ADDENDA. 449 



Page 30, after N. tuberosa, insert, 



4 K. flava, Leitner. Yellow Water-Lily. Leaves ovate-orbicular, lobes acutely pointed ; 

 root-stocks erect; flowers yellow. Figured in Audubon's "Birds of America," 1843. 

 Otherwise unknown until re-discovered by Mrs. Mary Treat, May, 1877, in the St. Johns 

 River, Fla. (See Meeharis Native Flowers and Ferns, Series 2, p. 121.) 



Page 206, in place of genus 29, insert, 



29. SHORTIA, T. & G. Calyx of 5 ovate, distinct, imbricated sepals. 

 Corolla of 5 oblong-obovate, crenulate petals, united at base. Stamens 5, 

 included, inserted on the base of the corolla and alternating with the 

 petals ; anthers innate, cordate. Style slender, persistent on the roundish, 

 3-celled, 3-valved capsule. Seeds numerous and small. Plant glabrous, 

 acaulescent, with the round-oval, crenate-dentate leaves on long petioles 

 and shorter than the scapes. Each scape bears several small bracts above, 

 and 1 white flower. 



S. galacifolla T. & G. High mountains of Carolina. Michaux, A.D. 1780. Re-discovered 

 in 1878, by Geo. M. Hyams, in McDowell Co., N. Car. ! Scapes about 3' high. Flowers 

 white, near 1' diam. Leaves 1 2' long, resembling those of a Pyrola more than Galax. 



