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ToFIELDIA PUBENS. DoWNY-STALKED 
AMERICAN ASPHODEL. 
See sesso seoboteokabstestooke 
Class and Order. 
HexanpriaA TRIGYNIA. 
( Nat. Ord.—MeEtantuacez. ) 
Generic Character. 
Involucrum caliciforme, remotiusculum, trifidum, persis- 
tens. Perigonium coloratum, hexaphyllum, foliols sessili- 
bus, subeequalibus, persistentibus. Stamina 6, perigonii 
foliolis basi inserta : anthere versatiles. Ovarium trilocu- 
lare. Ovula in loculorum angulo centrali plurima, ana- 
tropa. Styli 3, brevissimi, loculos terminantes ; stigmata 
capitata. Capsula trilocularis tripartibilis, introrsum dehis- 
cens. Semina in placentis septa marginantibus plurima, 
cymbiformia. Embryo orthotropus, in basi albuminis car- 
nosi inclusus, extremitate radiculari umbilico proxima.— 
Herbe perennes, in Europa imprimis frigidiore obvie, sed in 
America Boreali copiosiores, etiam in summis Andium Peru- 
vie jugis observate ; radice tuberoso-fibrosa, foliis gramieis, 
plerisque radicalibus, floribus inconspicuis racemoso-sprcatis, 
alternis v. oppositis, terminatisve subverticillatis. Endlich. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Torterp1a* pubens; caule subnudo asperiusculo pulveru- 
lento-pubente, racemo multifloro e fasciculis subdis- 
tantibus, involucro acuto trifido, capsula vix perianthi- 
um superante. : ‘ . 
OFIELDIA nubaie Dryand. in Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 2. p. 
324. Ell. Bot. v. 1. p. 424. Sm. in Linn. Trans. v. 
12. p. 245. Torr. Fl. ». 1, p. 37 1. Spreng. Syst. sm 
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* Sonamed by Hupson, in honor of Mr. ToFIELD, an English Botanist, 
who resided in Yorkshire, 
