HEXANDRIA TRIGYNIA. Helonias. 243 
oblongis, seminibus angusto-linearibus—Mich. f. 
amer. 1. p.212. B : 
In shady wet woods of Carolina and Georgia, 2%. July. 
v. $. e EVEN 
4. H. scapo folioso, racemo oblongo conferto, bracteis seta- asphodeloides, 
ceis, filamentis basi latioribus corollam zequantibus, 
foliis subulato-setaceis.— Willd. sp. pl. 2. p. 275. 
Icon. Bot.mag.748. Pluk.mant.t.342.f.3. 
On the sandy plains of New Jersey and Carolina, 2. 
May, June. v.v. Flowers white, small ; root a kind 
of bulb: the leaves form large tufts resernbling those 
: of some Carices. = T A ne 
3. H. scapo folioso, racemo specioso laxo, bracteis mem- -^ tenar, 
branaceis, petalis ellipticis, filamentis filiformi : 
rollam superantibus, foliis subulato-setaccis 
simis, M i AL e EE E eu 
On high lands near the Rocky-mountains. M. Lewis. 
Y. June. v.s. Flowers white ; anthers yellow. It 
approaches near to the foregoing species, but its flow- 
ers are three times lorger, and probably an essential 
distinction may lie in the se@-vessel, which I have 
not seen. This plant is very useful to the natives: 
out of itswery tenacious leaves they weave thier water- 
tight baskets, which they use fors cooking their vic- 
tuals in. A a Ue i i 
6. H. scapo folioso, racemo spicato nutante, pedicellis dioica. 
brevissimis subebracteatis, filamentis corolla longiori- 
bus, petalis linearibus, foliis oblongo-lanceolatis. 
H. lutea. Bot. mag. 1062. X FTN 
H. pumila. Jacq. ic. rar. 2. t. 453 . 
spike of a male of this species : the appearance of a 
being divested of its petals; and n 
appearing, the small pedicel was 
rudiments of a germen. — 
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