HEXANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. 169 
1. O. leaves lanceolate-ovate, scape cylindric, ai»at*cum. 
spiked. — JVillid. 
Icon. FI. Dan. 803. Engl. Bot. 339. 
Golden-club. 
Leaves of a fine blue glaucous-green. Scape white, about 
ten or twelve inches long, supporting a dense spike of golden- 
yellow flowers, which have a very peculiar animal odour. On 
the marshy shores of the Delaware and Schuylkill, every where 
in profusion. In all the ditches of the neighbourhood, also abun- 
dant. Perennial. April, May: 
172. ACORUS. Gen. pi. 586. {Aroicle<e,) 
Spadix cylindric, covered with florets. Co- 
rolla fl-petalled, naked. Style none ; stig- 
ma a mere prominent point. Capsule 3- 
celled, 3-seeded. — JSTutt. 
1. A. scape mucronate, very long, leafy. — Willd. caiamus. 
Icon. Engl. Bot. 356. Woodville’s Med. Bot. t. 
173. 
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- 
rennial. July, August. 
173. JUNCUS. Gen. pi. 590. 
Calix inferior, 6-parted, equal, persistent. 
Corolla Stigmata 3. Capsule 1 -cell- 
ed, 3-valved. Seeds numerous. — J\Tutt. 
1. J. stem naked, upright ; panicle lateral effused ; efFasus 
flowers oblong* — Sp. PL 
Icon, Host. gram. 3. t. 88. (Pursh;) 
Soft-rush, Small Bull-rush, 
Grows in large bunches together. In low meadow grounds; 
particularly in the Neck; very common. Also on the b orders 
of creeks and ditches. Perennial. June, July. 
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