■j02 Catalogue of Plants grozving in East-Florida. 



SYNGENESIA.— Segnegata. 

 Klephatitopus carolinianus. Willd. 3. p. 239D. 

 GYNANDRIA. 



Muranta anindinacea, culmo ramoso lierbaceo, foliis ova- 

 to-lanceolatis; ; floribus subpanioulatis. 



M. arundinacea, cannacori folio ; Mart. Cent. 39. t. 39. 



Caniia Indica, radice alba alexipharmica. Sloane. Jam. 

 1. p. 253. t. 149. r. 2. Representing merely the figure ot" 

 the leaf, and says that it had been introduced intothe island 

 of Jamaica from Dominica. It is believed to be a native 

 of South America. 



Tc. Redoutc's Liliacea, t. 57. 



This plant was seen in extensive marshy fields by Mr. 

 Ware, about the latitude of 28°, and agrees in every im- 

 portant particular with the officinal plant, except in the ab- 

 sence of hairs upon the leaves, the nodes are, however, 

 pubescent. The fruit by abortion presents a round one- 

 seeded nut. 



Maranta arundinacea. B. pumila, culmo simplici, floribus 

 fasciculato-paniculatis. 



Observations. — Perhaps the mere autumnal shoots of 

 the preceding ; Mr. Ware, however, considered it a? 

 something di&tinct from its uniform dwarf habit. 



Habenaria repens? NuttaWs Gen. 2. p. 190. 

 Cranichismultiflora. Elliot. JVit/ia/Z's Gen. 2. p. 191. 



Observations.— Leaves nearly all radical, ovate, one 

 or two however embracing the lower part of the stem. 

 Upper part of the stem pubescent. Flowers greenish, 

 somewhat remote, about twenty, more or less, forming a 

 raceme four or five inches in length. Bractes ovate and 

 acuminate of a sphacelous membranaceous consistence, 

 and less than one half the length of the germ. Cateral 

 segments of the corolla, ovate and oblique, connivent with 

 the uppermost ; innermost segments dilated, broader and 

 nerved. Lip inverted or situated behind, unguiculated, 

 the lamina concave, and abruptly accuminated. Column 



