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* Orontium aquaticum L. 1775. North America. "Golden 



Club." Common hardy aquatic ; bears a long narrow 

 spadix of dense odorous flowers. 



* Pinellia tuberifera Tenore. (Arum.) 1774. Japan. Hardy. 



* Paspalum distichum L. 1776. Jamaica (?). Southern States 



of North America. A pampas grass, on wet ground. 

 *P Festuca spadicea L. A graceful Fescue-grass. 



* Adiantum villosum L. 1775. Jamaica. " Hairy-stalked 



Maidenhair." 



* Asplenium platyneuron L. 1779. North America. "Ebony 



Spleenwort." A beautiful fern. 



* Woodwardia virginica L. 1774. North America. A decora- 



tive greenhouse fern with broad arching fronds. 



The above list has been compiled from Aiton's Hortus Kewensis, 

 with information obtained from other works. Most of the starred 

 plants are grown at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. The 

 author would here record his indebtedness to botanical friends 

 for valuable references and corrections, by which he trusts that 

 his errors have been minimised. He asks to be allowed to 

 mention in particular Dr. B. Daydon Jackson, General Secretary 

 of the Linnean Society, whose ungrudging aid has always been 

 readily given; and Professor I. Bayley Balfour, F.R.S., of the 

 Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh. Sir F. W. Moore of the 

 Royal Botanic Garden, Glasnevin, Ireland, and Edmund Gilbert 

 Baker, of the British Museum Herbarium, have also rendered 

 kind assistance. 



