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APPENDIX.
No. I.
On the Origin of the Otos, Joways, and Missouris; a tradition communicated by an old chief to Major Bean, the Indian agent.
Some time in the year (it was before the arrival of the Whites in America) a large band of Indians, who call
themselves Fish-eaters (Hoton-ga), who inhabit the lakes, being discontented, concluded that they would migrate to the
south-west in pursuit of the buffalo, and accordingly did so. At Lake Puant they divided, and that part which
remained, still continued their original name in Indian, but from some cause or other the Whites called them Winnebagos.
The rest, more enterprizing, still continued on the journey, until they reached the Mississippi and the mouth of the Joway
River, where they encamped on the sand-beach and again divided, one band concluding not to go farther, and those who
still wished to go on called this band, which still remained encamped on the sand-beach, Pa-ho-dje, or Dust-noses; but
the Whites, who first discovered them on the Joway River, called them Joways (Ayowäs). The rest of them continued
on their direction, and struck the Missouri at the mouth of the Grand River. Having only two principal chiefs left, they
here gave themselves the name of Neu-ta-che, which means "those that arrive at the mouth," but were called by the
Whites the Missouris. One of their chiefs had an only son, the other chief had a beautiful daughter, and, having both
a gentle blood, thought no harm to absent themselves for a night or two together, which raised the anger of the
unfortunate girl's father to such a pitch, that he marshalled his band and prepared for battle. They however settled it so
far as not to come to blows, but the father of the unfortunate son separated from the others, and continued still farther
up the Missouri, whereupon they called themselves Wagh-toch-tat-ta, and by what means I know not they have got the
name Otos. The Fish-eaters, or the Winnebagos as we call them, still continued east of the Missisippi of the State of
Illinois. The Joways, having ceded to the United States all their title to the lands they first settled, have moved West of
the State of Missouri, between the waters of the Missouri and the Little Platte. The Missouris, having been unfortunate
at war with the Osages, here again separated, and a part of them live now with the Joways, and a part with the Otos.
The Otos continued still up the Missouri until they arrived at the Big Platte, which empties into the Missouri, when
they crossed and lived some time a little above its mouth, but of late years have resided about 80 miles (by water) from
the Missouri, on the Platte River.
No. II.
Sale of Land by the Indians—Extract from the published Contract.
This Document is headed—Andrew Jackson, President of the United States of America, to all and singular to whom
these presents shall come, greeting; &c. &c. Then come thirteen articles, of which the following is the preamble:
Articles of a treaty made and concluded by William Clarke, Superintendent of Indian Affaires, and Willoughby
Morgan, Colonel of the United States 1st Regt. Infantry, commissioners on behalf of the United States, on the one part;
and the undersigned deputations of the confederated tribes of the Saes and Foxes; the Medawah-Kanton, Wahpacoota,
Wahpeton, and Sissetong bands or tribes of Sioux; the Omahas, Joways, Otos, and Missouris, on the other part.
The said tribes being anxious to remove all causes which may hereafter create any unfriendly feeling between them,
and being also anxious to provide other sources for supplying their wants besides those of hunting, which they are sensible
must soon entirely fail them, agree with the United States on the following articles:
Article I. The said tribes cede and relinquish to the United States for ever all their right and title to the lands
lying within the following boundaries, to wit: Beginning at the upper fork of the Demoine River, and passing the sources
side; thence down said creek, and Calumet River, to the Missouri River: thence down said Missouri River to the
Missouri State line above the Kansas; thence along said line to the north-west corner of the said state; thence to the
highlands between the water falling into the Missouri and Desmoines, passing to said highlands along the dividing
ridge between the forks of the Grand River; thence along said highlands or ridge separating the waters of the Missouri
from those of the Desmoines, to a point opposite the source of Boyer River, and thence in a direct line to the upper
fork of the Desmoines, the place of beginning. But it is understood that the lands ceded and relinquished by this treaty
are to be resigned and allotted under the direction of the President of the United States to the tribes now living thereon,
or to such other tribes as the President may locate thereon for hunting, and other purposes, &c. &c.
The other Articles follow. Here are the names of some of the Indian chiefs who signed the contract:—
Mash-que-tai-paw (Red-head).
Sheco-Caiawko (Tortoise-shell).
Kee-o-cuck (The Vigilant Fox).
Pai-o-tahit (Heartless).
Os-hays-Kee (Ridge).
She-she-quanince (The Little Gourd), &c.
SACS:
Wapataw (The Prince).
Taweemin (Gooseberry).
Pasha-sakay.
Keewausettee (Who climbs everywhere).
Appenioce (The Great Child).
Kaw-kaw-kee (The Crow), &c.
FOXES:
Wabishaw (The Red Leaf).
Tehataqua mani (The Little Crow).
Waumunde-tunkar (The Great Calumet Eagle).
Taco-coqui-pishnee (Dauntless).
Wah-coo-ta (The Bowman).
SIOUX:
Opan-tanga (The Great Elk).
Chonques-kaw (The White Horse).
Tessan (The White Crow).
OMAHAS:
Wassan-nie (The Medicine Club).
Mauhooskan (The White Cloud).
Tah-roh-ha (Many Stags).
JOWAYS:
I-atan or Shaumanie-lassan (Prairie-Wolf).
Mehah-hun-jee (Second Daughter).
Kansaw-tanga (The Great Kansa), &c.
OTOS:
No. III.
Treaty of Trade and Peace between the American Fur Company and the Blackfeet.
We send greeting to all mankind! Be it known unto all nations, that the most ancient, most illustrious, and most
numerous tribes of the red skins, lords of the soil from the banks of the great waters unto the tops of the mountains,
upon which the heavens rest, have entered into solemn league and covenant to make, preserve, and cherish a firm and
lasting peace, that so long as the water runs, or grass grows, they may hail each other as brethren and smoke the calumet
in friendship and security.
On the vigil of the feast of St. Andrew, in the year eighteen hundred and thirty-one, the powerful and distinguished
nation of Blackfeet, Piegan and Blood Indians, by their ambassadors, appeared at Fort Union, near the spot where
the Yellow Stone-River unites its current with the Missouri, and in the council-chamber of the Governor Keneth
M'Kenzie met the principal chief of all the Assiniboin nation, the Man that holds the Knife, attended by his chiefs of
to all ancient customs and ceremonies, and observing the due mystical signs enjoined by the grand medicine-lodges,
a treaty of peace and friendship was entered into between the said high contracting parties, and is testified by
their hands and seals hereunto annexed, hereafter and for ever to live as brethren of one large united happy family; and
may the Great Spirit, who watcheth over us all, approve our conduct and teach us to love one another.
Done, executed, ratified and confirmed at Fort Union on the day and year first within written, in the presence of
Jas. Archdale Hamilton.
H. CHARDON.
The Man that holds the Knife.
The Young Gaucher.
Le Brechu, or le Fils du Gros Français.
The Bear's Arm, or the Man that lives alone.
Le Borgne.
The Sparrow.
La Terre qui Tremble.
L'Enfant de Medicine.
K. M`KENZIE, on behalf of the Piögans and Blackfeet.
No. IV.
The Kutanas.
The Kutanas, or Kutunas (called also Kutnehas), live in the Rocky Mountains, beyond the sources of Maria
River. It is said that they call themselves Kutonacha; the French know them by the name of Coutonais; and the
Blackfeet call them Kutana. They are few in number, having, it is said, no more than about forty tents, or huts. Among
their ornaments they particularly value the cylinders cut out of shells, especially the shells of the dentalium, which they
obtain from the coast. The Blackfeet, and more especially the Blood Indians, are their declared enemies. They do not
subsist on the flesh of the buffalo, which is not found on their mountains; but they have great numbers of beavers,
excellent fish (trout), and some kinds of quadrupeds, such as the Orignal (Cervus alces amer), the white mountain goat,
and the bighorn; they have various kinds of nutritious roots and berries; they dress well, have many handsome horses,
and are skilful beaver hunters; their bows and arrows are very neatly made; their language is extremely difficult
to learn.
No. V.
The Snake Indians.
The Snake Indians (they call themselves Shoshonés), are allies of the Flat-heads, and enemies of the Blackfeet and
Crows: they live on the Rocky Mountains, and beyond, on the Columbia, and are divided into two branches—the true
Shoshonés, and the Gens de Pitié, or Les Radiqueurs (Root-diggers), the Muradiços of the Spaniards. The first have
many dogs, which they do not use for carrying burdens, but for food; they have not so many horses as the Blackfeet, and
employ them to carry their baggage; they live in leather tents, are in general not so well made as the Blackfeet, but
there are some tall, well proportioned men among them; their tribe is said to be very numerous, more so than the
Sioux, and they trade with the Spaniards, who barter with them for beaver and otter skins, leather shirts, &c. They
are not hostile to the Whites.
The Root-diggers, on the contrary, are a very miserable people; they have no leather tents, but merely set up
poles, which they cover with boughs, hay, and grass; their physiognomy is said to be distinguished by rather flat noses;
they are extremely poor and rude, go nearly naked, live chiefly on roots, and possess no guns. They eat great quantities
of ants, which they prepare for food in the following manner:—they collect a large mass, which they wash, and knead
into balls; these they bake between hot coals, reduce them to powder, and boil them for soup. Mr. Campbell, of Fort
William, who had often visited them, gave me the following account of them. They were so rude and indifferent to what
passed around them, that everything they saw about him appeared to them new and ridiculous; they were ignorant even of
the value of beaver skins, which they singed. Some huts of these people which he visited had been long standing on the same
spot, without their having thought of looking out for a better tract of country. He found among them great numbers
with them.
The Comandes, who call themselves Samparicka, are said to speak nearly the same language as the Snake Indians;
they live about the sources of the Rio Colorado (Rivière Rouge): they ornament one sleeve of their shirts with tufts of
hair, the other with feathers.
No. VI.
Catalogus Plantarum in Monte Pokono (North Hampt., Pennsylvaniæ), observatarum a L. D. Schweinitz.
Callitriche linearis (non ead. cum
autumnali).Caulinia Canadensis, Mx non fragilis
nec flexilis.Gratiola anagalloidea, Mx non Virginica.
Utricularia macrorhiza, Le Conte.
Utricularia gibba.
Utricularia cornuta.
Utricularia purpurea.
Lycopus pumilus (species vix bona).
Monarda Kalmiana.
Circæa alpina.
Lemna gibba.
Lemna polyrrhiza.
Salix tristis.
Salix petiolaris.
Salix rosmarinifolia.
Salix ? indeterminata.
Salix ? indet.
Iris versicolor (non Virginica).
Dulichium Canadense (species non
bona).Eriophorum vaginatum.
Eriophorum Virginicum.
Eriophorum polystachium.
Polygonum racemosum.
Milium pungens.
Calamagrostis agrostoides.
Trichodium caninum.
Trichodium laxiflorum.
Trichodium montanum.
Panicum verrucosum.
Aira monticola, L. v. S.
Poa Canadensis.
Galium Claytoni.
Houstonia serpyllifolia.
Houstonia tenella.
Cornus circinata.
Cornus alternifolia.
Cornus rubiginosa, L. v. S.
Cornus Canadensis.
Myrica, Gale.
Ilex Canadensis.
Ilex opæa.
Potamogeton distans, L. v. S.
Hydrophyllum Canadense (rare).
Dodecatheon Meadia.
Azalea viscosa.
Azalea arborescens.
Azalea hispida.
Azalea bicolor.
Azalea nitida.
Apocynum hypericifolium.
Campanula acuminata.
Lonicera parviflora.
Viola cordata non villosa, Ell.
Viola clandestina.
Viola rotundifolia.
Ribes trifidum.
Ribes prostratum.
Ribes gracile.
Ribes resinosum.
Ribes oxyacanthoides.
Asclepias phytolaccoides.
Asclepias viridiflora.
Asclepias nivea?
Gentiana pneumonanthe.
Gentiana linearis.
Gentiana crinita.
Heuchera pubescens.
Panax quinquefolium.
Cicuta bulbifera.
Viburnum pyrifolium.
Viburnum squamatum vix var. nudi.
Viburnum lantanoides.
Sambucus pubens.
Parnassia Caroliniana.
Azalea racemosa.
Allium triflorum.
Pontederia angustifolia.
Convallaria borealis.
Convallaria umbellata.
Convallaria biflora.
Convallaria latifolia.
Juncus conglomeratus.
Leontice thalictroides.
Prinos lævigatus.
Helonias erythrosperma.
Trillium erythrocarpum.
Trillium erectum.
Trillium pendulum.
Trillium cernuum.
Veratrum viride.
Menispermum Virginicum.
Æsculus Pavia (very rare).
Oxycoccos macrocarpus.
Oxycoccos hispidulus, Gualth.
Vaccinium amœnum.
Vaccinium pallidum.
Vaccinium tenellum (non Pennsylv.)
Vaccinium resinosum.
Acer Pennsylvanicum (strict.)
Acer montanum.
Œnothera pusilla.
Œnothera fruticosa.
Œnothera ambigua.
Epilobium spicatum.
Epilobium squamatum.
Populus trepida.
Polygonum cilinode.
Gaultheria procumbens.
Epigæa repens.
Andromeda caliculata.
Andromeda racemosa.
Rhododendron maximum.
Kalmia latifolia.
Kalmia angustifolia.
Rhexia Virginica.
Ledum palustre.
Chletra alnifolia.
Pyrola uniflora.
Pyrola secunda.
Rhodora Canadensis.
Tiarella cordifolia.
Silene Pennsylvanica.
Oxalis acetosella.
Prunus Canadensis.
Prunus Pennsylvanica.
Spiræa tomentosa.
Aronia glabra.
Sorbus Americana.
Dalibarda repens.
Dalibarda fragarioides.
Rubus strigosus.
Rubus hispidus.
Rubus inermis.
Potentilla hirsuta.
Saracenia purpurea.
Clematis viorna.
Ranunculus Pennsylvanicus.
Ranunculus Belvisii, Sprengel
Coptis trifolia.
Caltha flagellifolia.
Gerardia heterophylla.
Gerardia monticola, L. v. S.
Chelone lanceolata, Mich.
Linnæa borealis.
Geranium Carolinianum.
Geranium robertianum.
Geranium pusillum.
Taxus Canadensis.
Corydalis glauca.
Corydalis formosa.
Corydalis fungosa.
Corydalis cucullaria.
Polygala sanguinea.
Polygala cruciata.
Lupinus perennis.
Astragalus Carolinianus.
Hypericum Canadense.
Hypericum Bartoni.
Eupatorium linearifolium.
Eupatorium teucrifolium.
Eupatorium verbenæfolium.
Eupatorium falcatum?
Eupatorium scabridum, Ell.
Liatris montana, L. v. S.
Gnaphalium obtusifolium (margaritaceum).
Erigeron purpureum.
Aster conyzoides.
Aster radula.
Aster acuminatus.
Aster concinnus.
Aster rigidus.
Aster thyrsiflorus.
Solidago odora.
Solidago petiolaris.
Solidago hispida.
Solidago rigida.
Solidago stricta.
Solidago squarrosa.
Solidago pulchella, L. v. S.
Rudbeckia digitata.
Rudbeckia fulgida.
Prenanthes serpentaria.
Habenaria spectabilis.
Habenaria ciliaris.
Habenaria blephariglottis.
Habenaria orbiculata.
Habenaria rotundifolia.
Habenaria grandiflora, Bigelano.
Pogonia verticillata.
Spiranthes gracilis, Bigel.
Cypripedium parviflorum.
Cypripedium spectabile.
Calla palustris.
Eriocaulon pellucidum.
Sparganium natans.
Carex disperma.
Carex pedunculata.
Carex loliacea.
Carex Gebhardi.
Carex Darlingtonii, L. v. S.
Carex nigromarginata, L. v. S.
Carex polystachia.
Carex xantherophyta.
Carex oligostachya, L. v. S.
Carex tarda, L. v. S.
Carex halsigona.
Carex sylvatica.
Carex umbellata.
Urtica procera.
Alnus glauca.
Myriophyllum ambiguum.
Betula populifera.
Pinus balsamea.
Pinus nigra.
Pinus inops.
Pinus microcarpa.
Lycopodium clavatum.
Lycopodium integrifolium.
Lygodium palmatum.
No. VII.
Systematic View of the Plants brought back from my Tour on the Missouri, drawn up by President Nees von
Essenbeck, at Breslau.
RANUNCULACEÆ.
Clematis cordata, Pursh. ♂ —Ranunculus pusillus, P.—R. repens, L. var. laciniis foliorum acuminatis, petiolis pedunculisque
hirsutis, major et minor.
Anemone Pensylvanica, L.—Aquilegia Canadensis, L.—Delphinium azureum, Mich.—Thalictrum anemonoides, De C.
Hydrastis Canadensis, L. (The very bitter root-stock of this plant contains a beautiful yellow dye, and is used in America
as a medicine).
CRUCIFERÆ.
Sisymbryum brachycarcum, Richards. An S. canescentis, Nutt. var. glabriuscula? Confer S. Sophia, Pursh.
Nasturtium sylvestre, De C. (The American plant has larger leaves than the German).—Stannleya pinnatifida, Nutt.
Vesicaria Ludoviciana, De C. (Alyssum Ludovicianum, Nutt.; Myagrum argenteum, Pursh.)
Erysimum asperum, De C. (Er. lanceolatum, Pursh.; Cheiranthus asper, Nutt.)
Alyssum dentatum, Nutt. Flores Nuttalio et Candollio huc usque erant ignoti.—Dentaria laciniata, Mich.
FUMARIACEÆ.
Diclytra cucullaria, De C.—Corydalis aurea, Willd.—C. flavula, Raf.
PAPAVERACEÆ.
Sanguinaria Canadensis, L. (A celebrated medicine plant.)
CAPPARIDEÆ.
Peritoma serrulatum, De C. (Cleome serrulata, Pursh.)
VIOLARIACEÆ.
Viola Canadensis, Pursh.—V. pubescens, Nutt.—V. sagittata, Ait.—V. villosa, Ell.—V. cucullata, Ell.
POLYGALEÆ.
Polygala alba, Nutt. Torrey in Ann. Lyc. Novebor II. p. 168. The root is quite the same as that of the officinal
Radix senegæ.
LINEÆ.
Linum rigidum, Pursh? Agrees indeed, in many particulars, but the petals are not narrow (angustissima), but obovate,
longer than the calyx; the lower leaves of the stalk are opposite, very small, and linear-spatulate, 1—1½ lines long.
The sepals are beautifully ciliated, with glandular teeth.
Linum (Adenoblepharum) annuum, foliolis calycinis ovato-lanceolatis acuminatis trinervibus glanduloso-ciliatis, petalis
obovatis, foliis rigide erectis linearibus, inferioribus brevissimis obtusis suboppositis.
Linum Lewisii, Pursh. Vix idem ac L. sibiricum, De C. Flores sunt minores.
MALVACEÆ.
Cristaria coccinea, Pursh. (Sida? coccinea, De C.; Malva coccinea, Nutt.) Seems to form a distinct genus, but I found
no perfect fruit to determine the character.
RHAMNEÆ.
Rhamnus alnifolius, var. foliis minoribus.
AMPELIDEÆ.
Vitis cordifolia, Michx. und (probably) Vitis riparea, Michx.
ACERINÆ.
Acer saccharinum, L.
OXALIDEÆ.
Oxalis violacea, L. Styli hirti.
TEREBINTHACEÆ.
Rhus Toxicodendron, L.—R. aromatica, L.—Zanthoxylum fraxineum, W.
LEGUMINOSÆ.
Sophora (Pseudosophora, De C.) sericea, Nutt. Torr. in Ann. Lyc. Novebor, p. 174, n. 65. Our specimen is entirely
covered with white appressed hairs, which cover also the upper side of the leaves; the flowers are white; the calyx
is gibbous below, and quinquefid; the upper teeth are broader and rather shorter. Of the 10 stamina every
2—3 are united at the bottom by the thick filaments; the two upper ones are more slender, and quite free. The
ovary is covered with silky hairs; the claw of the standard is very stiff; the keel runs into a narrow point, as in
Oxytropis.
Thermopsis rhombifolia, De C. (Thermea rhombifolia, Nutt.; Cytisus rhombifolius, Pursh.)
Petalostemum violaceum, Mich., var. foliis plerisque ternatis.
Petalostemum virgatum nob. P. spicis cylindricis compactis, bracteis scariosis obovatis cuspidulatis calyce paulo
brevioribus, calycibus glabris sulcatis dentibus ciliatis, foliolis subtrijugis lanceolato-oblongis glabris, caule ramoso
virgato ramis monostachyis.
Intermediate, between the two divisions of this genus, the proper Petalantheræ and Kuhnisteræ. The perfectly
spiked inflorescence connects it with the former; the nature of the bracteæ and the ciliæ of the shorter teeth join it
to the latter. From the two white flowering Petalostemones, P. candidum and macrostachyum, it is sufficiently
distinguished by the two short bracteæ, quite hidden under the flowers; it cannot be more closely connected with
Petalostemum corymbosum, because of the spiked inflorescence.
Psoralea incana, Nutt. (Ps. argophylla, Pursh.) Folia in nostra quinata, summa ternata.
Psoralea tenuiflora, Pursh? Foliola ternata, oblongo-lanceolata, mucronata. Legumen ovatum, in rostrum attenuatum,
glanduloso-exasperatum, calyce longius. Flores cœrulei. An nov. sp.? Quite the form of an amorpha, but the
flowers appear like those of glycyrrhiza; unfortunately it cannot be accurately examined.
Amorpha nana, Nutt. De C. (A. microphylla, Pursh.) Calyx glaber dentibus ciliatis.—Oxytropis Lamberti, Pursh.
Astragalus Missurensis, Nutt. An cum A. Hypoglotti conjungendus?—Astragalus racemosus, Pursh. Var. foliolis foliorum
inferiorum ovalibus.
Astragalus gracilis, Nutt. Torr. 1. c. p. 179. This is indisputably the Dalea parviflora, Pursh, but whether really his
Astragalus tenellus, I doubt.—Astragalus Carolinianus, L.
Lathyrus polymorphus, Nutt. De C. Torr. in Ann. Lyc. Novebor. II. p. 180, n. 99. (Lathyrus decaphyllus et Vicia
stipulacea, Pursh.)—Vicia Americana, L.
Vicia Americana β angustifolia; foliolis oblongo-linearibus mucronatis pubescentibus. An distincta species?
FRAXINEÆ.
Fraxinus platycarpa.
ROSACEÆ.
Rubus trivialis, Michx. Diagnosi adde: caule primario glabro angulato aculeis sparsis rectis aut sursum falcatis (!),
foliis supra pilosis subtus molliter pubescentibus, ramulis petiolis pedunculisque villosis et aculeis retrorsum curvatis
armatis, corymbis in ramulis terminalibus simplicibus, sepalis ovatis brevicuspidatis. Rubus trivialis perperam ab
aliis ad R. hispidum Linn. refertur. An Rubus argutus Link. Enum. hujus cenostri synonymon? (Dewberries incol.)
Potentilla supina, L.—Fragaria elatior, Ehrh.
Rosa. A species of the division of the Cinnamomeæ, Ser., or Linkianæ, Trattin; allied to the Rosa Woodsii and Rosa
Americana; it may also be compared with Rosa obovata, Raf.; but it is very probably a good new species, which may
be so characterized:
Rosa Maximiliani, N. ab. E. tubo ovarii subgloboso (ante anthesin ovato), pedunculis petiolisque inermibus et glabris, foliis
solitariis, aculeis stipularibus subfalcatis, stipulis subovatis planis denticulatis a foliolis inferioribus distantibus,
laciniis calycinis ternis margine setis exiguis appendiculatis, foliolis glabris ovalibus obtusis basi cuneiformibus
integerrimis a medio dense incurvo-serratis. The flowers are large, red, with emarginate petals; the sepals
are shorter than the petals, a little broader at the apex, and downy above; the ripe fruit is conical and
crowned; the peduncles are red and slender; the leaflets bi—or trijugated, small, bluish-green below, quite smooth,
without prickles, the lowest pair smaller; the stalk is red, and seems to have been furrowed when alive; the prickles
are nearly opposite each other.
Rosa (Cinnamomea) obovata Rafinesque? Differt specimen nostrum: floribus sub-corymbosis nec solitariis, et fructibus
vix subgloboso-depressis, sed potius subglobosis. Var. floribus albis. Authors have indeed this species under R.
cinnamomea, but this is certainly wrong.
Rosa Carolina? cum fructibus absque flore.—Amelanchier sanguinea, De C. (Pyrus sanguinea, Pursh.)
Cratægus coccinea, Lin.—Prunus serotina, Ehrh.—Cerasus pygmæa, De C.?
LOASEÆ.
Bartonia ornata, Pursh.
PORTULACACEÆ.
Claytonia Virginiana, Ait.
ONAGRACEÆ.
Callilophis Nuttallii, Spach. in Ann. des sc. natur. 1835, Sept. p. 3. (Œnothera serrulata, Nutt. Hook exot. Fl. t. 140).
In nostro specimine flores vix dimidium pollicem lati sunt.
Anogra pinnatifida, Spach. (Œnothera pinnatifida, Nutt. Oen. albicaulis, Pursh., nec Fraser).
Pachylophis Nuttallii, Spach. (Œnothera scapigera et Œ. cæspitosa. Pursh. Suppl. Œnothera cæspitosa, Sims. Spreng.)
Œnothera pubescens, Willd. Probably a variety of Œno biennis—Gaura coccinea, Pursh. Gauridii est generis Spach.
Fructus (immaturus) fere cylindricus, dense pubescens. Ovula 2—4, pendula, nuda.
Gaura coccinea β integrifolia. Torr. in Ann. Lyc. Novebor. II. p. 200, n. 145. Distincta species. Genus inter Gauridium
Spach. et Gauram medium, illi proximum, sed differens stigmate discoideo 4-dentato. Ovula 4 in ovario uniloculari.
HALORAGEÆ.
Ceratophyllum submersum, Pursh. An eadem ac species Europæa?
RIBESIACEÆ.
Chrysobotrya intermedia, Spach. Ann. des Sc. natur. Juillet, 1835, p. 4, t. 1, B.
Chrysobotrya revoluta, Sp.? folia majora, magis villosa. An fructus ovalis? Secundum cl. Nuttall. omnes Chrysobotryæ
species pro varietatibus Rib. aurei habendæ sunt.
Ribes Cynosbati, Michx.—R. floridum, L'Her.
UMBELLIFERÆ.
Ziziæ species? The fruit is not sufficiently formed to be quite sure of the genus.
Chærophyllum procumbens, V. Boscii, De C.—Pastinacca fœniculacea, Spr. (Ferula fœniculacea, Nutt.)
Cymopterus glomeratus, De C. (Thapsia, Nutt.)—Osmorhiza longistylis, De C. (Urospermum, Nutt.)
ARALIACEÆ.
Aralia nudicaulis, L. The root is said to be used as Radix sassaparillæ.
LORANTHACEÆ.
Viscum flavescens, Pursh. De C. ♀. In nostro specimine folia ovalia, basi cuneata, distincte trinervia. An hujus loci V.
verticillatum, Nutt?
CORNACEÆ.
Cornus sericea, var. asperifolia, Michx.
SAMBUCACEÆ.
Viburnum Lentago, L.
RUBIACEÆ.
Galium dasyearpum, N. ab E. G. caule erecto ramoso ad ungulos aspero, geniculis hirtis, foliis quaternis lanceolatis obtusis
trinervibus utrinque hispido-scabris, pedunculis axillaribus folio multo longioribus trichotomis in paniculam terminalem
dispositis, bracteis ovalibus, fructu setis rectis densissime tecto.
In sylvis ad castellum Union aliisque in locis sylvaticis, 5 Julii.—Ser. Princ. Wied.
Differt a Galio septentrionali R. et Sch. seu Galio boreali, Pursh. caulis angulis asperis, foliis præsertim subtus
et supra circa margines, setulis exiguis hispidis, fructu (immaturo saltem) densissimis setis rectis, neque apice
uncinatis, candicante. Folia margine revoluta.
CAPRIFOLIACEÆ.
Symphoria glomerata, Pursh. (Symphoricarpus vulgaris, De C. Michx.)
SYNANTHEREÆ.
Cirsium lanceolatum, Scop.
Liatris Punctata Hook. Fl. Bor.—Amer. I. p. 306, t. 105, De C. Prodr. V. p. 129, n. 5. Var. caule glabro. Huius
loci esse videtur Liatris resinosa, De C. in horto Genevensi culta, semine a cl. Pourtalès ex Arcansas allato, nec vero
Nuttall.
Kuhnia Maximiliani, Sinning. (Sectio Strigia, De C.) caule herbaceo, foliis ovato-lanceolatis, inferioribus a medio grosse
et inæqualiter serratis superioribus subintegerrimis sessilibusque, corymbo terminali composito .
Kuhnia suaveolens, Fres. in En. Sem. horti Francofurtensis anno 1838.
Habitat in sylvis, frutetis et in collibus ad Missouri fluvium superiorem prope Fort Clark.
Differt evidenter a Kuhnia eupatorioide: foliis saltem superioribus plerisque, haud petiolatis sed basi parum
angustiori sessilibus, inferioribus ovato-oblongis uno alterove dente absque ordine præditis, superioribus ovato
lanceolatis lanceolatisve integerrimis, utrinque, præsertim subtus, glandulis micantibus inspersa, corymbo plurifloro
magis patula, involucri foliolis inferioribus valde decrescentibus anguste linearibus laxe patulis. Corollæ albæ.
Involucri foliola superiora oblongo lanceolata, nervoso striata. Antheræ inclusæ pallidæ, in plerisque syngenesicæ
sed solito facilius separabiles multis etiam in tubum hine fissum aut in binas partes divisum concretæ. Styli rami
crassi, obtusi, papuloso-asperi. Pappus plumosus albus basi flavescens.
Variat foliis caulinis modo magis modo minus serratis, quandoque et subintegerrimis.
Senecio ceratophyllus, N. ab E.
S. foliis oblongis, inferioribus lyrato-pinnatipartitis superioribus pinnatipartitis petiolatis cauleque lanuginosis,
laciniis acuminatis extrorsum inciso-dentatis, dentibus angustis, petiolis auriculatis amplexicaulibus, floribus
umbellatis, pedunculis clongatis nudis.
On the Upper Missouri, June 13.
Nearly related to Senecio balsamitæ, but sufficiently different, as I was convinced by specimens which I
received through Mr. Gray, from New York. The plant of the Missouri is much larger, 1½—2 feet high, entirely
covered with loose downy hair. The lowest leaves are not entire, but lyrate and pinnatified below to the mid-rib,
with a terminal lobe. The laciniæ and the terminal lobe have long, narrow, pointed teeth; the middle leaves are of
the same shape; the ultimate lobe is, however, narrower, and shows the transition to the upper, entirely pinnatified
leaves. The laciniæ of these upper leaves are nearly lanceolate, and have, above and below, two or three teeth,
but at the middle only one or no tooth. The petiole is long, and the auricles distant from the lower laciniæ.
In Senecio balsamitæ the cauline leaves are sessile; these, too, have here only blunt teeth; the receptacles
are twice as large as in Senecio balsamitæ, and the scales of the involucrum are very pointed. In Senecio
balsamitæ, on the contrary, they are much less pointed, and may often be designated as obtuse.
Artemisia Douglassiana, Bess. Abr. n. 39. Hook. Fl. Am. bor. p. 323. De C. Prodr. VI. p. 115, n. 118.
Erigeron sulcatus, N. ab. E. hirtus, caule sulcato corymboso-ramoso ramis foliosis unifloris, foliis lanceolato-linearibus
integerrimis sessilibus, periclinii squamis hirsutissimis, ligulis angustis numerosissimis periclinio duplo longioribus
(albis.) (Am. 8, Juni )
Differt ab Erigeronte pumilo, Nutt. caule fastigiatim ramoso stricto sulcato. An huius var. Pappus biserialis,
seriei exterioris pilis brevibus.
Erigeron asperus, Var. caule unifloro. (Erigeron) asperum, Nutt. Gen. am. II. p. 147. De C. Prodr. VI. p. 286, n. 16.
Stenactis annua, var. obtusifolia.—Aster Novi Belgii, var. β squarrosus, N. ab E.—Aster bellidiflorus, var. β, N. ab E.
Aster hirsuticaulis, Lindl. in De C. Prodr. V. p. 242, n. 107. foliis conformibus lanceolato-linearibus integerrimis
pericliniique foliolis ciliatis et setaceo-mucronatis pilosulis, caule pubescente recurvo a basi ramoso, ramis simplicibus
patentibus, calathiis in apice ramorum confertis subspicatis (3—8), periclinii foliolis oblongo-linearibus laxiusculis
apice herbaceis subrecurvis. (Aster setiger, N. ab E. in sched.
Locus ante Asterem diffusum.
Species mucrone foliorum et squamarum periclinii setiformi (seu potius seta has partes terminante) et floribus
magnitudine Bellidis in apicibus ramorum approximatis brevissime pedicellatis, spicas cylindricas in aliis autem veluti
capitula exhibentibus, distincta. Radius brevis, albus.—Caulis 1—2 ped. altus, dense cano-hirtus. Folio in caule et
ramis conferta, patentia, caulina 1β—2 poll. longa, 1β lin. lata, ramea 1β pollices longa et vix lineam lata, omnia
setulis ciliata et parce pilosula, seta terminata. Rami ab infimo caule incipientes, 2β poll. longi, apicem versus ita
decrescentes, ut apex caulis racemum compositum densum angustumque exhibeat.
Aster multiflorus var. β ciliatus, N. ab E. (Gen. et sp. Ast.)
Aster rubricaulis var. β elatior, N. ab E. G. et Sp. A. Near Fort Mc Kenzie, in the prairies of the Upper Missonri, 12th
Sept., 1833.
Chrysopsis gossypina, De C. (Inula gossypina, Pursh.) Integumentum omnino ut in Inula villosa, Nutt. (Chrysopsi
villosa, De C.), sed folia obtusa quandoque cum parvo mucronulo. Pappus pallide sulphureus, exteriori serie
brevissima alba.
Sideranthus, Fraser. (Amelli sp., Pursh. Starkea? Nutt. Aplopappi sp. De C.)
Calathium multiflorum, radiatum, radio uniseriali femineo, flosculis bidentulis; floribus disci 5—dentatis
hermaphroditis, stigmatum-cono sterili longo scabro. Clinanthii alveolæ lacero-paleaceæ. Periclinium pluriseriale.
imbricatum, foliolis linearibus, setaceo-mucronatis nervo infra apicem tumente herbaceo. Achænia cuneiformi-angusta,
erostria, sericeo hirta. Pappus pilosus, denticulato scaber, pluriserialis, radiolis exterioribus brevioribus. Fruticulus
foliis alternis pinnatisectis, laciniis spinuloso-setigeris.
This genus is next to Aplopappus, Cass., from which it is distinguished, besides the habit, by the unequal
pappus, and by the scales of the involucrum below the mucro, which are herbaceous, and marked with glandular
swellings. From this last character we might be inclined to connect it with Clomenocoma, Cass.; but this genus is
sufficiently distinguished by the truncated bearded branches of the style. Our genus is more nearly allied to Sommerfeltia,
Less., and almost the only difference is in the fertile florets of the disk, which in the other are barren.
Sideranthus spinulosus, Fras. ex Steud. (Aplopappus? spinulosus, De C., Prodr. V., p. 347, n. 8. Starkea? pinnata,
Nutt. Gen. II. p. 169. Amellus? spinulosus, Pursh. Fl. Am. septentr. II. p. 564. Torrey in Ann. Lyc. Novebor. II.
p. 213, n. 223. On the 12th of September, near Fort Mc Kenzie. Flower large, yellow.
Solidago lateriflora, var. caule simplici (Solidago fragrans, Willd.)
Achillea tomentosa, L. The North American plant differs from our European, in having a slender tall stem, shorter in
florescence, and, as it seems, a pale yellow ray of the compound flower; it is perhaps a distinct species.
Brachyris Eutamiæ, Nutt., De C. Prodr. V., p. 313, n. 3. (Solidago Sarothræ, Pursh.) Radius disci altitudine;
pappus radii (imperfecti) brevior. Periclinia glutinosa.
Grindelia squarrosa, R. Br. (Donia squarrosa, Pursh., Nutt.)—Galardia bicolor v. aristata, Nutt.
Helianthus petiolaris, Nutt. in Diar. Acad. sc. nat. Philad. a. 1821. Act. p. 115. De C. Prodr. V. p. 586, n. 6. Var.
humilis (circiter semi-bipedalis), foliis, longe petiolatis ovatis acuminatis basi cuneatis obtuse serratis triplinerviis
asperis hispidisque, pedunculo terminali solitario elongato gracili hirsuto, periclinio a folio oblongo acuto bracteato.
Obeliscaria columnaris, De C. Prodr. V., p. 559, n. 2.
(Rudbeckia columnaris, Pursh., Fraser).
Iva, an thyifolia, Nutt.? Periclinium pentaphyllum, foliolis ovatis ciliatis. Flosculi feminei, 2—3, squama tenui truncata
suffulti; flosculus minimus, tubulosus, truncatus; ovarium ovale, compressum, pubescens, pappo tubuloso coronatum.
Flosculi ♂ plurimi, cylindrici, decem-sulcati, glandulosi, subpedicellati, pistilli nullo vestigio. Antheræ inclusæ,
filamentis brevissimis. An proprii generis?—Iva axillaris, Pursh. Probably a new species of Lactuca or Prenanthes;
but the specimen is imperfect.
Jamesia, N. ab E. (Prenanthis species dubiæ Torr. in Ann. Lyc. Noveborac. II., p. 210.)
Achænium erostre, pentagonum, sessile. Pappus uniserialis, plumosus. Clinanthium nudum, scrobiculatum.
P riclinium pauciflorum, cylindricum, foliolis 5—6, majoribus subæqualibus, 3—4 minoribus inæqualibus ad basin
veluti canaliculatis. Flosculi rosei 5—6.
Proximum genus Podospermo, sed differt achæniis hand stipitatis. A Scorzoneris differt habitu. Herbæ
ramosæ, foliis angustis integris aut pinnatifidis, ramis uni-plurifloris.
Jamesia pauciflora, nob. (Prenanthes? pauciflora, Torrey, l. c.) Caule valde ramoso, foliis glabris lineari-lanceolatis
sinuato-pinnatifidis, laciniis angustis integerrimis, ramis elongatis unifloris. Achænia glabra, pallida, longitudine
pappi, obtuse pentagona, lateribus linea media notatis transversim subtorosis. Area baseos callo annulari ambitus
achenii cincta.
Sonchus Ludovicianus, Nutt. (Lactuca, De C.)? Folia lanceolata, runcinata, rarissime autem denticulata.
Troximon marginatum, Nutt.
APOCYNEÆ.
Apocynum hypericifolium, Pursh.
Asclepias speciosa, Torr. James in Ann. Lyc. Noveborac. II., p. 218, n. 260.
ERICACEÆ.
Arbutus Uva ursi, L.
HYDROPHYLLEÆ.
Ellisia Nyctelea, L.
POLEMONIACEÆ.
Phlox pilosa, L.
CONVOLVULACEÆ.
Calystegia Maximilianea, N. ab E. volubilis, glabra, foliis hastato-sagittatis obtusis submucronatis, pedunculis teretibus
folium subæquantibus, bracteis ovali-oblongis obtusis ciliolatis calyce longioribus; calycis laciniis breviacutatis.
Species calystegiæ sepium similis, sed notis indicatis abunde diversa. Folia minora sunt, flores ejusdem fere
magnitudinis (albi?) Calyx longitudine quartæ partis corollæ. Tota planta glabra, solis bracteis lanuginoso-ciliatis.
Folia inferiora, ambitu ovato apice obtusissima; superiora magis triangularia, obtusiuscula cum mucronulo.
BORRAGINEÆ.
Echinospermum Lappula, Lehm.
Echinospermum strictum, N. ab. E. E. caule stricto superne stricte ramoso foliisque lanceolatis callosis et patenti-pilosis,
corollæ tubo calyce breviori, glochidibus nucum brevibus marginalibus serie simplici dispositis. ⊙ (Rochelia nov. sp.,
Nutt. Mscp. Torr. in Ann. Lyc. Noveborac. II., p. 226, n. 300?).
This species may be easily distinguished by the characters indicated, from E. lappula and patulum, Lehm.
Mytis glmrata, Nutt. (Cynoglossum glomeratum, Pursh. Suppl.) Intermediate between Anchusa and Myosotis.
Lithosprmum dnticulatum, Lehm. (Pulmonaria Sibirica, Pursh. nec. Lin.) Stylus in nostris inclusus nec exsertus,
rela congnt. Limbus longitudine est tubi, qui Lithospermo pulchro est brevior.
Bata longra, Pers.—B. canescens, Michx. (Anchuso Virginica, Lin.)
Both plants contain in the bark of their roots the same red dye as the official roots of the Alcanna tinctoria.
lmaa Virginica, L.
RHINANTHACEÆ.
Pentstemon grandiflorum, Nutt. (P. Bradburnii, Pursh.) Stamen sterile fert antheram parvam bilobam.
Pentstemon cristatum, Nutt. (P. rianthera, Pursh.)
Pentstemon viscidulum, N. ab. E. herbaceus, subtillissime subsquamuloso-pubescens, foliis lanceolatis amplexicaulibus
inferioribus denticulatis, pedunculis fasciculatis, folia superiora superantibus, calycibus acuminatis corollisque
glanduloso-pubescentibus fauce imberbi, filamento sterili ab apice ad medium aureo-barbato.
This plant is near to Pentstemon erianthera, but differs from that, and from the other species with which I am
acquainted, by the glutinous pubescence of the flowers. These are wide, infundibuliform, and seem to have been of
a dark red colour. My specimen is about a span high. This species has, perhaps, been already described among
species of Pentstemon recently made known; I have not, however, been able to find any corresponding with it
where I looked for it.
Pentstemon lævigatum, Nutt.
Euchroma grandiflora, Nutt. Torr. Ann. Lyc. Noveborac. II. p. 230. (Castilleja sessiliflora, Pursh).
SCROPHULARINÆ.
Scrophularia lanceolata, Pursh. A broad-leaved form, with elliptical leaves, but to be known by their acuminated base,
and by the deep unequal serratures, though almost too nearly allied to Scrophularia Marylandica.
LABIATÆ.
Monarda mollis, Willd.
Mentha arvensis, var. a sativa, Beth. M. sativa, Lin. Specimen nostrum omnino ad hanc speciem pertinet minimeque ad
Mentham Canadensem, Lin. Pili caulis breves sunt et reversi, folia vere ovalia et ovali-oblonga, utrinque glabriuscula
nec basi neque apice multum attenuata, licet acuta. This species is new in the American Flora.
Stachys palustris var. Caule prælongo simplicissimo, foliis brevioribus latiusculis. I find no mention of Stachys palustris
in the American botanists.
VERBENACEÆ.
Verbena Aubletia, L.?—V. bracteosa, Michx.
PRIMULACEÆ.
Lysimachia ciliata, L.
PLANTAGINEÆ.
Plantago cordata, Lam. (Pl. Kentuckensis, Michx.)—P. pusilla, Nutt.
OSYRIDEÆ.
Comandra umbellata, Nutt. (Thesium umbellatum, Willd.) It differs from Santalum only by the parts of the flowers
being quinary, whereas they are in fours or quaternary in Thesium; but the glandular scales between the stamina are
the same. The ovules are rect.
LAURINÆ.
Laurus Benzoin, L.—L. Diospyros, L. (Sassafras Diospyros, N. v. E.)
ELÆAGNEÆ.
Shepherdia argentea, Nutt.
CHENOPODIACEÆ.
Kochia dioica, Nutt. Flores ♂ glomerati; glomeruli pedunculati, axillares, in apice caulis nudi. Bractea infra
glomerulum una, angusta. Perianthium parvum, pedicellatum, campanulatum, quinquefidum, membranaceum, laciniis
ad basin extus lobulo herbacco appendiculatis. Stamina quinque, rudimento exiguo pistilli inserta; filamenta
filiformia; antheræ infra medium adfixæ, oblongæ, bilocellatæ, dehiscendo quadricornes. Femina ignota.—Planta
annua, humilis, glabra. Caulis compressus, dichotomus. Folia alterna, lanceolata, obtusa, sessilia, succulenta,
punctata, glauca, subpapillosa, glabra.
Variat: Simplicissima, 1—3 poll. longa, capitulo solitario terminali. An Cyclolepidi Generi Moqu. Tandon, aut
Villemetiæ adscribenda?
POLYGONEÆ.
Polygonum coccineum β terrestre, Michx. (Polygoni amphibii β terrestris Var. Meissn.)
Rumex verticillatus, Willd.—R. venosus, Pursh.
Eriogonum scriceum, Pursh. (Eriog. flavum, Fraser).
Eriogonum multiceps, N. ab E. albo-tomentosum, caule suffruticoso multicipiti, pedunculo terminali simplici,
(surculorum inferis) lanceolatis utrinque albo-tomentosis.
Distinctissima species. Differt ab Eriogono sericeo, Pursh. seu Eriog. flavo, Fras.: caule ad basin multifido,
ramis dense foliosis, pedunculo 2—3 poll. longo tomentoso nudo terminatis, foliis angustioribus, involucris
sessilibus, calycinis laciniis ovatis, ab Eriog. pauciflora: floribus multo minoribus intra involucrum pedicellatis nec
sessilibus. An error in verbis Purshii, ut loco "floribus" legendum sit "involucris" aut "fasciculis?"
EUPHORBIACEÆ.
Euphorbia maculata, L.—E. marginata, Pursh. (nec Kunth.)
URTICEÆ.
Sarcobatus. Flores amentacei. Amentum androgynum, superne masculum. Squamæ masculæ peltatæ, orbiculares,
repando-lobatæ, contiguo-imbricatæ, e centro pedicellatæ, tetrandræ. Antheræ oblongæ, subtetragonæ, sessiles,
bilocellatæ rima laterali dehiscentes. Squamæ feminæ subcordatæ, supra basin adfixæ. Pistillum singulum;
ovarium axi amenti adpressum, ovatum, depressum, inferne strigoso-sericeum, vertice glabrum (an inferne cum
calyce, seu urceolo, concretum?); stigmata duo, sessilia, divergentia, subulata, papiloso-scabra. Fructus ignotus.
Sarcobatus Maximiliani, (Pulpy Thorn, Lewis and Clarke Iter.)
Frutex pedalis et altior, ramosissimus, ramis plerisque geminis confertis subtriquetris glabris pallidis, epidermide
vetusta rimosa. Cicatrices foliorum tumentes, unde rami tuberculati et vetustiores quidem hinc inde quasi annulatim
diffracti. Folia ½—¾, poll., longa, ¾, lin. lata, trigono-semicylindrica, linearia, obtusa, sessilia, integerrima, carnosa,
glauca glabra, siccando caduca, nervo medio (in siccis) supra et infra prominulo. Amenta in ramulis terminalia,
sessilia, ½ poll. circiter longa, lutescentia, a basi ad medium feminea, superne mascula. Axis inter flosculos femineos
dense tomentosus, subtrigonus et a casu squamarum infra pistillum singulum cicatrice lunata præditus, inter flores
masculos glaber, tuberculatus, tuberculis quaternatim digestis sedem antherarum quaternarum, singulæ squamæ
stipitem singentium, prodentibus. Limbus squamæ masculæ (membranaceæ omnino peltatatæ et indusium Aspidii
cujusdam longius pedicellati referentis) repando 5—6 lobus. Squamæ femineæ diverg. ¾ positæ sunt.
In regione Mississippi fluvii superiori tractus latos investit hic frutex.
This shrub has some similarity with Ceratiola ericoides, and may have been overlooked on that account. As
we are still unacquainted with the fruit, the place of the genus in the natural system cannot be positively assigned,
and it is possible that it may be connected with the Euphorbiaceæ of the tribe Hippomaneæ.
ARTOCARPEÆ.
Morus rubra, W.
SALICINÆ.
Salix longifolia. Torrey in Ann. Lyc. Noveborac. II., p. 248. (An Mühlenb. ?) Var. sericans, foliis junioribus unique,
adultioribus subtus lanuginoso-sericeis canescentibus. Flores amenti masculi inferiores triandri. Squamæ acutiusculæ.
Capsulæ pedicellatæ. Fol. 1½—3 poll. longa, 1½—2 lin. lata, magis minusve denticulata, quandoque fere integerrima.
An distincta spec.? ♂
Salix Houstoniana, Pursh? With rose willow. (An S. longifoliæ var.?)
Salix. . . . Probably a new species.
Salix. . . . Probably the form of the male plant of Salix lucida, Willd. ♂ Tetrandrous; the stamina are very hairy at
the bottom. Branches, yellow-green.
Salix lucida, Willd. ♀ Agrees with the above-mentioned male plant, and belongs to the same species.
Populus angulata, Willd.
AMENTACEÆ.
Quercus imbricaria, Michx. Rather this, probably, than the cinerea, for it seems not to be evergreen.
Quercus alba, W.—Q. castanca, Mühl. (Fructus edules).—Q. obtusiloba, Michx.—Q. coccinea, Michx.
Carpinus Americana, L.
CONIFERÆ.
Pinus flexilis, James in Ann. Lyc. Noveborae. II. p. 249, n. 428.
Juniperus barbadensis, Lin. This species probably coincides with J. Sabina of our gardens. J. Hermanni, too, probably
belongs to this place.
Juniperus communis, L.
Juniperus repens, Nutt. (J. prostrata horti nostri colore intense viridi nec glauco et odore multo debiliori recidit. Fr.
N. ab. E.—Juniperus Virginiana, L.
JUNCEÆ.
Juncus setaceus, Rostk.
SMILACINÆ.
Smilax: caule inermi angulato, foliis cordato-ovatis acutis septemnerviis, pedunculo communi umbellæ (♂) petiolum
subæquante.
An Smilacis herbacei varietas? Differt solummodo brevitate pedunculi, Fr. N. ab E.
Smilacina racemosa, Desf.
Uvularia grandiflora, Sm. on the Lower
Missouri.
Trillium recurvatum, Beck. on the Lower
Missouri.
LILIACEÆ.
Allium reticulatum, Fraser. (All. angulosum, Pursh. Probably also Allium striatum, Torr. in Ann. Lye. Noveborac. II.
p. 251, n. 441, but not Don.)
Erythronium albidum, Nutt.
BROMELIACEÆ.
Tillandsia usneoides, Lin.
COMMELINEÆ.
Tradescantia Virginica, Lin.
IRIDEÆ.
Sisyrinchium anceps, Lam.
CYPERACEÆ.
Scripus Duvalii, Hoppe. Scirpus acutus, Mühlenb. Involucri folium erectum in hoc convexum nec carinatum. Squamæ
spiculæ emarginatæ, mucronatæ, ciliatæ. Stylus bifidus. Maculæ culmi fungi parasitici primordia sunt.
Scirpus robustus var. spiculis glomerato-capitatis.
Carex Mühlenbergii, Schkuhr.—C. longirostris, Torrey.—C. pellita, Mühlenb. Var. β (Schkuhr. t. Nun. f. 150.—
C. acuta, Lin.
Uncinia filifolia. (Carex filifolia, Nuttall.) Rare. Torrey and Schweinitz did not see it with ripe fruit.
GRAMINEÆ.
Diagraphis arundinacea, P. de B.
Hierochloa fragrans, Kunth. In nostro specimine glumæ flosculos adæquant; flosculi masculi circa apicem pubescentes.
Stipa capillata, Lin.
Sesleria dactyloides, Nutt. Deserves to form a distinct species, which belongs to the Chlorideæ, and from the habit
should be placed next to Chondrosium. Two peduncles mostly come out of the upper sheath; some leaves are
biennial. The unilateral spikes are hardly half an inch long, oval, and often tinged with violet on the back. The
lower valve of the calyx turned to the rhachis is more than twice as small as the upper. I always found only two
flowers; the upper one stalked; both similarly formed, with triple-nerved lower valve, which terminates in a short
point; the upper valve is ciliated. The scales are smooth, nearly quadrate, obtusely crenated. Three stamina
with yellow anthers. In many flowers the pistil is entirely wanting, and the plant is perhaps diœcious.
Our Sesleria may be compared, though only remotely, with S. disticha.
Chondrosium oligostachyum, N. ab E. spica solitaria binisve rectiusculis, spiculis subtrifloris, flosculis binis superioribus
stipitatis sterilibus, inferiori sessili villoso, supremo cucullato mutico univalvi, secundo parvo bivalvi setis tribus ad
basin stipato, culmo geniculato simpliciæ lævi, foliis linearibus, ore vaginarum puberulo.
Atheropogon oligostachyus, Nutt. Gen. et Spec. I. p. 78; Torr. in Ann. Lyc. Noveborac. II. p. 254, n. 476.
Eutriana oligostachya, Kunth. En. I. p. 282, n. 12.
Cum Chondrosiis magis quam cum Eutrianis congruit, neque spicæ omnino rectæ. Rhachis dorso convexa.
Spicæ circiter pollicares, vel singula adjecto mucronulo, vel duæ et tum una terminalis. Spiculæ arcte imbricatæ.
Glumæ lanceolatæ, glabræ aut pilosulæ, uni-nerves, inferior duplo minor. Flosculi fertilis valvula inferior lanceolata
ex utroque latere medio setam promit valvula paulo breviorem, non ex ipso margine provenientem sed ex nervo
laterali; infra apicem bidentem valvulæ seta brevis et rigida. Pedicellus flosculorum sterilium infra flosculos barba
annulari cinctus. Flosculus horum inferior parvus, ovalis, obtusus, muticus, glaber, setis ad basin una laterali et una
utriusque lateris rectis æqualibus linea paulo longioribus divergentibus. Tertii flosculi valvula sursum cucullata,
truncata, mutica.—Culmus 1½—1 ped. longus, teres, glaber ad genicula infractus. Vaginæ internodiis breviores.
Ligula brevissima, denticulata. Folia 2—1 poll. longa, lin. 1 lata, linearia, acuminata, subtus convexa, supra concava,
lævia, glauca, glabra, circa basin subtilissime puberula.
Spartina patens, Mühlenb. spicis (4—8) alternatim secundis brevibus adpressis, rhachi hispidula, glumis dorso setosohirsutis,
superiori flosculum æquante brevi-mucronata, inferiori duplo minore setaceo-acuminata foliis culmo brevioribus
patentibus in apicem fere filiformem attenuatis culmoque glabris.
Spartina patens, Mühlenb. Descr. n. 6, p. 55; Schult. Mant. Syst. Veg. II. p. 150, n. 6, a. Kunth. En. 1,
p. 279, n. 12.—Dactylis patens, Act. Hort. Kew. ed. 2, p. 160; R. et Sch. S. Veg. II. p. 632, n. 19.—
Trachynotia patens, Poir. Enc. meth. Suppl. II. p. 443.
Species distinctissima foliis arcu patentibus 5—7 poll. longis, ad basin 2 lin. latis, in apicem filiformem attenuatis
subconvolutis, inferioribus disticho-approximatis, superioribus distantibus.—Culmus 1—1½ pedes altus, in nostris
tortus. Spicæ partiales subpollicares; arcte contiguæ. Spiculæ haud pedicellatæ sed callo brevi insertæ, oblongæ,
3 lin. longæ. Gluma superior altero latere ad carinam trinervis, ex apice obtuso brevissime mucronulata, secundum
carinam setis patulis mollibus densis ciliata; inferior subbinervis, apice attenuata, carina laxius ciliata, plus duplo
brevior. Valvulæ obtusæ, inferior paulo brevior, carina infra apicem ciliata. Antheræ violaceæ.
Brizopyrum spicatum.
(Uniola stricta, Torr. in Ann. Lyc. Noveborac. Sept. 1824, p. 155.—Br. siculum, β Americanum LK.—Uniola
spicata, Lin. Festuca distichophylla, Pursh.
Arundinaria macrosperma, Michx.
Agropyrum repens, P. de B. Var. ε Leersianum R. et Sch. Spiculis inferioribus geminis.—Specimina nostra singularia,
alta, glauca. Folia radicalia angustissima, filiformia. Spiculæ 6—8 floræ, pubescentes, glaucæ. Glumarum aristæ
1—2 lin., valvularum lin. 4—5 longæ, patentes. Gluma inferior 3—superior 5-nervis.
Elymus striatus, Willd.—Hordeum jubatum, Ait.
FILICES.
Adiantum pedatum, Willd.
EQUISETACEÆ.
Equisetum arvense, L.—E. hyemale, L.
RHIZOSPERMÆ.
Azolla Caroliniana, Willd.
MUSCI FRONDOSI.
Mnium (Bryum) ciliare, Greville in Annals of the Lyc. of New York. 1825, IX. p. 273, t. 23. Our specimens are distinguished
by the leaves being generally entire to the middle, in which they approximate to those of Mn. cuspidatum;
but they are much narrower, cuneiform below, like those of Mn. affine. I always saw the Setæ single, much bent,
and tortuous.
Dicranum purpurascens, Hedw. (Ceratodon purpureus γ purpurascens, Brid.) Most probably; but the fruit is no
quite formed.
Neckera viticulosa. In some particulars approximates to Neckera minor; but the leaves are always inclined. A beautiful
yellow.
Cryphæa inundata: caule pendulo laxe pinnatim-ramoso ramulis apice incurvis, foliis distantibus oblongo-lanceolatis
carinatis nervo crasso excurrente, inferioribus arcte complicatis obliquis, capsulis ovalibus heteromallis subsessilibus
perichætio longissimo immersis, dentibus peristomii interioris longis persistentibus coloratis apice incurvis.
In ramis fruticum inundatis ad flumina Wabash, Fox and Black Rivers. Decembre cum fructu maturo.
Differs from Chryphæa heteromalla, not only by the long, slender stems, and the thick projecting nerve of the
leaves, but most especially by the stiff red ciliæ of the inner peristome, which almost exceed the exterior ones in
length, and are incurved inwards at the point. The lower cauline leaves are so broken that the two halves touch with
their upper surface, and the leaf acquires almost an ensiform appearance. The leaves of the involucrum are quite
nerveless. The capsule is yellow. I did not see the operculum and the hood.
LICHENES.
Usnea hirta, Ach.—Parmelia tiliacea, Ach.
FUNGI.
Polyporus velutinus, Fr., pileo supra sordide albo subfuligineo.—Exidia auricula Judæ, Fr. Syst. Myc.
Our specimen is distinguished by its size and remarkably pale colour.
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