HEXANDKiA MONooYNiA, Polygonatum. 



p. caule angulato, foliis sessilibus ovatis acuminatis, pe- 



dunculis uni- aut multifloris. Desfoni. I. c. p. 50. 

 CoMvallaria latifolia. IFilld. sp. pi. 2. p. l62. 

 Icon. Jacq. austr. 3. t. 233. 

 On the sandy and gravelly banks of rivers, in shady wet 



situations : Pensylvania and Virginia. 1/ , June, July. 



V. V. The tallest of all the species^ sometimes four 



feet hioh. 



235 



latifoliuvi. 



307, ASPARA.GUS. Gen. pi. 573. 



A. caule herbaceo inermi suberecto teretl, foliis setaceis 

 nioUibus, stipalis subsolitariis. Smith ft. brit. 1. p. 369. 

 Will:!, sp. pi. 2. p. 150. 



Icon. Fl. dan. 803. EngL hot. 33g. 



Common Asparagus is frequently found in an apparently 

 wild stale, but has been mlroduced from Europe, 



officinalis. 



308. OilONTIUM. Gen. pi. 587- 



O. foliis lanceolato-ovatis, scapo cylindricD spicato. — 

 IFilld. sp. pi. 2. p. 199. 



Icon. Amoen. acad. 3.t. l.f. 3. 



In rivulets and low stagnant waters : Canada to Florida. 

 %. April, May. v. v. Yellow flowers in a close 

 cylindric spike, of a most singular smell, I observed 

 a variety with almost linear leaves, in the Salt marshes 

 near New York, 



acjualicum. 



309. ACORUS. Gen. pi. 586. 

 A. scapo mucrone longissimo foliaceo. JVilld. sp. pi. 2. 



Icon. Abhot77. Engl. bot. 356. 



In overflowed places and old ditches ; frequent : Canada 

 to Carolina, Has the appearance of a flag, and called 

 Sweet-Jiag, from the aromatic smell and taste of its 

 roots. 



Calamus. 



310. JUNCUS. Gcn.pl. 5Q0. 



* Culmis nudis. 



1 . J. culmo nudo tereti, panicula terminali, involucro di- 

 phyllo spinoso, capsulis subrotundis mucronatis. Smith 

 Jl. hit. 1 . p. 374. IVilld. sp. pi. 2. p. 204. 

 J, maritimus. Lam. encycl. 3, p. 253. 



acutus. 



