botanically arranged. 407 



BULLRUSH. In ponds and rivers. August. 



When properly cured it makes very neat bottoms to chairs ; 

 but they will be much stronger mixed with the leaves of the 

 cat's tail flag, though somewhat coarser. 



Scirpus culmo triquetro nudo acuminata , panicula spicis conglo- 

 merata laterali. Syst. Nat. 



THREE CORNERED RUSH. Banks of ponds and rivers. Aug. 



ERIOPHORUM. Linn. Gen. Plant. 63. 



Eriophorum culmis foliosis leretibus , foliis planis , spica errecta. 

 Syst. Nat. Gramen juncoides lanatum alterum. danicum. Park. 



COTTONGRASS. Pussy. Mossy meadows. May. 



The down of the heads has been used for stuffing pillows and 

 making wicks of candles. 



The indigenous grasses of the second order are numerous, 

 but the limits of this paper would not admit of their being in- 

 serted. A description of these and other native grasses may be 

 the subject of another paper. 



TRIGYNIA. 

 MOLLUGO. Linn. Gen. Plant. 99. 

 Mollugo foliis verticillatis cuneiformibus acutis, caule subdiviso 

 decumbente, pedunculis unifloris. Syst. Nat. Mullugo foliis 

 scepius septenis lanceolatis. Gronov. 



CARPE2-WEED. Stem divided into numerous branches, 

 spreading on the ground. Blossoms greenish white ; in clusters, 

 at the joints. About pathways. July. 



TETRANDRIA. 



MONOGYNIA. 

 ARUM Americanum, betce folio. Catesb. Nat. Hist. 

 SCUNK CABBA GE. Scunkweed. The calix consists of a very- 

 large, permanent Spatha; of a thick, porous substance, ap- 

 proaching- 



