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which perhaps belong to it, as well as Vohjg^ 

 Ochreatum; in this hist are blended 2 species, 

 the Siberian of Gmelin, and the Jamaican of 

 Sloane ; but t!ic type of my genus is the follow- 

 ing N. sp. of Florida. 



417. Spennaulaxfn dichotomusTlaf. caule 

 fruticoso dichot. sulcato, fol. petiolatis oblongis 

 lanceol. acutis levis margine scabris, cchreis 

 subnullis, spicis filif, fl. remotis nonnulis pediin- 

 culatis. — In Florida, fl. small greenish }>iirple, 

 male and female on the same spike. I can find 

 no synonym for this : it differs from the usual 

 character by lacking the tubular stipules, a 

 small subulate deciduous stipule appears in- 

 stead in some leaves and flowers; described on 

 a dry specimen. 



418. Chulusiu:*! Raf. (nom. anticus) Cal. 

 Sfidus inequalis, lac. 2 major, Stam. 5, ovario 

 compresso, stylis 2, Sem. lenticularis. fl. spi- 

 catis coloratis, — Types Polyg. omphibkim, 

 natans, filiforme, and several North Amer, 

 Sp. blended in piinctatum, such as the follow- 

 ing, also P. fluitans of Eaton. 



419. Ghuliiskim acuminatum Raf. Pol. 

 ptinctatum Raf. annals nat. 9^. I'^ol. lato 

 lanceol. acum. peticlatis, subtus punctatis, 

 ochreis nervosis muticis, spicis densis, fl. gemi- 

 natis, bracteis ovatis — In West Kentucky, fl. 

 white. 



420. Peutalis Raf. (nom. gr.) Fersicaria 

 Tourn. Ad. Necker,ad Versica and Carya ma- 

 lum. Cal. 5part. subeq. Stam 6, una interjecta 

 ad latere ovar. compr. stylo 1 bifido, Sem. len- 

 ticularis. flores spicatis coloratis. — Types P. 

 persicaria, nodosa^ hydropiper, minus, in- 

 cfma, and several N. Sp. from North America, 

 see my flora, also P. inearnata Elliot. 



