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ing 3-4 mm. long: filaments Be a a as long as the anthers: style longer than 
the stigmas: Eie ule 3.5—4.5 ong. 
— Woods, various provinces, "Qa. "ed 
Tenn. to Ore., Alas., Ont., and Newf. 
— (Asia.) 
2. J. carolinae (S. Wats.) Kuntze. yen 
1-3 dm. tall: leaf- ics flat, 3-9 m 
wide, ciliate, an ed on ee sur- 
aces, gland-like pr the blun tip: 
petals, 3.5—4 ong, "lanceolate: 
filaments noe a as ae as the anthers: 
style shorter than the stigmas: capsule 
ovoid, surpassing perianth. [J. pi- 
losum (Fl. SE. U. i —Woods, Blue 
D N. C. and T 
J. echinatum Small. Plant 2.5-5 dm."tall: the stem without ie at the 
E sepals and petals lanceolate, the tips soft: capsule 2.5- ng.— 
Woods and thickets, Piedmont to Sousa provinces, Ga. to Ala., p N. C. 
4. J. bulbosum (Wood) Small. a 1—4 dm. tall, en stem arising from a 
ree of genta pm and petals ovate- lanceolate, t e tips firm: capsule 
inl 5-3 —Woods, thickets, and barrens, A provinees, Ga. 
to to "Tex, Kans., eer | MA. 
Family 3. NARTHECIACEAE — Boc-ASPHODEL FAMILY 
Perennial herbs with elongate rootstocks. Leaves alternate. Flow 
borne in an erect narrow e panicle. Perianth of 3 sepals Hie 3 
nearly similar petals. Androecium of 6 stamens. P 3-carpel- 
.lary: styles united. Fruit ai loculicidal. One us. 
. ABAMA Adans. Rush-like caulescent herbs. Reaves mainly basal, 
erect and equitant, the blades very narrowly linear. Sepals and petals ob- 
seurely 3-veined, candles Five species, in the Northern Hemisphere.—Sum. 
Sepals and petals 6-7 mm. long: panicle lax, the flower- 
stalks very,slender, much longer than the bracts. . A. montana. 
Sepals and petals 4—5 mm. long: panicle compact, the flower- 
stalks stoutish, about as long as the bracts or eae So. 2. A. americana. 
A. montana Small. Stem 2-5 dm. tall, with remote very narrow leave 
panicle lax ; Frais stalks. pudo than the sepals: perianth yellow: anthers Du 
ully 1 ong lf a 
long as the "RS diera D 
ie, 8-10 l 
conic, mm. long, long-beaked.— 
(MOUNTAIN-ASPRODEL. ) — Swamps, Blue 
idge, N. C. 
2. A. americana (Ker) Morong. Stem 
3-6 dm. tal, with narrow leaves: 
panicle close; flower-stalks shorter than 
: : : 
: . one- 
third to MEA as long as the 
10- 
12 mm. 
ASPHODEL. )—Sandy p pine barioni, 
oastal Plain, S. c. o N. J. 
