196 AUT. BOT. 
vol. 3ph. brevis, cyma decomp. congestis, fl. 
sess. cal. convolutis acutis pallide fuscatis, caps: 
obov. brevior—Apalachian Mts. sesquipedal, 
leaves semipedal, fl. pale brown. 
1474, J. creticus Raf. caule folioso tenuis, 
fol .crassis tenuis clongatis subtus striatis, invol. 
1-2ph. setaceis, cyma trifida decomp. fl. sessil. 
calic. scariosis albis lanc. acum. ineq. caps. obl. 
brevior—Creta, Sicily, 4-6inches: one of the 
many sp. blended in J. buffonius, which all ap- 
pear to form a subg. AcATIuYoN Raf. by calix 
very unequal, well caliculate, to it belong J. 
grandiflorus, virgalus and all the next. 
1475, J. pumilus Raf. caule subnudo pumilo 
cespitoso furcato, fol. setaceis serniteres, invol. 
2ph, fl. subsess. terminalis sepe geminis ternis- 
que, cal fulvesc. lanc. acutis, caps. brevior val- 
vis truncatis retusis— Europe et Amer. bor. 
1-2uncial, yet fl. large fülvous. 
1476, J. buffonius L. Europe North Amer- 
ica, cespitose dichot. fl. spicate, caps. valves ob- 
tuse, leaves flat nervose, several var. flexuosa, 
gracilis, maritima, fulva, but the next ap- 
pears peculiar, 
1477, J. cespifolius Raf. fol. cespitosis tenuis 
setaceis elongatis canalic. caulib. subnudis filif. 
sulcatis ad fol. eq. involucris diphylis ineq. flor. 
congestis 2-10 sessil. fulvis, cal. linearib. cari- 
natis, caps; subeq. valvis truncatis—-Allegh. 
Mts. 3 to 4 inches, leaves many, stems few, fl. 
subcymose when more than 3. 
1478, Acorus americanus Raf. med. fl. 1. 
new fl.57. North Amer. 
1479, Ac. gramineus L. China.+ 
1480, Ac. angustatus Raf. scapis angustis 
compressis unisulc. apice gladiatis tenuis ecutis, 
spica medialis, fol. radic. scapis brevior angus- 
