CATALOGUE OF PLANTS. 229 
SuB-CLASS 2.-MONOCOTYLEDONE. 
HYDROCHARIDE. 
EBLODBA, Michz. 
Water-weed. 
BB. Canadensis, Michx. (Anacharis Canadensis, Planch.) 
Ponds and slow streams. Frequent throughout the State. 
VALLISNERIA, L. 
. 7 Hel-grass. Tape-grass. 
V. spiralis, L. 
In the larger streams and rivers. Common or frequent 
throughout the State. This is the “ Wild Celery” of Chesa- 
peake Bay. Its root is the favorite food of the canvas-back 
duck—C. E. Smith. 
LIMNOBIUM, Rich. 
5 : Frog’s-bit. 
L. Spongia, Rich. 
Monmouth: Swimming River, rare—Knieskern. Not recently 
collected, and not seen by me from the State. 
ORCHIDEZ. 
MICROSTYLIS, Nutt. 
Adder’s Mouth. 
M. unifolia (Michx.), B.S. P. (Mf. ophioglossoides, Nutt.) 
In woods. Bergen: Closter—Austin; Rutherfurd—Schuh. 
Hudson: New Durham Swamp—Torrey Catalogue; Bergen 
Point— Leggett. Middlesex: South Amboy— Miss Boice. 
Monmouth: Red Bank—Leggett; Keyport—R. W. Brown. 
Mercer :—Torrey. Atlantic: Hammonton—Bassett. 
