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length of the anthers ; akene obovate, with a long and curved beak + or 3 
its len ength. 
VARIABLE Sacirrarta. Arrow-head. 
tnt perennial producing oval fleshy tubers (or rhizomas) 1-2 or 3 inches in diameter. 
ves 3 or 4-8 or 10 — — Be ding the Tobes), and 1 or 2- $ pe wide, 
ciate tobe at base,—th te-lanceolate, about as long as the lamina of the leaf ; 
4-12 or 15 inches lou. ae é 9-18 inches high, smooth. Pedlicels gee quarter 
to hk if an inch long, with pvr oe aie bracts at heme Pistillate € otaite = — 
a and swampy springs ; dedeag il the United States. FI. July-August. Fr. 
“5 soccorrae — October, 
Obs. This ot gee pity es te A ht ts in ditches oy bi places, and 
the observing farmer 
is of a size to a ¢ the n he Some half- 
dozen varieties, | sae n Sees in s pe. Ves, 
are d says that the Indians and Swedes called the plant 
“ Katniss” ; and that the tubers were sometimes “as big as a man’s fist” ; 
that whe: , they tasted well, but were rather dry. (See Travels, 
n tas e 
vol. 2, pp. 96, 97.) Hogs are fond of the tubers,—and Bags these ani- 
m 
als have access to oe Ri of growth, are apt to disfigure the 
ground very much ~~ Draining is the remedy oe this, and for 
most other aquatic w 
0, L., or Water Plantain, (belonging toa genus 
j which represents the Order,) i is Redhat in wet plac area at one seri 
made some noise among gossi dealers in marvellous specifics, as 
certain remedy for Hydrophebis but it was soon forgotten,—and is 
now catty noticeable, even as a weed. 
OrpER LXXV. BROMELIA’CEZ. hides Fanny.) 
Chiefly tropical herbs or suffruticose p! h perennial rhizomas and 
ood by rigid, dry and saan elled ae schenthing at base ee mewry or — on the 
surfac Flowers perfect, spicate, racemose, or paniculate, bracteate oe. Péals 
3. Stamens 6, more. Ovary free, or adnate to the calyx, 3-celled ; style trigonous, 
_ Simple sennlities separable into 3 ; 3. Fruit 3-celled ci avr ‘and todetaacoat : 
bed more frequently ce ped and and septic idally A pone loculicidally alved. Seeds 
albumen. ; testa, coriaceous ; embryo small, straight or curved, A tie teow abiaeee 
The plant of chief interest, in this Order, is that which affords the delicious Pine-apple ; 
the fruit of which is formed’ re the use mn se or pps Be vile eo Las owas flowers, 
bracts, and receptacle into one fleshy succulent mass, which is whed with a 
terminal tuft of leaves. 
1. TILLAND’SIA, L. Lone Moss. 
[Named in honor of Elias Tillands, a Swedish Botanist.] 
Calyx free from tke ovary, unequally 3-parted, persistent—the ee | 
Somewhat convolute. Corolla ‘Salt, tubular below, spreading above. 
Stamens ones mostl to the 
petals; anthers incumbent. aor se se Horm ated at 
apex, straight or twisted. , cylindrical or ovoid, 
