256 BOTANICAL GAZETTE [ocToOBER 
Veratrum viride, Ait., Indian poke, Oxford tees Me. 
Xyrophyllum setifolium, Michx., turkey-beard, N. J. : 
Yucca crea "e Adam’s needle and thread, Harding’s “ With 
the Wild Flower 
Yucca gloriosa, L., Ros candle, the Lord’s candlestick, So. Cal. 
PONT CEA. 
Pontederia cordata, L., moose-ear, Grand Lake, N. B. - 
COMMELINACEZ 
Tradescantia crassifolia ieee Jacob’s ladder, Wandering Jew, Sul- 
rove, io. 
(striped), Joseph’s coat, Sulphur Grove, 
io. 
Tradescantia, sp., in greenhouses, small white flowers pointed like 
corn, corn lily, Sulphur Grove, Ohio. 
Tradescantia, sp., Indian paint,! Mineral Point, Wis. 
ARACE. 
Arisema Pi avilen Torr., wake-robin, West. 
og onion, Rumford, Me. 
memory root, Rutland, Mass. 
Calla palustris, L., water arum, West. 
ALISMACE&. 
Sagittaria variabilts, Engelm., water lily, Southwestern Mo. 
arrow-head, swan root,? Cal. 
CYPERACE. 
nt (all grass-like species), ornamental grass, Sulphur Gran 
Scirpus lacustris, L., cat-tail flag,? Cal. 
j & 
GRAMINE®. 
Agropyrum repens, L., witch grass, Oxford and York counties, Me. | 
Andropogon furcatus, Muhl., and related species, blue-stem ey 
Southwestern Mo. 
Cenchrus tribuloides, L, sand spur, Fla. 
sand bar, Waco, Tex. 
ne spicata, Beauv., witch grass, Oxford and York counties, 
1 The juice said to irritate the skin and make it red. 
2 Used as food ndi 
® Used as food by Indians. 
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