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quadruplo) a stigmatibus exsertis; capsula tri- 
uetra acuminato-rostrata 1-loculari exserta; seminibus obo- 
vatis breviter apiculatis reticulatis, areis lineolatis.—7. Muh- 
lenbergii, apere Syst. 2,106 (1825); J. viviparus, Conrad 
in Journ. Ac. Phil. 6, old ser. part 1, p. 105; J. Conradi, 
Tuckerm. in Torr. Fl. N.Y. 2, 328 (1843); Gray ia ed. 2, 
482; Chapm. Fl. 495; J. dichotoms in herb. plu 
ar. B, crassioaudety e rhizomate crasso spilled foliisque 
robustioribus.—J. abor are apm 
subtilis, phe os reptan nte vel fluitante radicante foli- 
oso; foliis brevibus setaceis ex axillis prolife ; fioribus sub- 
binis 3-andris.—J/. atone, cards Fl. 1, 191; J. subtilis, E. 
Mey. Syn. Luz, 31; La Harpe Pi 
rom Mewkiondixnd (ex hen pe) and Canada, Macrae, 
westward to Lake Superior, Robbins, and southward, chiefly 
along the coast, to South Carolina, Curtis; var. $. in Florida, 
hapman; var. y. in Canada, Herb. Michaus ——A very p 
culiar and, eniteholoaiealliy; very important — the synon- 
ymy of whic h has been quite obscure. eyer’s original 
diagnosis is too short, so that it Pet strong ashes about 
= identity of the plant he had in view, and.his epee 
comparison of his species with J. lam acaba pus a - para 
‘cujus habitum refert,” necessarily throws botanists 
on se mn tra ck. But La Harpe,* = wrote — two 
writing; a and igus ‘aamed by ange are found in the royal 
iquice 
ries , 1 have with confidence relied on _ eo 
references of a Harpe, especially i n regard to species about whi u 
had existed, such as J. Almitans, acuminatus, and eerste 
