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n. - Chiefly American marsh plants, having usually yellow flowers.

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  • Xyris, occurs but is not common; Panicum stagninum?
  • Epilobium, Xyris, Juncus, the Senecioneoe, etc.; a new Impatiens occurs towards Myrung.
  • The marshy spots abound with Juncus effusus, and shew also a Primula out of flower, and a Xyris past flowering.
  • Spathoglottis, and Anthogonium disappear; Xyris continues in abundance, likewise Eriocaulons, especially the middling - sized one; Bucklandia becomes more common and...
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