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240 .BEXANDRIA TRIGYNIA. Chamerops. 
- Hystris. A6 caudice repente, stipitibus aculeis longissimis inter 
mixtis, frondibus palmatis. : 
Near the town of Savannah, Georgia. b. v.v. s. Jf. 
This singular palm grows in company with others, and 
distinguishes itself by its long oe por- 
cupine quills, and often growing to lengtiypt more - 
than fifteen inches, E - 
8. C. caudice arboreo, stipitibus inermibus, spathis dupli- 
catis, frondibus palmatis. Willd. sp. pl. 4. p. 1155. 
! Corypha Palmetto. Walt. fl. car. 119. 
On the sea-coast of Carolina and Florida. b. v. v. s.f. 
A fine and useful plant; the wood used for A ihe 
almost everlasting piles for building wharfs, and the 
leaves can be manufactured into light and very durable 
uide 
- 318. NOLINA. Mich. fl. amer. 1. p.207. 
georgiana. — 1, N. foliisangustissimis longis aride-gramineis, scapo laxo- 
s. ramoso foliis subulatis sparsim vestito, floribus race- 
mosis, pedicellis aggregatis Mich, fl. amer, 1. p. 208. 
Phalangium virgatum. Lam. encycl. 5. p. 240. 
In barren sandy woods: Georgia. Michaux and Fraser. 
Y. July. v. s,in Herb. Ensien, Root a tunicated 
bulb ; stem two feet and more high; flowers white 
and small. — : 
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$16. CALOCHORTUS. Pursh in linn, trans, v. M. P.+++ 
elegans. 1. C. scapo subtrifloro folio unico breviore, petalis interio- 
ribus lanatis, * ies 
On the head-waters of the Kooskoosky. M. Lewis. Y. 
May. v.s. in Herb. Lewis. Flowers very elegant, - 
white ; the three inside petals are covered with a long 
down, and have a purple smooth spot on their base. 
The roots areeaten by the natives. — ^... 
Bulbus solidus, subglobosus. Folium unicum, radicale, 
onge-gramineum, glabriusculum, plicato-nervosum, 
pe i ink Scapus simplex, teres, glaber, bi-aut 
tr -  Bractee tot quod pedicelli, lineari- 
latæ. Pedicelli filiformes, bracteis vix longiores: Flores 
nutantes, magnitudine Hypoxidis erectis —— 
317. MELANTHIUM. Gen. pl.Gi8. — — 
virginicum, — 1. M. elatum; panicula pyramidatd, petalis ovalibus sub- 
hastatis planis bimaculatis, floribus plerumque hers 
