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Order RESTIACE^. 
Sub-Order Ericaulone^. 
Eriocaulon, L. Pipewort. 
septangulare, With. E. pellucidum, Michx. Ponds and muddy 
banks . August . 
Order XYRIDACEiE. 
Xyris, L, Yelloio-eyed Grass. 
caroliniana, Walt . Sandy swamps, Long Island . July . 
Order SMILACEJE. The Smilax Tribe. 
Smilax, Rough Bindweed . 
rotundifolia, L. Cat Brier, Green Brier. Thickets and woods. 
June . 
caduca, L. Sandy fields and hill sides . June . Perhaps not dis- 
tinct from the preceding . 
herbacea, L. Meadows and borders of woods . May- June . 
Order DIOSCOREACEJE . The Yam Tribe. 
DioscoREA, L. Yam. 
villosa, L. Thickets. June- July. 
Order ARACEiE . The Arum Tribe . 
Arum, L. 
dracontium, L. Green Dragon, Dragon-root. Low grounds. 
Valley of the Mohawk, &c . May- June . 
triphyllum, 1*. Indian Turnip. Moist shady places . May. 
Peltandra, Raf. 
virginica, Raf. Arum virginicum, L. Lecontea virginica, Cooper. 
Rensselaeria virginica, Beck. Swamps and wet 
shady thickets . June-July . 
Calla, L. Water Arum. 
palustris, X. Swamps; northern counties . July. 
Symplocarpus, Salish. Skunk Cabbage. 
foBtida, Nutt. Low grounds . February-March , 
