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  COLLECTIONS 
  TOWARDS 
  

  

  Acorus 
  calamus. 
  — 
  Hab. 
  From 
  the 
  town 
  of 
  Arkansas 
  to 
  the 
  Pecan- 
  

   nerie 
  settlement. 
  

  

  Typha 
  latifolia. 
  

  

  CYPEROIDEAE. 
  

  

  1. 
  Carex 
  rosea. 
  2. 
  C. 
  tentaculata. 
  3. 
  C. 
  lupulina. 
  4. 
  C, 
  Jiava. 
  

   5. 
  C. 
  folliculata. 
  6. 
  C. 
  plantaginia. 
  7. 
  C. 
  anceps, 
  &c. 
  

  

  Scleria 
  reticularis. 
  

  

  Fuirena 
  squarrosa. 
  — 
  Obs. 
  The 
  root 
  in 
  winter 
  becomes 
  bulbous. 
  

  

  Scirpus 
  trichodes. 
  2. 
  S. 
  palustris. 
  3. 
  S. 
  lacustris. 
  4. 
  S. 
  quad- 
  

   rangulatus. 
  — 
  Rare. 
  5. 
  S. 
  autumnalis. 
  

  

  1. 
  Rhynchospora 
  alba. 
  2. 
  R. 
  longirostris. 
  

  

  1. 
  Schoenus 
  setaceus. 
  2. 
  S. 
  effusus. 
  

  

  1. 
  Mariscus 
  retrofractus. 
  2. 
  M. 
  echinatus. 
  

  

  I. 
  Cypertts 
  poaeformis. 
  2. 
  C. 
  pygmaeus, 
  Cavan. 
  ic 
  6, 
  p. 
  65, 
  t. 
  568, 
  

   f. 
  2 
  ; 
  C. 
  uncinatus 
  Ph. 
  — 
  Scarcely 
  distinct 
  from 
  C. 
  squarrosus 
  of 
  India. 
  

   3. 
  C. 
  brizaeus. 
  4. 
  C. 
  Jlavescens. 
  5. 
  C. 
  hydra. 
  6. 
  C. 
  flavicomus. 
  

   — 
  Obs. 
  The 
  roots 
  of 
  several 
  of 
  these 
  species 
  become 
  fragrant 
  when 
  

   dried. 
  

  

  Kyllingia 
  pumila. 
  — 
  Hab. 
  Banks 
  of 
  the 
  Mississippi. 
  

  

  GRAMINEAE. 
  

  

  Limnetis 
  cynosuroides. 
  

  

  Greenia.* 
  Calix 
  coriaceus, 
  oblongus, 
  bivalvis, 
  uniflorus; 
  corolla 
  

   inclusa, 
  bivalvis 
  ; 
  valva 
  exteriore 
  sub 
  apice 
  integra 
  aristata 
  ; 
  perisporium 
  

   bipartitum. 
  Panicula 
  multiflora, 
  subracemosa 
  ; 
  stipulis 
  membranaceis. 
  

  

  G. 
  JLrkansana. 
  Root 
  fibrous, 
  annual 
  ? 
  Culm 
  about 
  twelve 
  to 
  eigh- 
  

   teen 
  inches 
  high 
  ; 
  leaves 
  short 
  and 
  narrow', 
  often 
  pubescent 
  ; 
  stipules 
  

   membranaceous; 
  panicle 
  slender, 
  partly 
  racemose. 
  Calix 
  indurated; 
  

   valves 
  oblong, 
  scabrous, 
  semiterete 
  and 
  acute, 
  awnless, 
  including 
  the 
  

   corolla 
  ; 
  valves 
  of 
  the 
  corolla 
  linear-oblong, 
  acute, 
  naked 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  : 
  the 
  

   exterior 
  awned 
  below 
  the 
  summit, 
  which 
  is 
  entire 
  ; 
  awn 
  at 
  first 
  straight, 
  

   about 
  twice 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  corolla, 
  spirally 
  twisted 
  by 
  desiccatioD. 
  

   persistent. 
  

  

  * 
  In 
  honour 
  of 
  B. 
  D. 
  Greene, 
  Esq. 
  well 
  known 
  as 
  an 
  assiduous 
  botanist. 
  

  

  