132 Curtis^s Enumeration of 



crenate, sessile. Bracteas lanceolate, Vid. Smith's 

 Eng. Flora. Unpleasantly scented. 



Found in Green's lower rice field^ and elsewhere 

 hardly naturalized? Probably introduced by the early 

 English settlers. 



(33) Iris verna. The plant described by Nuttall. Is 

 It I. cristata, Hort. Kew. ? The description of Pursh 

 appears to have been made from young specimens. 



(34) Sisyrinchium Bermudidnum. Elliott's plant 

 doubtless, but I can discover no difference between it 

 and S. anceps of the Northern States. 



(35) BUiia aphjlla. " Superior every way to B. 

 Tankervillii, with the odor of Iris verna." McRee in 



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(36) Cymbidium graminifdlium. If size, different 

 shaped leaves, and different period of flowering can con- 

 stitute specific character, this is distinct from the C. pul- 

 chellum. The narrow leaved one, flowers the last of 

 April, the other about the first of June, when the former 

 has nearly or quite disappeared. 



(37) Juncus megacephalusi J. echinatus, E. non M. 

 Stem 3 feet high, leafy, smooth, and like the leaves, 



interrupted by valves. Leaves terete, acute; Sheath 

 3-4 inches long, open ; Stipule bifid ; Panicle terminal, 

 dichotomously branched ; Heads 10-15, large, o-lobose, 

 70-90 flowered, one sessile in each fork of the panicle ; 

 Bracts (exterior calyx, M.) mucronate; Galyx valves 

 equal in length, linear, the exterior broadest, pungently 

 acute, shorter than the acuminate capsule. 



Hab. rice fields. Flow^ers June. 



It is difficult to find characters which will clearly dis- 

 tinguish this plant from J. polycephalus, except in the 

 large, globose heads, which give it an aspect verv different 



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