196 AUT. BOT. 



vol. 3ph. brevis, cyma decomp. congestis, ff. 

 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 

 l-2ph. sctaceis, 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. bufibnius, which all ap- 

 pear to form a subg. Agatiikyon Raf. by calix 

 very unequal, well caliculate, to it belong J. 

 grandiflorus, virgnlus and all the next. 



1475, J. pumilus Raf. caule subnudo pumilo 

 cespitoso furcato, fol. setaceis semiteres, invol. 

 2ph\ fl. subsess. terminalis sepe geminis ternis- 

 que, cal fulvesc. lanc. acutis, caps. brevior val- 

 vis truncatis retu&is — Europe et Amer, bor» 

 l-2uncial, yet fl. large fulvous. 



1476, J. buffotiius L. Europe North Amer- 

 ica, cespitose dichot. fl. spicate, caps. valves ob- 

 tuse, leaves iiat nervose, several var. flexuosa, 

 gracilis, maritima, fulva, but the next ap- 

 pears peculiar, 



1477, J. cespifolius^B.f. fol. cespitosistenuis 

 setaceis elongatis canalic. caulib. subnudis filif 

 sulcatis ad fol. eq. involucris dipliylis ineq. flor. 

 congestis 2-10 sessil. fulvis, cal. linearib. cari- 

 natis, capsx subeq. valvis truncatis — Allegb. 

 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.t 



1480, Ac. angustatus Raf. scapis angustis 

 compressis unisulc. apice gladiatis tenuis ccutis, 

 spica medialis, fol. radic. scapis brevior angus- 



