Catalogue of Plants groioing in EasUFloriJa, 30,3 



or st}le concave nearly its whole length, inchullng two? 

 masses of sulphur yellow farinaceous pollen, the concavity 



or cell closed by a lanceolate oblong articulated opercu- 

 lum. 



Triphora pendula, JSuttaWs Gen. 2. p. 193. 



Arethusa pendula. Willd. 

 Neottia tortilis. Willd. 



N. cernua. WillcL 



MONOECfA. 



Urtica. Apparently new, but too imperfect for descrip- 

 tion. 



Parietaria floridana. MittalL 2. p. 208. 



Amaranthus pumilus. NuttalL 2» p. 210. 



Quercus virens. Willd. 



Quercus laurifolia. WilUL 



Q. maritinia* Willd. 



Q. imbricaria. Willd. 



Caryaaquatica. Juglans aquatica. Michaux. Arh.YoTQ^i^ 



Pinus palustris. Wilhl 



Acalypha caroliniana. Will 

 Croton maritimum. WUhL 



Willd 



C. glandulosum. Wi 



Ephorbia cy; 



E- maritima, 



Jatropha manihot? Lin. 



The celebrated root from wb.ich the Cassava bread is 

 "^Bde, and which, according to Thenet, was; used over an 

 extent of tw^o thousand leagues. Sloane also adds, *'It i« 

 of the most general use of any provision all over the West 

 Indies, especially the hotter parts, and is used to victual 

 ships." Hist. I. p. 130. The sap ot the root, which in a 

 ^aw state is poisonous, ^' evaporated over the fire, gives the 

 Tapioca meal, and the leaves, v^hen boiled, are eaten after 

 the manner of spinage. Sloane's Hist. vol. I. p. I31- In 

 the specimen collected by Mr. Ware, the lobes of the leaf 

 instead of being simple are subdivided. It may still, how- 

 ^ver, be the same plant in a state of luxuriance. 

 Stillingia sylvatica. Willd. 



Phyllanthus obovata. Wilkh Apparently perennial by 

 *he effect of climate. 



