AND VICINITY. 



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II. MONOCOTYLEDONS. 



Monocotyledons. 



ARACEJE. 



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ARIS^MA, Martius. 



triphyllttm, Torrey. 



Ravine-sides, moist woods. 



DRACONTIUM, Schott. 



Damp thickets on the flats of the Mohawk. 



PELTANDRA, Rafinesque. 

 VIRGINICA, Raf. 



Swamps, sides of streams. 



Arums. 



Indian Turnip. 

 Three-leaved Ariscema. 

 Common. May. 



Dragon Aris&ma. 

 Frequent. May. 



Arrow-leaved Arum. 

 Virginian Peltandra. 

 Frequent. June, July. 



Wild Calla. 

 Marsh Calla. 



CALLA, L. 



PALTJSTRIS, L. 



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



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



May - August. 



SYMPLOCARPUS, Salisbury. 

 FCETIDUS, Salisb. 



Low meadows, swamps. 



Skunk Cabbage. 

 Fetid Symplocarpus. 

 Common. March, April. 



ORONTIUM, L. Golden-club. 



aquaticum, L. Floating Orontium. 



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

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

 a botanical 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. 



CALAMUS, L. 



Rivulet-marshes. 



Sweet-flag. 

 Reed Calamus. 

 Common. June. 



TYPHACEvE. 

 TYPHA, Tournefort. 



LATIFOLIA, L. 

 Swamps. 



ANGUSTIFOLIA, L. 

 Common around On 



Typhads. 



Cat-tails. 

 Wide-leaved Typha. 

 Common. June, July. 



Narrow-leaved Typha. 

 lake and west of Syracuse. June. 



SPARGANIUM, Tournefort. Bur-reeds. Spargania. 



ettrycarpum, Engelmann. 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. 



ramosum, Hudson. Branched- headed Sparganium. 



Marshes along streams. Common. July, August. 



