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or style concave nearly its whole length, including two? 

 masses of sulphur yellow farinaceous pollen, the concavity 

 or cell closed by a lanceolate oblong articulated opercu- 

 lum. 



Triphora pendula, JsfuttalPs Gen. 2. p. 193. 



Arethusa pendula. Willd, 



Neottiatortilis. Willd. 



N. cernua. Willd. 



MONOECIA. 



Urtica. Apparently new, but too imperfect for descrip- 

 tion. 



Parietaria floridana. Muttall. 2. p. 208. 



Amaranthus pumilus. Kuttall. 2. p. 210. 



Quercus virens. Willd. 



Quercus laurifolia. Willd. 



Q. maritima. Willd. 



Q. imbricaria. Willd. 



Caryaaquatica. Juglans aquatica. Miehaux. Avh.Yore^t. 



Pinus palustris. Willd. 



Acalypha caroliniana. Willd. 



Croton maritimum. Wtlld. 



C. glandulosum. Willd. 



Ephorbia cyathophora. Willd, 



E. maritima. 



Jatropha manihot ? Lin. 



The celebrated root from which the Cassava bread is 

 made, and which, according to Thenet, was used over an 

 extent of two thousand leagues. Sloane also adds, "It is 

 of the most general use of any provision all over the West 

 Indies, especially the hotter parts, and is used to victual 

 ships." Hist. 1. p. 130. The sap of the root, which in a 

 raw state is poisonous, " evaporated over the fire, gives the 

 Tapioca meal, and the leaves, when boiled, are eaten after 

 the manner of spinage. Sloane's Hist. vol. I. p. 131. In 

 the specimen collected by Mr. Ware, the lobes of the leaf 

 instead of being simple are subdivided. It may still, how- 

 ever, be the same plant in a state of luxuriance. 

 Stillingia sylvatica. Willd. 



Phyllanthus obovata. Willd. Apparently perennial by 

 the effect of climate. 



