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  filamentis 
  subulatis. 
  — 
  Hab. 
  On 
  the 
  margins 
  of 
  brooks, 
  in 
  the 
  prairies 
  

   of 
  Red 
  river. 
  — 
  Obs. 
  The 
  plant 
  commonly 
  twice 
  the 
  ordinary 
  size 
  of 
  

   A. 
  angulosum 
  ; 
  the 
  flowers 
  also 
  white, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  the 
  root, 
  which 
  in 
  

   the 
  other 
  is 
  covered 
  with 
  dark 
  coloured 
  reticulated 
  sphacelous 
  coatings 
  ; 
  

   spatha 
  in 
  both 
  3-valved, 
  and 
  the 
  cells 
  of 
  the 
  capsule 
  1 
  -seeded. 
  

  

  3. 
  A. 
  *ochroleucum. 
  Scapo 
  nudo 
  subtereti 
  ; 
  foliis 
  linearibus 
  angus- 
  

   tis 
  rectis, 
  subtus 
  subconvexis 
  ; 
  umbella 
  pauciflora 
  ; 
  corolla 
  subcampanu- 
  

   lata 
  ; 
  filamentis 
  subulatis. 
  — 
  Hab. 
  In 
  elevated 
  prairies 
  throughout 
  the 
  

   Arkansas 
  territory. 
  — 
  Obs. 
  Nearly 
  allied 
  to 
  A. 
  fragrans,the 
  flowers 
  also 
  

   equally 
  odorous, 
  and 
  the 
  whole 
  plant 
  destitute 
  of 
  the 
  characteristic 
  

   alliaceous 
  scent 
  and 
  taste; 
  bulb 
  covered 
  with 
  brown 
  unreticulated 
  

   sphacelous 
  coatings, 
  similar 
  to 
  that 
  of 
  a 
  Scilla; 
  scape 
  four 
  or 
  five 
  inches 
  

   high; 
  spathe 
  2-valved, 
  obtuse; 
  flowers 
  from 
  six 
  to 
  nine 
  in 
  the 
  umbell, 
  

   turbinate-campanulate, 
  greenish 
  white, 
  and 
  of 
  a 
  delicate 
  fragrance 
  ; 
  the 
  

   filaments 
  subulate 
  and 
  simple, 
  not 
  flat 
  and 
  linear 
  as 
  in 
  A. 
  fragrans 
  ; 
  

   the 
  leaves 
  not 
  half 
  the 
  breadth 
  which 
  they 
  attain 
  in 
  that 
  species, 
  shorter 
  

   than 
  the 
  scape, 
  and 
  a 
  little 
  convex 
  beneath. 
  

  

  Yucca 
  recurvifolia? 
  — 
  On 
  the 
  hills 
  a 
  few 
  miles 
  from 
  Fort 
  Smith.* 
  

  

  Pancratium 
  maritimum. 
  — 
  Near 
  Arkansas. 
  

  

  Crinum 
  Mmericanum. 
  — 
  Throughout 
  the 
  Arkansas 
  territory, 
  in 
  ri- 
  

   ver 
  marshes 
  and 
  wet 
  prairies, 
  often 
  in 
  great 
  abundance, 
  particularly 
  

   near 
  Red 
  river. 
  

  

  Hypoxis 
  erecta. 
  — 
  Near 
  the 
  Cadron 
  settlement. 
  

  

  IRIDEAE. 
  

  

  Sisyrinchium 
  anceps. 
  — 
  In 
  the 
  prairies 
  this 
  plant 
  often 
  occurs 
  in 
  

   tensive 
  masses 
  with 
  the 
  flowers 
  of 
  unusual 
  magnitude. 
  

   1. 
  Iris 
  versicolor. 
  2. 
  I. 
  htxagona. 
  3. 
  I. 
  cuprea? 
  

  

  * 
  In 
  the 
  Royal 
  Botanic 
  Garden 
  at 
  Paris, 
  there 
  was 
  in 
  1814 
  a 
  species 
  of 
  Yucca 
  cultivated, 
  

   called 
  Y. 
  Boscii, 
  discovered 
  by 
  M. 
  Bosc 
  in 
  Upper 
  Carolina, 
  and 
  very 
  nearly 
  allied 
  to 
  Y. 
  

   angustifolia 
  of 
  the 
  Missouri, 
  but 
  distinguished 
  by 
  its 
  subcarinately 
  convex 
  leaves, 
  which 
  were 
  

   green 
  and 
  not 
  glaucous, 
  but 
  they 
  were 
  equally 
  narrow 
  and 
  filamentiferous. 
  

  

  