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Rh stalks. Stamens equal, thread-shaped, quite smooth, a little longer than the corolla. Anthers purplish, nearly orbicular, pointless. Germens ovate-oblong, taper-pointed. Styles rather elongated, with small stigmas.

Having seen nothing of the capsule, we cannot compare it with Michaux's description.

This is unquestionably very different from the Narthecium glutinosum, described by Mr. Gawler in ''Curt. Mag. t. 1505, the latter being a real Narthecium, called by Pursh N. americanum; see his Flora, p''. 227.

Norwich, Jan. 20, 1817.

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