1 1 1 : x WDRIA, MONOGYNJ \ l& 



i. (). leaves lanceolate-ovate, Bcape cy lindric* •<•»«•* 

 spiked. — WUUL 

 Icon. FL Dan. BOS. Engl. Hot. 339. 



(ioUUu-club. 



Lea a fine blue glaucous-green. Scape white, abo 



tea or twelve inches long 1 , supporting a dense spike ofgolden- 

 yeUow'fiowers, which hare • rerj peculiar smmsJ odour On 

 the DStrshj shores of the Delaware and Schuylkill, everj where 

 in profusion. In all the ditches of the neighbourhood, slso abun- 

 dant Perennial. April, Maj. 



172. A.CORU9 Gen. pi. 586. (^fratoVw.) 



Spadix cylindric, covered with florets. Cto- 

 ;•<///(/ ft-petalled, naked. Style none; stig- 

 ma I mere prominent point. Capsule 3- 

 i tiled. 8-seeded. — ,Vutt. 



l. A. a capo mucronate, rery long) leafy. — IVilld. cabmm. 



!« 



Icon. Engl. Bot. 35G. Woodville's Med. Bot. t. 



Sweet Flag, Calamus. 



This plant is well known by its fine warm aromatic root, 

 which is medicinal, and too much neglected in practice. In 

 overflowed ponds, and in ditches; every where common. Pe- 

 nis! .I'll;., August 



173, JUNC1 S. Gen.pl. 590. (Junci.) 



Calix inferior, (i- parted, equal, persistent. 

 Corolla none. Stigmata 3. Capsule i -cell- 

 ed. 3-valved. Seeds numerous. — Nutt. 



1. J. stem naked) upright; panicle lateral effused i effuse 

 Bowers oblong. — s'/>. FL 



[con. Host. gram. 3. t. 88. (Pursli.) 



S'if'i-rush. Small null-rush. 



flrowsin! inches together. In low meadow grounds; 



particularly in ' V. ;y common Also on Uie border? 



of creeks and ditcher. Perennial. June, July. 



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