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302 Cctlalogite of Plants growing in Hast-Florida. 



SYNGENESIA. — Segxegata. 



Elephautopus caroIii)ianus. IVillcL 3. p. 2390. 



GYNANDRIA. 



Marantaarundinacm. culmo ramoso bcrbaceo, foliis ova- 

 to-Ianceolatis ; floribus subpaniculatis. 



M. arundinacea, cannacori folio ; Mart. Cent, ^2. t. 39. 



Caniia Indica, radice aiba alexipharmica. Sloane. Jam. 

 1. p. 253. t. 149. {. 2. Representing merely the figure of 

 the leaf, and says that it had been introduced intothe island 

 of Jamaica from -Dominica. It is believed to be a native 

 of South America. 



Tc. Redoute's Liliacea, t. 57, 



This plant was seen in extensive marshy fields by Mr. 

 Ware, about the latitude of 23^, and agrees in every ini- 

 portant particular with the officinal plant, except in the ab- 

 sence of hairs upon the leaves, the nodes are, however, 

 pubescent. The fruit b*^- abortion presents a round one- 

 seeded nut. 



Maranta arundinacea. B. pumila, culmo simplicij floribus 

 fasciciilato-paniculatis. 



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Observations. — Perhaps the mere autumnal shoots of 

 the preceding; Mr. Ware, however, considered it as 

 something distinct from its uniform dwarf habit* 



Habenaria repcns? XuttaWs Gen. 2- p. 190. 

 Cranichis multiflora. Elliot. JVu^a//'^ Gen. 2. p, 191. 



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Observations. — Leaves nearly all radical, ovate^ one 

 or two however embracing the lower part of the stem. 

 Upper part of the gtem pubescent. Flowers greenish, 

 somewhat remote, about twenty, more or less, forming a 

 racenae four or five inches in length. Bractes ovate and 

 acuminate o( a sphacelous membranaceous consistence, 

 and less than one half the length of the germ* Cateral 

 segments of thecorollaj ovate and oblique, connivent with 

 the uppermost; innermost segments dilated, broader and 

 nerved. ^ Lip inverted or situated behind, unguiculated, 

 the lamina concave, and abruptly accuminated. Colunan 



