PLANTS OF ONEIDA COUNTY AND VICINITY. 131 



II. MONOCOTYLEDONS. Monocotyledons. 



ARACE.E. Arums. 



AB.IS2EMA, Martins. Indian Turnip. 



w triphyllum, Torrey. Three-leaved, Ariscsma. 



Ravine -sides, moist woods. Common. May. 



dracoxtioi, Schott. Dragon Ariscema. 



Damp thickets on the flats of the Mohawk. Frequent. May. 



PELTAXDRA, Rqfi?iesque. Arrow-leaved Arum. 



* YIRGINICA, Raf. Virginian Peltandra. 



Swamps, sides of streams. Frequent. June, July. 



CALLA, L. Wild Calla. 



* paltjstris, L. Marsh Calla. 



Bogs, streams ponds. Frequent. Common on Graefenherg hill. 



Often with two, and sometimes three spathes surrounding one spadix. 



May - August. 



SYMPLOCARPUS, Salisbury. Skunk Cabbage. 



* fcetidus, Salisb. Fetid Symplocarpus. 



Low meadows, swamps. Common. March, April. 



ORONTIUM, L. Golden-dub. 



AQUATIC Ol, L. . Floating Orontium. 



Borders of a pond in Gilhertsville, Otsego county. H. Lathrop in herb. The 

 specimen of this plant is clear, and that it was gathered within the limits of 

 a hotanical walk from this place is certain. The station, however, is wonder- 

 fully inland for a plant usually found around ponds near the coast and in 

 river-marshes of tide-water, being nearly four hundred miles up the Susque- 

 hanna valley. Rare. May. 



ACORUS, L. Sweet-flag. 



» calamus, L. Reed Calamus. 



Rivulet-marshes. Common. June. 



TYPHACE.E. Typhads. 



TYPHA, Tournefort. Cat-tails. 



# latifolia, L. Wide-leaved Typha. 



Swamps. Common. June, July. 



% angustifolia, L. Narroiv-leaved Typha. 



Common around Onondaga lake and west of Syracuse. June. 



SPARGANIUM, Tournefort. Bur-reeds. Spargania. 



' efrtcarpum, Fngelmann. Broad-fruited Sparganium. 



Lake and river borders. Abundant along the outlet of Canaderaga lake, 



Exeter. Otsego county. Probably not uncommon on the flats of the Mohawk. 



Its habit alone would distinguish this species, the plant being as large 



again in all its parts as the following. August, September. 



BAMOSUM, Hudson. Branched-headed Sparganium. 



Marshes along streams. Common. July, August. 



