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peduncle equal to spatha, segments oval — the 

 most common kind from New Jersey to Flori- 

 da, in marshes and streams, 3 to 5 feet high, 

 leaves nearly as broad as long. Var. i.Elatior, 

 2 undulata, 3 pallida, 4 albijlora »J»c. 



424. Unis. mucronata Raf. 1808 m. fl. 7. 

 Leaves narrow oblong, base broader cordate ; 

 end with a long obtuse point, spike terete, seg- 

 ments oblong — found by Mr. Kingston in Vir- 

 ginia 1800, seen in his herbal. 



425. Unis. rotundifolia Raf. m. fl. 9. Leaves 

 rounded obtuse hardly cordate at base, spike 

 oblong, segments oval — Kentucky and Illinois. 

 Stem weak, one foot high, leaves small about 2 

 inches. Not the Ponted, rotundif. of Linneus 

 and South America,which appears the real type 

 of Pontederia having a trilocular capsule. — 

 Thus I have increased this fine Genus to 10 sp. 

 and they may be more : to deem them mere 

 varieties would be preposterous ; but they may 

 be specific deviations of a single original type. 

 These plants were called IVampi by the Indi- 

 ans and the seeds eaten by them. They are 

 now called Pickerelweed in the Northern 

 States. The articulated stem at the leaf ai.d 

 spatha is similar to that of those Amaryllis 

 lately divided on that score. 



426. CLINTONIA Raf. 1817,18 19. Anals 1820 

 Med. fl, 1830,atl, j. 1832,adopted by Beck 1833; 

 not the Clintonia of Lindley 1829 v, hich is my 

 Gynampsis 1833 — Beautiful distinct G. of mine 

 indicated since 1817 in my reviews, described 

 in 1819 in Silliman's Journal and 50 iM. G. of 

 plants : it is formed by the plants blended in 

 Dracena boreal is and since united to Conval- 

 laria and Smilacina ! that have quite a pecu- 

 liar habit and a bilocular berry, striking char- 

 acter common with Styrandra, but this has only 



