, acad. 3. t. 1. f. 3 
In rivulets and low stagnant waters : Canada to Florida. 
. . M. April, May. v.v. Yellow flowers in a close 
— €ylindric spike, of a most singular smell, I observed 
a variety with almost linear leaves, i in the Salt marshes 
Ce rami ; 
| 300. 'ACORUS. Gen. pl. 586. 
1. A. scapo mucrone longissimo foliaceo. Willd. sp. pl. 2. 
. Icon Engl. bot. 356. 
In ove laces and old ditches; frequent : Canada 
to Carolina. Has the appearance of a , and called 
t-flag, from tha aromatic smell ‘taste of its 
ee - 310. JUNCUS. Gen. pl. 590. ep e 
+ tbe O 3 
LJ. culmo nudo tereti, panicula terminali, involucro di- 
yllo spinoso, capsulis s 
E i p.374. Willd. sp. pl. 2. p. 204. 
J. maritimus. aa T 
latifolium. 
officinalis. 
— 
Calamus. 
acutus. 
