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  COLLECTIONS 
  TOWARDS 
  

  

  late 
  Mr 
  M'Bride, 
  and 
  described 
  by 
  Mr 
  Elliott, 
  be 
  the 
  same 
  with 
  that 
  

   which 
  I 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  Wilmington, 
  North 
  Carolina. 
  The 
  

   T. 
  glaberrima 
  attains 
  the 
  height 
  of 
  two 
  or 
  three 
  feet, 
  and 
  bears 
  a 
  spike 
  

   five 
  or 
  six 
  inches 
  in 
  length 
  ; 
  the 
  petals 
  are 
  also 
  oblong 
  instead 
  of 
  ovate, 
  

   and 
  the 
  styles 
  distinct. 
  As 
  far 
  as 
  1 
  yet 
  know, 
  they 
  appear 
  to 
  be 
  dis- 
  

   tinct 
  species. 
  

  

  1. 
  Helonias 
  erythrosperma. 
  — 
  Hab. 
  Near 
  Arkansas, 
  in 
  prairies. 
  

   2. 
  H. 
  angustifolia. 
  — 
  Root 
  bulbous, 
  leaves 
  not 
  remarkably 
  long 
  ; 
  sta- 
  

   mens 
  exserted 
  ; 
  anthers 
  yellow 
  ; 
  seeds 
  angular, 
  subovate. 
  — 
  Hab. 
  Near 
  

   Fort 
  Smith. 
  

  

  Melanthium 
  virginicum. 
  

  

  1 
  . 
  Veratrum 
  luteum 
  ? 
  2. 
  V. 
  angustifolium. 
  — 
  Hab. 
  In 
  the 
  woods 
  

   of 
  Arkansas 
  and 
  Red 
  rivers. 
  

  

  PALMAE. 
  

  

  Sabae 
  Mansoni 
  (Rhapis 
  acaulis, 
  Willd. 
  vol. 
  4, 
  p. 
  1093). 
  This 
  

   palm 
  first 
  makes 
  its 
  appearance 
  a 
  few 
  miles 
  below 
  the 
  southern 
  boun- 
  

   dary 
  of 
  the 
  Arkansas 
  territory, 
  along 
  the 
  banks 
  of 
  the 
  Mississippi. 
  

   There 
  is 
  a 
  variety 
  of 
  it 
  which 
  forms 
  a 
  caudex 
  twelve 
  or 
  eighteen 
  inches 
  

   above 
  ground, 
  bearing 
  leaves 
  of 
  nearly 
  double 
  the 
  usual 
  dimensions, 
  

   and 
  a 
  proportionably 
  tall 
  spadix. 
  

  

  SMILACEAE. 
  

  

  1. 
  Smilax 
  rotundifolia. 
  2. 
  S. 
  sarsaparilla. 
  3. 
  S. 
  tamnoides. 
  4. 
  

   S. 
  lanceolata. 
  5. 
  S. 
  herbacea. 
  

   Did 
  score 
  a 
  quaternata. 
  

   Gyromia 
  virginica 
  (Medeola 
  virginica, 
  Linn.). 
  

  

  1. 
  Trilltum 
  sessile. 
  — 
  Obs. 
  Of 
  this 
  species 
  there 
  are 
  a 
  northern 
  and 
  

   southern 
  variety, 
  which 
  vary 
  in 
  their 
  time 
  of 
  flowering 
  and 
  magni- 
  

   tude. 
  (3 
  praecox, 
  petals 
  cuneate-ovate, 
  about 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  calix. 
  

   — 
  Hab. 
  From 
  Louisiana 
  to 
  North 
  Carolina, 
  y 
  boreale, 
  petals 
  lance- 
  

   olate, 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  calix, 
  flowers 
  later. 
  T. 
  sessile, 
  Pursh, 
  1, 
  p. 
  244. 
  

   — 
  Hab. 
  In 
  Pennsylvania. 
  

  

  2. 
  T. 
  *unguiculatum. 
  Flore 
  sessili, 
  erecto 
  ; 
  petalis 
  ovatis, 
  ungui- 
  

   culatis 
  ; 
  calicibus 
  reflexis 
  ; 
  foliis 
  petiolatis, 
  lato-ovatis, 
  acutis. 
  — 
  Hab. 
  

  

  