122 JOURNAL OF THE 



EISTIDOG-EnsrS. 



PALMACE^. (PALMS.) 



Sabal Palmello, R. & S. (Palmetto.) Cape Fear. June. 



Adansonii^ Guerns. (Dwarf Palmetto.) 



Eagle's Island causeway. June — July. 



ARACE^. (ARUM FAMILY.) 



Arisaema triphylluin, Ton*. (Indian Turnip.) March. 



Xaiilhosoiua sagittiloliuin, Scliott. (Akrow-lbaved Spoon Flower.) 



" Branches " and spongy ground. Eastern side of Wilmington 

 and Brunswick. Point Peter causeways. Fruit ripens Sept. 

 15 1030. Beautiful crimson. \Caladium glauciiin,{?) Ell.\ 



May — June. Flowers white. 



Oroutiuiii aqnaticuni, L. (Golden Club. Water Dock.) 



Tuckahoe — a purely local name without any good foundation for 

 it; probably a corruption of TUCKAW, See Kalm's Travels. 



March — April. 



Acorus Calamus^ L. (Calamus.) April. 



LEMNACE.E. (DUCKWEED FAMILY.) 



Leiiina minor, L. (Duckweed.) 

 polyrhiza, L. 



TYPHACE^. (CAT-TAIL FAMILY.) 



Tjplia latifolia, L. (Cat-tail.) July— August. 



Spar^aiiium raiiiosuiii, Hudson. (Bur-reed.) July. 



NAIADACE^. (POND WEED FAMILY.) 



Zostera marina, L. (Sea-wrack. Eel-grass.) Salt water. 



August — September. 



Ruppia maritima, L. (Ditch-grass.) May— August. 



Potamogeton pectinatus, L. (Pondweed.) June— August. 



lacens, L. August. 



hybridas, Micbx, June— August. 



