170 S/£A .WOSSh'S. 



and flonls to ihc surface , and is driven in shore. 

 'llK-n like Ma( U-th's bltKMly hand, it almost srcm<; the 



"Mull t»i.linoo» •ca» lo incarn»linc, 

 M^kitijc ihc crrm — one tcJ." 



There hes l>ef«)re me as 1 write, lulf a dorcn splemlid 

 fronds taken at thai season. <»n the i^bbly Ix-arh, 

 where the Hessians lande<l at the Kittle of L«n, A, 



just IkIow Fort Hanuiton. New York. They arc from 

 one and one-lulf to two a 1 one lulf feci long, and 

 three to Amr inc hes wide. |Krfet t in outline, an<l of 

 a mi)sl Uautifnl rosy red. wiih just a shade of < 

 here and there. They wouhl make ex<juisilc pictures 

 framed as junnels. .\ re<lu« ed «0|.y of one of thcra 

 adorns this volume, in PLiie XII. 'l"hey are delicate 

 plants, and must U- treated tenderly, an. 

 siK<imens were carried, rolled up in ncwsfxipi r^. fmm 

 New York to e.istern Massarhuscits. 250 m... .. -md 

 kept twenty-four hours otit of water, l)cforc they were 

 mounted. ^ 



Genus.— DEIJiSSERlA^ Urn. 



Dklessrria simona. Lam. 

 The DiUsseria with a sinuous or indented outline 

 is a deep water pUint. growing on the roots of Lam- 



* NAiactI fut l>eWi*crt, a Kirnch buunist. 



