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adescantia crassifolia (?) Cav., mother-of-thousands, Boston, Mass. 
V ladescantia Virginica, L., spider lily, N. Y., New Orleans, La. 
JUNCACEA, 
Jimcus, sp., sour-grass, Neb. 
Tuncus tenuis, Willd., poverty-grass, West Va. 
wire-grass, Jones Co., Iowa. 
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Acorus Calamus, L., calmus, N. J. ) 
‘isema triphyllum, Torr., wake-robin, Ferrisburgh, Vt. 
ALISMACE. 
| “gittaria vartabilis, Engelm., arrow-leaf; N. Y. 
NAIADACEZ. 
Ustera marina, L.., tiresome weed,! Little Egg Harbor, N. J. 
a CYPERACEZ. 
fs, Sp., higger-wool,? Neb. 
am efusum, Torr., saw-grass, Fla., and other Southern States. 
strigosus,’ L., nut-grass,? Concord, Mass. - 
_ ans tenuts, Schultes, poverty-grass, kill-cow, West Va. 
lacustris, L.., tule, Cal. 
black rush, Minn. 
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um Slaucum, R. & S., slough-grass, pond-grass, Colorado blue- 
' grass, blue-grass, S. W. Neb. 
| wheat-grass, Central Neb. 
7h repens, Beauv., witch-grass,> Penobscot Co., Me. 
bhdpg oo” Té?eatus, Muhl., blue joint,® Minn. - 
1 oh Halliz, Hackel, turkey-foot, W. Neb. 
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* Maine Calamag. ostis Canadensis, Beauv., is blue joint. gare” 
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