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12. TOXICOSCORDION Rydb. 
Slender caulescent herbs, the rootstocks 
mbranous-coated. L inly basal: 
blades elongate. Flowers perfect, rela- 
tively few in a raceme or a panicle. 
pals an etals white or yellowish, 
sometimes clawed, each with a gland above 
the base. Seeds numerous.—About 7 
species, natives of North America. 
1. T. Nuttalli 2 Gray) Rydb. Stem 
3-7 dm. tall: r leaves with sheath- 
m. long, the gland merging into the surrounding C 
HEARTS.)—Prairies, various provinces, Tenn. to Tex. and Kans.—Spr 
13. Y HUS Small. Herbs similar to Tosicoscordion. Leaves 
mainly basal: blades elongate. Flowers perfect, numerous in a thick raceme. 
Sepals and petals white, pink, or purplish- 
nown species, the following, 
and one in Texas. 
1. T. angustifolius (Michx.) Small. Stem 
5-10 dm. tall, sparingly leafy: leaf- 
blades mn raceme cylindric, 5—10 
m. long, about % as thick: sepals 
and petals pm 4-5 mm. long: cap- 
? FEATHER.)—Moist pinelands, 
borders of swamps, Bad sand-hill bogs, Coastal Plain and oeeasionally adj. prov- 
inces, Fla. to Miss. and N. C.—Spr. 
14. ANTICLEA Kunth. Herbs similar to Towicoscordion in habit. 
Flowe erfect, racemose or panieulate. Sepals and petals greenish or yel- 
Seeds numerous.—About 8 species, North 
American and Asiatic. 
1. A. chlorantha (Richards.) Rydb 
ran tals somewhat spatulate, 
gland t w the middle, th 
blsad elliptie or nearly so, a cap- 
sule a ovoid, 1.5-2 long.— 
(WHI MAS.) — Rocky "places and 
E "Blue Ridge N. C. and various Pn 
s N. Y. to S. D., Sask., and N. B.—Sum. 
