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*o v • Is it the real B-integrif? 
9 B longifolium ( S angus - 
tifolium ) ftaf. Fol. petiolatis 
pet alatis, cuneatis elongatis 
obtusis integerrimis, scapo 
tereto apice compr. Umbella 
fastigiatamultifl 10-20, bract 
ovatobl. Cor. planiusc obt al- 
bis — Barrens of Kentucky, 
leaves sometimes pedal, v. v 
10. B. crenatum Raf. Fol 
sessil oblong, obt subcrenatis 
scapo tereto, Umb. laxa pau- 
cifl. bracteis brevissim. subo- 
vat- Cor. undiil. acut. purpu- 
rasc Cat latinsc. Caps, ovatis. 
Illinois, v> v* 
11. B Jlexuosum S. triflo- 
rumj Rat Fol. subpetiol. cu- 
neatis obt. integris parvis, 
scapo gracile flexuoso striato, 
Tjmb. subtriflora, bract, subul. 
pedic. brevis, Cor undul. acut, 
purpur, Caps obi— Missouri, 
semipedal. 
12 B. uniflorum Raf. Fol. 
sessilis lato eilipt. obt. vix. re- 
pandis, scapo filif. brevis stri- 
ato. unifloro, bractea obi acutis 
Cor. undut acut. purpurasc. — 
M. Alleghany, v. y. 
I have early in April this 
year discovered in Bartram’s 
Bot. Gard. 2 other New Dode- 
catheons deemed Varieties of 
D. Meadia 
13. B. Parvijlorum , R. diff 
from B. Jlexuosum by Fol. ses- 
sil. spatuf. repaml. scapo rec- 
to, fl. parvis. Found in Penn- 
sylvania, near Norristown on 
the Schuylkill. 
14. B obtusum, R. diff. from 
B ellipticum by Fol. undatis 
apice rotundatis margine ob- 
scure subcrenul. Scapo tereto 
levis, umbella 10-12fl. bract. 
ov. lanceol. From Arkanzas, 
brought by Nuttall as a white 
var. of B. meadia , 
136, New 'Airier* Subterranean 
Plants . 
These are chiefly of the class 
of Fungi, and are called Truf- 
fles 0.1 Tuck ah os, belonging to 
the G Tuber , Sclerotium chief- 
ly. The ' Tubers or Truffles, 
grpws freely under ground, 
the Sderotiums or Tiickahos 
grow there attached to the 
roots of various trees and 
plants, 
I shall not notice here the 
other plants growing in caves 
and clefts, but merely the 
real Hypogean plants. Their 
history is very confuse as our 
Botanists have seen few of 
them, Mitchell, Mease and 
Macbride have given accounts 
of some, deeming them all 
Truffles. This perplexity is 
increased by the name Tucka- 
ho, a generic Lenapian name 
for them and all edible roots, 
deriving from Tuchai , their 
word for bread or bread roots. 
This word is now used as a 
nickname given in Virginia to 
the Lowlanders, called Tucka- 
hos , as if they were root eat- 
ers. 
it is doubtful yet whether we 
have the true odorous and de- 
licious Tuber cibarium of Eu- 
rope. Eaton has it, hut no 
Botanist has described it. 
Schweiriitz has no Tuber in 
his fine work on 3098 sp. of 
Amer. Fungi. I have never 
seen it. nor indeed any real 
Truffle (veiny inside) although 
I have heard of many, which 
