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Helonias Bullata. Spear-Leaved 



Helonias. 







CAj/i tf»^ Order, 



Hexandria Trigynia. 



Generic Character. 



Perianth, o. Cor. infera, hexapetalo-fexpartita, aequalis, per* 

 fiftens. St am. corolla longiora vel fubaequalia, ad germinis 

 et corollas commiffuram inferta. Germ, trilobato-pulvinatum. 

 Styli (Stigmata f) revoluto-patentes, ftaminibus valde breviores. 

 Cap/. 3, jun&ae, furfum roftratae atque folutae, intus dehifcentes. 

 S entt t — 2 (rarius 3) in fingulis capfulis, varia, fitu erefta. G. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



HELONIAS bullata foliis radicalibus, fpathulato-lanceolatis, 

 deorfum longius attenuatis, fubconvoluto-con- 

 cavis, recumbenter recurvatis, fcapum fub- 

 aphyllum remote fquamatum confertim am- 

 bientibus ; racemo fpicato, cylindraceo-ovato, 

 brevi, denfo. G. 



HELONIAS bullata. Sp. PI. 485. Syjl. Vegetab. Murr. 349. 

 Hort. Kew. 1. 491. Am. Acad. 3. 12. /. uf. 1. 

 Mart. Mill. Dic7. Willd. Sp. PI. 1. 273. Bot. 

 Rep. /.35a. Redout e Lit t. 13. Exclufis Plu~ 

 kenet et Morifon paflim citatis. 



HELONIAS lanceolata. Michaux Fl. Bor- Amer. 1.212. 



VERATRUM fcapo fiftulofo et fquamofo, fpicaftriaa. Trew. 

 Ehret. n. 41. /. 77. 



VERATRUM racemo fimpliciffimo corollis patentibus, &c. 

 Mill. ic. 181. /. 272. 



Obs. Abfonus bullatze titulus de alienijftma PJuhneto adumbrata 

 planta, quafi eadern qua nojira fuiJJ'et , a Linnao dejumptus eji. Amant rubtrc 

 folia. G. 



Root perennial, fibrous. Leaves perennial, radical, heaped 

 round the ftem, from upright refle&ed, fometimes arranged 



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