19 



1 7- Scirpiis occidentalis S. Watson. — Tule, Salt Lake Valley, 

 Utah. (A. Wetmore.) 



i8. Scirpus paludosiis A. Nelson. — Tule, bayonet grass, Salt 

 Lake Valley, Utah (A. Wetmore) ; latter name used in North 

 Dakota also. (F. P. Metcalf.) 



19. Rhynochspora cornicidata Lamarck. — Spade grass, Savan- 

 nah, Ga. 



POXTEDERIACEAE 



20. Heteranthera duhia Jacquin. — Buffalo grass, Reelfoot 

 Lake, Tenn. This is the plant to which the name buffalo grass is 

 most frequently applied; however the term is loosely used to 

 denote any submerged vegetation other than cedar moss (Cera- 

 tophyllum) to which buffalo fish resort; in this way sometimes 

 applied to Naias flexiUs and Philotria canadensis. 



JUXCACEAE 



21. Juncus effusus L. — Sugar grass, Lower Klamath Lake, 



Calif. 



Melaxthaceae 



22. Veratrum viride Alton. — Rattle-snake root. (Schoepf, 

 I, p. 319-) 



LiLIACEAE 



23. Brodiaea sp. — Wild onion, ground-nut, Los Angeles, 

 Calif. 



24. Yiicca gloriosa L. — Palmetto, Florida. (Schoepf, II, p. 243.) 



Trilliaceae 



25. Trillium spp. — Corn lilies. Traverse City, Mich. 



Smilacaceae 



26. Smilax herbacea L. — Field yam-root, Manitowoc, Wis., 

 R. M. Strong; Bohea tea, Mercersburg, Pa., Detwiller. 



27. Smilax bona-nox L. — Stretch-berry, Charleston, S. C, 

 J. W. Harshberger. 



27a. Smilax spp. — Bull-grip, Goose Creek, S. C. 



Iridaceae 



28. Iris verna L. — Violet, South Carolina. (Schoepf, II, p. 

 138.) 



