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29. Zizania aquatica L. — Black rice, among a dozen names listed by Chas. 



E. Chambliss (Journ. Washington Acad. Sci., 30(5) : May 1940) 

 is additional to those usually recorded ; wilde Reiss (Wied, 

 Reise, 2:83). 



30. Spartina alterniflora Loiseleur-Deslongechamps. — Salt-marsh, coastal 



South Carolina, C. Cottam; sea cane, canne du mer, coastal 

 Louisiana, Lynch. 



31. Spartina cynosuroides L. — Cane-marsh, coastal South Carolina, C. Cot- 



tam. ; hog cane, canne au cochon, quill cane, coastal Louisiana, Lynch. 



32. Spartina patens Alton. — Wildcat grass, paille chat-tigre, wire grass, 



coastal Louisiana, Lynch. 



33. Spartina spartinae Trinius. — Sacahuista, Louisiana, C. Cottam. 



34. Bulbilis dactyloides Nuttall. — Prairie hay, northern Great Plains, A. A. 



Tache (Sketch of n. w. America, 1870, p. 10). 



35. Phragmites phragniites L. — Roseau cane, coastal Louisiana, Lynch. 



36. Distichlis spicata L. — Paille sale, Louisiana, Lynch. 



Cyperaceae. 37. Scirpus acutiis Muhlenberg. — Moses weed, New Mexico, 

 C. Cottam. 



38. Scirpus californicus Meyer. — Blue grass, Louisiana, C. Cottam ; bull- 



whip, fouet, jonc rond, round rush, Louisiana, Lynch. 



39. Scirpus olneyi A. Gray. — Paille d'oie, jonc au trois quarts, Louisiana, 



Lynch. 



40. Scirpus robnsttis Pursh. — Coco, coco grass, Louisiana, C. Cottam, 



Lynch ; leafy three-square, three-cornered grass, Louisiana ; turks- 

 head, coastal South Carolina, C. Cottam. 



41. Cladium jamaicense Crantz. — Redtop, jonc coupant, Louisiana, Lynch. 

 Araceae. 42. Arisaema triphylhmi L. — Plant-of-peace, N. N. Puckett (Folk 



beliefs of the southern negro, 1926, p. 245). 

 43. Peltandra glauca Elliott. — Cruel man-of-the-woods, N. N. Puckett 



(Folk beliefs of the southern negro, 1926, p. 245). 

 PoNTEDERiACEAE. 44. Pontedcria cordata L. — Bull-tongue, langue du boeuf. 



Louisiana, Lynch ; blue bull-tongue, Louisiana, C. Cottam. 

 JuNCACEAE. 45. J uncus roemerianns Scheele. — Jonc negre, jonc piquant, 



fouet, whip, Louisiana, Lynch; needle grass, salt rush, coastal 



South Carolina, C. Cottam. 

 LiLiACEAE. 46. Lilium canadense L. — Bitter-root; tra-chin (of the Carrier 



Indians), J. K. Lord (The naturalist in x x x British Columbia, 



1866, 2, p. 228). 

 47. Erythronium americanum Ker. — Easter lily, Allen County, Kansas, 



Philip F. Allan ; "fawn lily would be better than adder's tongue. 



Still better is the name 'trout-lily,' which has recently been pro- 

 posed," John Burroughs (Riverby, 1895 edit., p. 25) ; common fawn 



lily, Robert B. Troxel (Pennsylvania Game News 13(1) :26, April 



1942. 

 CoNVALLARiACEAE. 48. CUntonia borealis Alton. — Bear's corn, Maine, John 



Burroughs (Signs and Seasons, 1895 edit., p. 125) ; Canada may- 



