Catalogue of Plants growing in East-Floyida. 293 



spike. I:i more luxuriant specimens, it is probable tlicre 

 occur the three spikes which characterize this Sj e *=es. 

 (Flowers not seen.) It appears to be very nearly allied to 

 T. canescens. 



T. recurvata, Flor* Peruv. t. 271. Lin. Persoon. 1- 

 p. 346. 



Prinoscoriaccus ? Pursh. Flor. 1. p. 221. 



Observations. — Leaves sempervirent, ova!, orcuneate- 

 oval, subserrate towards the apex, pedicels many-flowered, 

 shorthand corymbose. 



Crinum Americanum. Ait. Hort. Kew. I. p. 413. 



Sabal Adansoni, Persoon. 1. p. 399. 



S. Ilistrix. PursJu caudice repeute, frondibus palm'Uis 

 pHcatis, axillis spiuosis, spadicibus brevissiinis, drupisovoi- 

 deis.majuscuhs hirsutis. 



Observations. — In this species, whose fronds rescm]>!e 

 the preceding, the stipe is naked and tri.-^ngnlar, noi ^rmply 

 convex beneath ; in the basilar axils of which originates a 

 matted tomentose substance, almost similar to coarse browa 

 wool, and intermixed with spines half a foot long, and 

 rigid as needles, within these radical sheathes is inclosed 

 the clandestine spadix loaded with hirs'^te brownish drapes 

 ihe size of coiTee berries, and when recent possessing an 

 eatable sweetish pulp, with which the aborigines are ac- 

 quainted. 



S. * minima^ caudice repente, stipitibus subaculeolatis 

 asperis, frondibus palmatis plicatis, subscptemfidis? 



Observations, — The frond scarcely exceeds a span in 

 height, and is not a variety of S. serrulata, as Mr. WVire 

 observed it to form almost exclusive fields of an uniform 

 appearance. 



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OCTANDRIA. 



Rhexiaangustifolia, NuiUdPs Gen. 1- p- 244. 

 ffinothera humifusa, JVuHalPs Gen. 1. p. 245- 

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