LXXVII. 



ACORUS CALAMUS. 



Common Sweet Flag. 



Class VI. Hexandria.- Order I. Monogynia. 

 Nat. Ord. AaoiDEiE. 



Gen. Char. Mowers aiTanged upon a spadix without a 

 spatha. Peria?itk of six scales, inferior. Stigma sessile. 

 Capsule mdehiscent, three-celled, many-seeded. 



Spec. Char. Point of the scape very long, leafy. 



SYNONYMES. 



Greek »»t^as. 



r Acorus verus, sive Calamus aromaticus ofBcinarum. Bauh. 

 I ^'"■' 34. Raii Syn. 437- Park Theatr. 140 



^'""' < ^"'"is verus officinis falso Calamus. Ger. Em. 62. 



I Typha aromatica clava rugosa. Hist. ox. s. 8. t. ?3. 

 . LAcorus Calamus. Lin. Sp. PL 462. 

 French Roseau aromatique ; Acore odorant. 



''^^'''"' ^coro ; Calamo aromatico ; Canna odorifera 



Spanish Acoro aromatico. 



Portuguese. . . Acoro Calamo ; Canna cheirosa. 



Sr;."-::;V. SI"!' «'""^'"""°-'^«''«— <= De„.soheZU,w.r. 



Danish.. .... Calmus. 



Swedish Kalmus. 



Bohemian .... Prustworec. 



^o^ish Tatarskie ziele. 



Persian Vadge. 



Malabar Vaymbu. 



Japanese Kawa-sob. 



Arabic Vage. 



Sanscrit Vacha ; Haimavati. 



Tamool. Va.ssambu. 



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