around New Bern, N. C. 43 



The length and aggregation of the spikes do not seem to form 

 a constant character in this genus. Mr. Curtis (in lit.) has pro- 

 posed a new species, (found by him at Wilmington,) under the 

 name of A. cyanostachya, in which he has detected a character 

 in the calycine teeth. It is not improbable that our plants are 

 the same. 



(15.) Gelsemium nitidum, Michx.fl. ; " Yellow Jessamine," 

 Lawson's Carolina.', " Yellow Jessamy," Catesb. Car. I. 53, 

 cum icone. The flowers have a delicious fragrance, but the 

 whole plant is highly narcotic. Abundant on the borders of 

 streams, from North Carolina to Florida. 



(16.) DesmodiUm Boottii, Torrey, .MS.=Desmodmm Mary- 

 landicum, De Cand. not Hedysarum Marylandicum, Linn. 



Desmodium. bracteosum, De Cand.= Hedysarum bracteosurn, 

 Michx. fl. 



Desmodium rotundifolium, De Can6?.=Hfedysarumrotundifo- 

 lium, Pursh,fl. 



Desmodium viridiflorum, De Cand. Hedysarum viridiflo- 

 rum, Z,wra.=H, seaberrimum, Ell. sic. 1 



(17.) Indigofera Caroliniana, Walter, fl. Car. " IndigOj" 

 Lawson's Carolina, p. 95. Frequently cultivated as a substitute 

 for the foreign species, to which it is said to be, in all respects 

 equal, and has the advantage of being perennial in the climate 

 of Carolina. 



(18.) Rhynchosia diftbrmis, De Cand. = G\y cine tomentosa, 

 Nutt. 



(19.) Strophostyles peduncularis, Ell.=Phaseolus peduncu- 

 laris, De Cand. 



(20.) Amelanchier Botryapium, De Canek=Aronia Botry- 

 apium, Persoon, syn. 



(21.) Decumaria barbara, Linn. = D. sarmentosa, Bosc. 

 " Evergreen vine," Lawson's Carolina, p. 95 ? 



(22.) Isnardia alternifolia, De C'awc?.=Ludwigia alternifol. 

 auct. 



Isnardia alata, De Canrf.^Ludwigia alata, Ell. 



(23.) Lagenaria vulgaris, Ser. in De Cand. prod. ? Cucur- 

 bita Lagenaria, Linn. The common gourd is partially na- 

 turalized in the low country of Carolina. " Water melons and 

 gourds the Indians have always had." Lawson's Carolina, p. 



