318 LEUCOJACEAE 
mm. wide, 8-40 em. long, pubescent: scape very slender, 2 18 em. long, pubes- 
cent: bracts minute: sepals lanceolate to elliptic, 6.5-15 mm. long, acute: petals 
slightly broader than the sepals: anthers 2-2.5 mm. long: ropa d 
or somewhat elongate, 3.4-9 mm. long, pubescent: seed subglobose l mm. 
in dien the numerous noo short-subulate.—Pinelands, UAM Plain, 
a. to Tex. and N. C.— —(W. I.) 
. H. Wrightii (Baker) Brackett. Corm d eovered with brown fibrillous 
scales: leaf-blades narrowly linear, 0.4-3 mm. wide, 4-26 em. long, channeled 
or involute, sparingly pubescent: scape fii ; 4-12 pem 1—2-flowered : 
bracts minute: sepals lanceolate to narrowly elliptic, 7-8 mm. 1 acutish 
petals broader eee x al the — ; g capsu ule subglobose 
to ellipsoid 6 m nsely pubescent: seed subglobose, 0.8-1.1 
meter, de pubes 
mm. in diameter, the EM crudely earved.—Pinelands, Fla., Keys.—( TF. I.) 
—Although in flower throughout the xu , this plant blooms most vigorously 
after the land is fire- ped Its flowers are the first to appear after a fire. 
7. H. juncea J. E. Smith. Corm Pid eovered with membranous brown 
scales: leaf. "blades i thus filiform setaceous, usually 3-ribbed, with 
pu long hairs pou on the back: EO filiform, usually fine ely pubescent, 
2 dm. lon 2-flowered: bracts subulate, minute: sepals lanceolate to 
lliptie- lanceolate, pubescent petals elliptic to ‘elliptic. anceolate, 9-15 mm 
long: anthers 2. m. long: capsule clavate or ellipsoid, 4-6 mm. long: seed 
nearly 1 mm. long. Se Tt Cal Plain, Fla. to N. O.—(W. I. )—All 3 year. 
3. MANFREDA. Salisb Succulent herbs, arising aaay from bulbs 
borne on rootstocks, the leaves mostly basal. Flowers in spikes or racemes, or 
in spike-like onde Perianth mainly green.—About 25 species, all Ameri- 
can.—Sum AL LOES.—There may be species additional to the AME. 
in our range. E a materialis scant and very unsatisfactory for 
proper interpretation of the species will not be possible until after ae e 
tion and the assembling of living plants from all parts of the range for study. 
Capsule longer than broad: leaves green 1. M. virginica. 
Capsule broader than long: leaves purple-blotched. 2. M.tigrina. 
1. M. virginica (L.) Salisb. Stem 8-18 un tall: basal leaves 1-3 dm. long; 
blades lanceolate, oblong or oblong-spatulate, 3-5 em. wide, green: perianth 
greenis rownish-yellow; lobes linear- wine 10- 12 mm. long: anthers 
about 12 mm. long: capsule subglobose: 
ds —(RA SNAKE- 
MASTER. )—Sandy soil, rocky woods, and 
dry pe various provinces, Fla. 
o Tex., c da A C. (or Md.?). 
—The green flow e poorly adapted 
for o eno day- Ge sere but their 
fragrance which increases towards evening 
ater nocturnal insects to aid in cross- 
pollinat 
2. M. tigrina (Engelm.) Small. Stem 
10-25 dm. tall: basal leaves 3-5 dm. 
long; blades Eee or oblong-lanceo- 
wide, purple- we 
i NA ees mus that of M. virginica: 
capsule spheroidal: seeds 8- 
broad.— (RATTLESNAKE-MASTER. jm and oe soil, various provinces, Ga. 
to Mo., Ky., and N. C. 
