Vi CLASS. GYMN0G\N1A.~ THE GYMNOGYSTA 



ll~. Vlintvniaparviftom. leaves with the margin and keel ciliale ; umhelli!e» 

 multiSorc ; flowers erect ; sepals unguiculated; claws erects limb i late; te 

 obova), obtuse.— On the Alltghanj mountains in Maryland, a small : ,»< i-ic-.s i-.ith 

 white inodorous (lowers. 



118. Clintoma podtmiaia. Leaves ciliated only in the margin! nmbelhd< 2o 

 flowered; peduncles unequal, one erect, the other curved; fl 

 semi-cumpanulatc ; scpalsoblong, acute. — Found with the for .; ; larger 



fi • its large and v. nitc. My g mis Clintotiin (Amer.Jour of Sc.J cnutaii s no 

 four species ; the otlicr two are Ct. trntliuis i Dniccna borealis Auct. land Ci odo- 

 rata, (the Con-call. umbeltulaSa of Michaux) ; they afford many varieties. 1 Iiavi 

 sent a new m mography nf ill is genus to the same Journal. 



VII CLASS. PHANKilOGYNl Sl THE PHANERIANS. 



XX1K. N'. G. Hedtciiloe. Flowers capitate, iiivolucrate, chaffy orpaleacc •: . 

 Chaffs uniflore, glumaceous. Glum bivalve ; valves unequal, carinatc, the iultr- 

 nal larger and involving. Stamina two. Ovary pcdicclialcd, el!ipticaf, obtuse, 

 compressed; one style, two stigmas. — The fype if this genus is the A', 

 pumil ;|il call //. 'chhefvagrmm, and is found from Illinois t.; < . na 



13'.!. Scirpus org i':s. 9capesand leaves cylindrical, stiv ith . listul ■ b ver - 

 Inns;', acute ; spikes lateral under the apex, glomeratcd, ovate, sub-sessile ; cab • 

 ovate, mucrr ■ >, In-own, arachnoidal. — li grows in the rrecks and rivers ui 

 New York and Pennsylvania, rising to fiv«f and six feet. It is probably the Sc 

 tocuslri* of our botanists, but not tin- European and linn - pecic*. 



VIJ1 CLASS. CUYPTOGYNIA.—THE CKYPT1ANS. 



\Zu. Po'ypotU mcrosnm. Stem filiform and smooth; iV.m.l pinnated ; fofioli 

 pinnatifid ; pinnules erose, obtuse, not: bed, t!.::i and ' ; nerves (!< iuose 



aorcs scattered, rounded, unequal. — A.sma1 '•: inches high at utu 

 with a short frond ; it grows on rocks in the kn ib-li >f Kenti 



IX CLASS. MYCOSIA THE FUXGIAX9. 



XXIV. N O. Asastoiiaiit.;. Fructification in ftVxuose lamellar • . ■ -. ai 

 fomosed like a net. — This genus will benext to Mendiua and U 

 spocic.i of them may probabh belong to it. 



121. Jhtastomaria eampamilatu Stipitated fulvous, ; stipe thick; peride cxn 

 par.ulated; netted outside, margin erose, insides scaly and dark spotted.—'! 

 ina\ be the type of the genus. Size four or five inches. It grows in the tat 

 JUew-York. 



122. iftnastomaria dimidiate. Sessile, dimidiated, embricnted, wrinkled ab 

 and fulvous with brown or black zones, netted beneath ; veins often bifid near th • 

 margin. — Near Catskill, slate of New- York. It may be the type of a sub-genu.i 

 St nptilicus. 



Sisoatrcma globtdaris. Stipe lateral, exceedingly short : peride globular, 

 i* above, flattened and reddish brown beneath, with a marginal concentric 

 Arrow — Found on a Beech tree on the Catskill mountains; pores unequal, po- 

 fygonal, lacerated. Perhaps a new genus, iAimyxis, intermediate between Si 

 ttema and Boletus. 



X CLASS. ALGOSIA— THE ALGIANS. 



XXVN. C. Sttpmos. A floating gelatinous andflocose mass, easily divided 

 and homogenous, without any perceptible filaments or organs — A very singular- 

 Reims, nex' to my G. Polarcue. It differs from Conferva, which consists of fixi • 

 nts, and OsciBaloiia of interwoven articulated ones. 1 could not perceive 

 any filaments in it, perhaps a microscope might show some, surrounded by a jelly. 

 The name means Tow in greek. 



124 S/ypiiionJhtitaiu. Floating, elongated perpendicularly ; amorphous, flos- 

 r lacerated; of a dirt) yellowish or brown colour. — Very common on tho 

 Hurfacc of the Ohio jn Summer, having the appearance of pieces of ropes or< ak« 

 cm. It smells like Cmfivva. 



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