
          by half an inch wide, rounded at the
end I think, and at the base I cannot
tell whether they were rounded
or truncate or cordate. I do not
remember distinctly but I believe the
flower scapes or pedicels came from
the sheathing base of the petioles, or
perhaps higher. I had only two little
[?] buds, but if I did not multiply
the parts by tearing them to pieces,
there were three of four sepals, and
for three to five sessile stamens about
a central ovary.

This description is
very scanty and likely very imperfect,
as I have forgotten the whole thing
several times, and the description of
Marsilea in Prof Grays addenda
called it to mind again.

Not far from this city I have found
specimens of a Lobelia that agreed
exactly with all descriptions of L.
Nuttallii [Lobelia nuttallii] except the habitat: they were
as widely different as could be from
        