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2. P. rufescens, Schrad.—P. fluitans. Both.Sm. E. BoL L 1286. PJu Am. 1. p. 120. 



Hab. The same country with the preceding ; and intermediate, as it appears, between it and the following. 



3. P. heterophyllus. Schreh Ph. Am. \. p. 120. E. BoL L 1285.—^. foliis natantibus 



nullis. 



Hab. With the preceding. — /3, Cumberland House Fort. Drunvnond. 



4. P. diversifolhis. Bart.—Torrey TL Un. St. p. 19T.— P. setaceus. Ph. {not IVilld,) 



Hab. Norway House Fort to Canada. Dr Iticliardson. Drnmmond, — A beautiful little species, P. 

 diversifolius in miniature, but readily known by its small size and few-flowered spikes. 



6. P. perfoliatus. L, — Ph, Am. 1. p. 120. E. Bot. t. 168, 



Hab. Canada, to the Slave River. Dr Richardson. 



6. P. pralongus (WulfF.) ; foliis oblongis obtusis plurinerviis nervis 3 validioribus 

 omnibus reticulatim connexis, pedunculis longissimis, spicis cylindraceis multifloris. 

 Hook. Br. FL ed, 4. p. 70.— P. lucens. Torr. FL p. 197. 



Hab, English River. Dr Richardson.— I think it probable that Dr Torrey's P. lucens may be this 

 species, for he particularly mentions the great length of the peduncle ; and because I have P. preelongus 

 also from Texas and Boston, showing that it is a widely distributed plant in N. America. The real P. lucens 

 I do not possess from that country, 



7. P, zoster (Efolius (Schum,); caule ancipiti stipulis liberis, foliis alternis lato-lineari- 

 bus acutis plurinerviis venis tribus validioribus omnibus reticulatim connexis, spicis cylin- 

 dricis pedunculisque elongatis. Hook. Br. FL ed, 4. p. 69. et in E. BoL SiippL t 2685. 

 0. minor^ floribus laxioribus. 



Hab. Cumberland House Fort, on the Saskatchawan, to Hudson's Bay, Dr Richardson. Drummo7id. 

 — /3. Portage la Loch. Dr Richardson ; and York Factory, Hudson's Bay. Drummond. — A very distinct 

 and very handsome species. May not this be the P. compressus of Torrey? 



8. P. pusillus, L. — E. Bot. t. 2\b. — P. pauciflorus. Ph, 



Hab, Canada. Cleghorn. Cumberland House, and York Factory, Hudson's Bay. Dr Richardson. 

 Drummond. 



9. P. pectinatus. L Ph. Am. 2. p* 121, E. Bot. t, 323. — P. marinus. L. — a, pedun- 



culo foliis longiori, foliis gracilioribus. — /3. pedunculo foliis breviori, foliis latioribus. 



Hab. Canada {Ph.), to English River ; Dr Richardson ; and from Hudson's Bay to alpine lakes in the 

 Rocky Mountains. Drummond. N, W. Coast, Columbia. Dr Scouler. 



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Ord. VII. SMILACEiE. Br. 



I, SMILAX, Z. 



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1. jS. Totundifolia (L.) ; caule tereti striato flexuoso aculeato fruticoso scandente, foliis 

 brevi-petiolatis subrolundo-ovatis acutis subtus concoloribuSj umbellis paucifloris brevis- 



