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CORRECTIONS AND ADDITIONS. 



Oc^ I was not so fortunate ns to possess the excellent Flora of Doctor Torroy, untU nfter that ror on of 

 ,he Catalogue, which is comprised in his first Volume, was pnato.l,-otherw,se T m|,.t have "" 'oved n y 

 of 6V0.;..., and profited very n^aterially by the li.ht wh.ch the Doctor has thrown u,.,n the ho ay 

 of this region. I shall not, however, swell these notes bv an attempt at a general -v.s.on he e^bu w.U 

 content myself with a few remarks and corrections. Those errors which are merely typog.aphical, and 

 do not aflfect the sense, will be left to the correction of the reader. 



C01.1.1NSONIA CANADENSIS, page 5 . The flowers of this plant possess the odor of Ho^s,\n^ remark.^ 

 ble degree. 



Heteuanthera. p. 6. The name given to this plant, by Beauvois, m the Transactions of the Ameri. 

 can Philosophical Society, is Heterandra, and not Heteranthera. The names, however, are strictly 

 synonymous. I had not the Transactions at hand, when this part of the Catalogue went to press, in tbe 

 generic description of the plant, for ^^ Anthers, 2 linear, 1 tnangular"-read Anthers 2 roundish, 1 oblong. 



Mariscus GLOMERATUsl p. 9. I am now perfectly satisfied that this plant is the Cypcru.s JLtriscci- 

 dcs, of Elliott and Torrey. 



PoA NEavATA. p. 12. I observed last season (1825) that this grass is very abundar.t inrdlourlow, 

 swampy grounds. 



Panicum CII.IATUM, and P. paucifmritm? p. IS. I am now pretty well satisfied that these are 

 nothing mora than varieties of Doctor Torrey's P. niiidum. 



For P. mil.aceum. p. 16, last line,-read P. GERMAmcuM: or ratlier Setaria germanica. Setaria 

 is the generic name adopted by Dr. Torrey, from Beauvois, for this section of thePanicums;wh!ch 1 con- 

 sider preferable to Penmsetum. The name Setaria, however, appears to have been also appropriatea 

 genus in Cryptogamia. 



Galium circ,t.zans. p. 19. The sweet taste of this species, I observe, is, noticed by ^ Eatm\n 

 his excellent Manual of Botany : a work which i did not possess antU after a considerable portion oi this 

 Catalogue was printed. 



OCT In June 1S23, I found the Galium boreale in this county, on the banks of the Schuylkill, at a 

 place called Black Rock, near the Phcenix Iron works, li was in considerable quantities there; and cs 

 actly resembles a specimen, in my possession, from the North of Europe. 



CoRNUs. p 20. In noticing the fruit of the different species, the word " berries" is inadvertently used 

 instead of drapes. The mature drupes of Cflorida are red. 



P ^N A.-: QUixQUEFOLiuM. p. 34. The word " obovai" occurs in the description of this plant,-and also 

 in a few other inslances,-for which read obovate. Obovai is an incorrect term; although sanctiouca T 

 some respectable authorities. 



The following plant was found since the catalogue went to press, and belongs iopage 35:— 

 Myrrhis procumbens. Tor. Leaves decompound, pinnatifid, sheaths hairy; umbels few flowered. ^^^^ 

 Synon. Chasrophyllum propumbens- Ph. Ell. Nuii- Scandix piocunibens. IVilld. JMulU. Vidgo 

 Fl. L.itter end of April. Fr. mat. 



Hub- Moist, shaded grounds: Brandy wine: frequent. 3 to 9 in lies high: flowers white, ir.mute. 



Ohs. This plant is described as procumhmf. but the stems were upright, in the pP?'^V''"r,'i?o7w^st^ar's 

 have seen. It grows in abundance on the bank of the Braudywine, just below the Eatt ena oi 

 Bridge; but it had escaped my notice until the present season. 



Sarothra hypericoides. p. 3S. The term " acfrose" is strictly applied to crcrf rwi hnear, neei .e 

 shaped leaves, such as the Juniper, &c. and therefore incorrectly used in the description of this plant. 

 Aralia racemosa. p. 38. For " umbtlLnte," read umbellulate. 



Caut^ophtllum. p. 39. After that portion of the catalogue w.is strvck off, I f<''''i'l.«""f ^'''"^^'Jl",";:" 

 litic. of the plant in a small spot in the woods, on tiie we.si Mdt- of Brandy wine, o,.pusite the uppti eml o 

 of John Taylor's Islands. F or a corrected account of the fruit of Uiis plant, See Torreij s Lloia, i o.. ., 

 H'lscs o3.5--6. 



