40^ 



hexa:^drta monocynia 



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ORONTIUM. Gen. pl. dST* 



Spadix cylind riciis, tec- ( Spadix c} li ii d ? ical, cov. 

 tus flosculis. Corolla 6- [ ered with florets. Corolla 

 pi^tala, nuda. Stylus nul- [ 6 petalled, naked. Style 

 lus. Folliculi i-sperrni. 



0. 



Follicles I seeded. 



1. Aqua TIC CM. 



O. foliis lanceolato-ova- 



Leaves lanceolate o^. 



tis. 



Sp. pl Ji, p. 199. 



vate. 



Mich, 1. p. 194. Pursh, I. p, 235. 

 Pothos ovata, Walt, p. 224. 



Root perennial. Stem 0. Leaves radical, annual, very entire, ak* 

 broiis, membranaceous, pale, almost glaucous on the umler side, ob- 

 scurely nerved, and acute as if mucronate. '^pathe short, clcthing 

 the base of the mature spadix. Spadix nearly 2 hiii long, erect and 

 assurgent, green at base, tinged ^vith purple in tlie middle^ very ^vhite 

 at tlie summit. Petals small, vellou, ))eisistent, apprcssed to the 

 germ. FilamenU shorter t! an tlic corolla. Snihevs oval, incumbent, 

 yellow. Germ superior, angled, truncate. *^tl^im very minute, con- 

 cave in the centre. Foiicle ? globular, llesb.y. Se^d oval, glabrous, 

 attached to the summit? of the follicle 



The pericarp does not (I believe) open^ but falls with its enclosed 

 seed as the spadix decays. 



Grows in bocs ; very common. 



Flowers March — ApViL 



JUNCUS. Gen. pl, 59a. 



4- 



1^ 



Ca hjx R - pli \ 1 1 u s , hil ) ra c- 



Cahfx 6 leaved, with 3 



3. 



tcatus,persJstens. Corolla hiacteas at base, pert^is- 

 0. Stigmata s. Capsula \ tent Co7 ol la 0. Stigmas 

 i-locularis, 3-valvis.* Se- 

 viina p]urinna. 



* Culmis nudis. 



i. ACUTUS. 



J. culmo nudo, tereti, 

 miicronato ; panicida ter- 

 iiiiuali J iiivolucro diphyl- 



Capsule 1 celled, 3 

 valved. Seeds muiK^i'OUS. 



* Stein nuked. 



Stem naked, terete, niu 

 cronate ; paJiicle tenni- 

 nal j iuvolucriiin ^ 



leav 



