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P. Icevigatus : leaves deciduous, lanceolate, with ad- 

 pressed serratures, smooth on both sides, shining 

 above ; nerves beneath scarcely pubescent ; flow- 

 ers 6-cleft ; pistilliferous axillary, solitary, subses- 

 sile ; staminiferous scattered. 



HAB. Swamps. June. Shrub 6— S ft. high ; leav, 

 2| in. long ; stam. fl. pedunc, ber. red. 



P. glaber: leaves sempervirent, cuneate-lanceolate, 

 coriaceous, smooth and shining, subdentate at the 

 extremity ; pedicels axillary, subsolitary, mostly 

 3-flowered. 



HAB. Swamps and pine-barrens. July. Shrub 3—4 

 ft. high ; fl. perfect ? pedunc. j ber. black. 



232. FLCERKEA. Juncece ? 



V. uliginosa. 



HAB. River marshes. Apr. — May. Decumb., 

 slend., smooth, leav. alt. ; trif. and pinnatif. ; pe- 

 dunc. axill. ; fl. small, white. 



233. AMARYLLIS. Amaryllidece. 



A. Atamasco : spath. bifid, acute ; flowers pedicel- 

 late ; corolla subcampanulate, subequal, erect, 

 short and tubular at the base ; stamens declined, 

 equal. 



HAB. Swamps. June. V-. Root bulb. ; leav. lin. 

 concave ; scape 6 in. high ; fl. large, wh. and pink. 



234. ALLIUM. Onion, &c. Asphodclea. 



A. canadense : scape naked, terete ; leaves linear ; 

 head bulbiferous. 



HAB. Meadows. May. If. Root bulb. ; leav. long 

 flat above ; fl. numerous, pale rose-col. 



A. vineale: cauline leaves rounded, fistulous ; umbel 

 bulbiferous ; stamens alternately tricuspidate. 



HAB. Meadows and pastures. May. If.. Bulb 

 ovate, stem 2 ft. high ; leav. long ;fl. deep rose-€ol. §. 



A. triflorum: scape naked, terete, shorter than 

 the leaves ; leaves lanceolate, nerved, umfcel few- 

 lowered 



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