around New Bern, N. C 49 



sippi, must be decided on the same ground where the first con- 

 flicts ensued, more than three centuries ago, when Ponce de 

 Leon, Narvaez, and De Soto successively attempted the con- 

 quest of Florida, long before British colonists had touched the 

 rock of Plymouth, or entered the capes of the Chesapeake. 



(55.) Palmatae. P almas, Jussieu. Lindley, in the second edition 

 of his Introduction to the Natural System of Botany, writes 

 Palmacece ; but the rule of terminating the names of orders in 

 accce should be confined to those derived from the names of 

 genera. While, therefore, we write Cruciferae, Coniferas, Stel- 

 latae, Labiatas, &c, we should prefer the regular Latin adjective, 

 Palmatce, to Palmaceae. 



(56.) Sabal Adansonia, Guerscnt, in bull. soc. philom. ; 

 Rcem. 8f Schult. ; Pursh, fl. ; Nutt. gen. ; Sabal minor, Pers. 

 synop. ; Corypha minor, Lamarck, ency. ; Jacq. hort. Vind. ; 

 Corypha pumila, Walt. fl. Car. ; Chamaerops acaulis, Michx. 

 fl. ; Raphis acaulis, Willd. sp. 



(57.) Amianthium muscastoxicum, Gray in Ann. Lye. N. Y. 

 vol. IV. = Melanthium muscastoxicum, Walt.fl. Car. =Helonias 

 erythrosperma, Michx. fl. Bor. Am. 



Amianthium angustifolium, Gray, z'6zrf. = Helonias angusti- 

 folia, Michx. fl. 



(58.) Leimanthium Virginicum, Willd. mag. natur. 1808.— 

 Melanthium Virginicum, Linn. 



(59.) Carcxalata, Torr. 8{ Gray, in Ana. Lye. N. Y. III. jp. 

 390 : Not rare in the neighbourhood of New Bern. 



(60.) Carex Elliotti, Schw. Sf Torr. ; Torrey, mon. N. A. 

 Cyper. in Ann Lye. N. Y. vol. 3, (an excellent and elaborate 

 paper); C. castanea, Ell. Bot. S. Car.SfGcorg. ; C. Baldwinii, 

 Dewey. 



(61.) Ceratoschoenus corniculatus, Nees ab Esenbcck ? ; 

 Torrey, Mon. Gyp. p. 443, note; Ceratoschoenus longirostris, 

 Gray in Torrey' s mon. Cyp. p. 369 ; Rhynchospora corniculata, 

 Gray, mon. Rhynchosp. in Ann. Lye. vol. Ill ; Rhynchosp. 

 longirostris, Ell. sJc. ; Schcenus corniculatus, Lamarck, ill. gen. 

 I. p. 137 ; Schcenus longirostris, Michx. fl. I. p. 87 ; Muhl. 

 Gram. p. 7. 



(62.) Ceratoschoenus macrostachys, Gray in Tori. mon. Cyp. 

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