ilEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA, 



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i, Ame 



Pur 



C 



scapis corymboso.p 



Corolla woolly witliin 





lati 



fol 



formibus 



scapes 

 dilate 



glaucis ; filamentis aqiM- | shaped, glaucous 



Jibu 



ymbose pani 

 leaves sword 



fila. 



Pui 



5 



1. p. ^24. 



qual 



9 



Root fibrous, creeping;, lladical haves shorter than the scape, nar- 

 row, acute, glabrous. Scape terete, erect, tomentose, furnished with 

 1 or £ short leaves. Fhivers in the corvinh rrnuHpil Se^>-ments of 



summit, to- 



Filc/vients 6, glabrous, »ear 



i in the corymb crowded. 

 the corolla oblong, acute, glabro»is and yellow near tl 

 mentuse or woolly near tlie base, 

 ly as lonfr as the corolla. 



Germ nearly round, glabrous. 

 ulatc, divisible into 3, as long as the filaments. Stixma 



Style sub- 

 Parsh. 



pic 



. Grows in bogzj soils, in the pine barrens of New-Jersey and Caro 

 liiia. Fursh, 



Flowers July. 



ACORUS. Gen. pl. 



Spud I a: 



tus flosculis. CorolUe 

 petalse, nudse. Stylus 

 Capsnla 3-locularis. 



1, Calamus. 



f 



A. scapi mucrone k 



gissirno, foliaceo. 



Spadix cyl i n d ri 

 ered with florets. 

 6 petallcd, naked 

 0. Capsule 3 celled 



Corolla 

 Style 



Sp. pl 



«> 



The summit of the 



scape long, leaflike. 



p. 199. 



Walt. p. 124. Mich. 1. p. 194. Pursh, 1. p. 235. 



Hoot tuberous, perennial. Leaves sword shaped, very acute, ail- 

 cipitous, glabrous, entire, with the midrib prominent. Scape about a 

 foot high, S angled, concave on one side, with the summit flattened 

 and resembling the leaves. Flowers on a cylindrical spadix, 2—3 

 inches long, produced near the summit of the scape. Petals ovate, ob- 

 tuse, short, pale yellow. Filaments longer than the petals. Anthers 



The stamens rise and discharge the pollen by turns, not at 

 the same time, Germ thick, superior. Stipaa obtuse, like a <'-Ian. 

 dular point. Seedsm^ny in each cell. ° 



erect* 



pond 



Calamits. 



ralized but scarcely indigenous. 

 Flowers April. 



The root is a grateful aromatic, and is used as a remedy for flatu- 

 lency. "A habit of chewing it has been known to impair seriously the 

 digestive faculties. 



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