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marshes. Scape terete 6 inches, flowers oft with a 
fourth part. — Figures. Autikon Raf. 8 — Ic. N. 
Sp. 1. Seen dry. 
2. A. palustris Raf. Triglochin palustre 
L &c. Leaves linear shorter than scape, race- 
me slender, flowers remote erect, capsules con- 
nected linear equal to pedicels — Found on 
Lake Erie, pedal, leaves very narrow obtuse, 
scape terete — Figure Autikon Raf. 9. Seen 
alive. 
3. A. pumila Raf. Triglochin harrelieri 
Loesel flora gallica, not in Persoon nor Decan- 
dole — Leaves linear thick equal to scape, race- 
me 4 or 5 flore, capsules connected linear-oblong 
longer than pedicels — Found on Lake Cham- 
plain, annual, 2 or 3 inches high, leaves nearly 
convex beneath, obtuse. — Fig. Autikon Raf. 10. 
Ic. N. Sp. 2. seen alive. 
ABIES. This good Genus of fine trees dis- 
tinguished by Tournefort, Adanson, Jussieu 
and all the correct botanists, was wrongly uni- 
ted to Pinus by Linneus. The Firs are not 
Pines ! the habit is very different, and Jussieu 
has given a long description of the peculiar 
fructification. The region of Oregon has afford- 
ed many new Firs, well described by Lewis in 
1812 and in Atlantic Journal. 
1. A. TRiGONARaf. 1832. Bark and branches 
scaly, leaves densely scattered, petiolate tri- 
gone acuminate and stiff— In Oregon, gigantic, 
200 to 300 feet high, trunk 40 feet around, 
leaves 3-fourths of an inch long, one tenth 
wide. Gigantic Fir. 
2. A. heterophyla Raf. 1832. Bark ri- 
mose, leaves distichal petiolate, very unequal, 
sulcate above, glaucous beneath ; cones termi- 
nal ovate flexible. — In Oregon, reaching 180 
