121 
£0. 0n 3 N. Sp. of Eriocaulon. 
1. E. pumijunt Eaf. Leaves sub- 
ulate recurved pellucid acute, con- 
vex and striated outside, flat inside. 
Scape stiff double than leaves, spi- 
ral y striated. Capitule hemispheri- 
cal, scales black obovate obtuse.— 
Annual like all the Sp. On the 
Catskill or Kiskanom mts of New 
York, on the margin of the. two lakes, 
only one inch high. Flowers estival, 
tricolor, base green, middle brown, 
top nearly white. 
£. E.fUiformis Eaf. Leaves fili- 
form elongate striate, scape sub- 
equal round stiff*, capitule hemisphe- 
rical, scales lanceolate obtuse.— In 
New Jersey and Virginia in swamps. 
Flowers estival, whitish. Scape one 
foot high. 
3. E. Spqthaceum Eaf. Leaves 
subulate very short, scape round 
hardly striate, base spathaceous 
spatha bivalve obtuse subequal 
membranaceous. Capitule spherical 
white, scales ovate oblong obtuse— 
From Florida, seen in the herbarium 
of Mr. Halsey without a name. 
Scape one foot high. 
S. Rafinesque. 
nucronate, eyes very small rounds 
body marbled of two shades of brown 
tail one third of total length — In the 
river Kentucky. Whole length £1 
inches. 
The £ N. Sp., belong to the G. oij 
S. G. Triturus (Triton of some but| 
not Lin.) or Salamanders with com- 
" tails. ■ ■ ' j 
1. or Tr. lute sc ens E. Entire-j. 
ly of a dirty pale yellow, without 
spots, tail equal to the body. — In 
West Kentucky in rocky limestone 
springs in the barrens or glades, ^ 
to 6 inches long. • j 
£. 8* or Tr. nebulosus E. Blacks, 
Ish with pale or brown clouded spots 
on the back, tail nearly conical short 
one third of total length. — In small 
streams and fissures of rocks in the 
knobs of West Kentucky, length 3- 
to 4 inches. , C. S. Rafinesque.- 
PSEPHIDFS PaRADOXA. 
21. Erpetolggy.— On 3 New Wa- 
ter Salamanders of Kentucky. 
The Salamanders are very nume- 
rous in North America, and although 
we know now about 40 sp. of them, 
as many more remain undescribed. 
Prof. Green has found some new 
ones this year in West Pennsyl vania, 
among which is a remarkable new 
Genus wMth a tubular' tongue and 
callose toes, which he will describe 
by the name of Glossiphus. I have 
described already $ land Salaman- 
ders, in N 1 and £: . I vviil now, add 
a N. G. and £ N. Sp. of water Sala- 
manders, making 5 from Kentucky. 
I propose, to give hereafter good fig 
ures and ample description of them. 
N. G. Eurycea Eaf. Mouth very 
large with many rows of small teeth 
Opercules a round hole on each side 
of the neck. Feet with 4 and 5 toes 
Tail conical carinate above— Sp, E. 
mucronata E. Upper jaw longer 
.. Conohology.— A Mew Tubu- 
lar freshwater shell of the Alle- 
ghany mis. 
I was much gratified to find this 
year a new fiuviatiie shell of the 
simple tubular form; but the animal 
was not within. It was found in 
Sherman creek, a mountain stream 
of Perry County^ Pennsylvania,, 
among' the Alleghanies. 
This strange shell has something 
mysterious in it. It appears a mass 
of gravel; strongly cemented, even 
holding sometimes minute fossil tere- 
bratulites and other fossils. It is not 
therefore the tube of a Phryganm * 
Since they are all brittle, arenaceous 
or membranaceous. Yet the worm 
that forms it and dwells in it, (as no 
mol u sea form tubular shells) is un- 
known, and I was told none has ever 
been seen in it. A. singular idea was ' 
suggested to me by Prof. Green that 
it might be a fossil shell! Since it is. 
region; and 
found in a rich fossil 
