•» ,! ' Supplem niary Catalogue of Plants* 



description of S. tphmttlata (ttaf.), but it differ* in liming no sphacela- 

 tion on the fbliolei of the peri i II bj in the colour o( the dow- 

 ers, those of S. tphacelata being "of a dirty brownish yellow/' arid in 

 its broad cordate, serrate leaves, which arc from two to four inches 

 long. Even should the present species be the one intended by that au- 

 thor, we consider the name now proposed decidedly preferable to his, 

 since it has reference to a somewhat peculiar character always present, 

 instead of kl a desperate microscopical one," not to be met with in 

 healthy perfect specimens. 



Sagina *fontinalis. Stem procumbent, branching, dichotomous a- 

 bove; leaves opposite, linear-spatulate. entire; pedicels solitary, alter- 

 nate, longer than the leaves. Annual. 



(Glabrous, apetalous; calyx 1— 5 leaved; sepals ovate, obtuse; stamens 

 4 to 6; capsule somewhat 4-sided, one-celled, many-seeded. 



Hab. On the cliffs of the Kentucky river and Elkhorn creek; form- 

 ing mats in wet places where the water of springs llows over. Flowers 

 in April and May; stems 8-15 inches long. 



C'uitila glabella. This is undoubtedly the original plant of Michaux: 

 and it agrees much better with his description than do specimens which 

 under the synonymous name of Hedeoma glabra we have received from 

 the Niagara falls. Our plant is usually from 1 to 2 feet high; its larger 

 leaves 2 inches long by | broad, coarsely serrate towards the apex, at- 

 tenuated at base, and distinctly petioled; whorls from 3 to 15 flowered. 

 Hab. We have only found this plant in one locality, on the borders 

 of a rivulet emptying into Elkhorn, at the Forks near Frankfort, Ky. 

 A t Ibis point in rich soil among fragments of limestone, (a locality alto- 

 gether analogous to Michaux's original one,) it occurs in great abund- 

 ance, flowering in June. From an accurate comparison of the two 

 plants we are compelled to believe that the New York species is distinct 

 from the present — and we prefer for our plant the name given by .Mi- 

 chaux, although our specimens were all distinctly didynamoa6. 



