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peduncle equal to spatha, segments oval — the 
most common kind from New Jersey to Flori- 
da, in marshes and streams, 3 to 5 feet high, 
leaves nearly as broad as long. Var. 1. Elatior , 
2 undulata , 3 pallida , 4 albijlora Jfrc. 
424. Unis, mucronata Raf. 1808 m. fl. 7. 
Leaves narrow oblong, base broader cordate ; 
end with a long obtuse point, spike terete, seg- 
ments oblong — found by Mr. Hingston in Vir- 
ginia 1800, seen in his herbal. 
425. Unis, rotundifolia Raf. m. fl. 9. Leaves 
rounded obtuse hardly cordate at base, spike 
oblong, segments oval — Kentucky and Illinois. 
Stem weak, one foot high, leaves small about 2 
inches. Not the Ponted, rotundif. of Linneus 
and South America, which appears the real type 
of Pontederia having a trilocular capsule.— 
Thus I have increased this fine Genus to 10 sp. 
and they may be more : to deem them mere 
varieties would be preposterous ; but they may 
be specific deviations of a single original type. 
These plants were called Wampi by the Indi- 
ans and the seeds eaten by them. They are 
now called Pickerelweed in the Northern 
States. The articulated stem at the leaf and 
spatha is similar to that of those Amaryllis 
lately divided on that score. 
426. CLINTONIA Raf. 1817,1819.Anals 1820 
Med. fl, 1830, atl. j. 1832, adopted by Beck 1833; 
not the Clintonia of Lindley 1829 which is my 
Gynampsis 1833 — Beautiful distinct G. of mine 
indicated since 1817 in my reviews, described 
in 1819 in Silliman’s Journal and 50 N. G. of 
plants : it is formed by the plants blended in 
Dracena borealis and since united to Conval- 
laria and Smilacina ! that have quite a pecu- 
liar habit and a bilocular berry, striking char- 
acter common with Styrandra, but this has only 
