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Helonias graminea. Grass-leaved 

 Helonias. 



Generic Chamaer.—Vide No. 1540. 



Specific CbaraHer and Synonyms. 



HELONIAS graminea ; (hermaphrodita : ) foliis a piano obverfis, 

 flaccidius gramineis, radicaiibus paucis, fafciculato-diver- 

 genubus, recurvis, ligulato-attenuatis, canal iculatis, cari- 

 natis, dorfo glaucefcentibus, caulinis pluribus, fparfim 

 diftantibus, amplexicauiibus, decrefcentibus; caule radi- 

 cahbus aliquoties altiori, culmiformi, ftriaiufculo; racemo 

 compohto, difFufius paniculato, numerofb, laxiufculo, ra- 

 cemulis plurimis, fparfim diftantibus, divaricatis rachide 

 fihformi flexili, infimis fubcompofkis, terminali fpicatirn 

 ere&o; foliolo bradeaceo ad divifuras; pedicellis flore 

 duplo brevioribus ; corolla braaeolam fingularem ovato- 

 convolutam parum fuperante, recurvo-ftellata, laciniis 

 eglandulofis, oblongo-acuminatis, inierioribus fuban<mfti- 

 onbus, fubulatis; ftaminibus 3-plo brevioribus, er?ais, 

 apice recurvatis; filamentis fetaceis ; antheris pufillis, 

 ovato-globofis; germine femiinfero, ftylofo-triroftri. G 



1. i? ESC * Ji S ab ° Ut r ° Ur ' 6 ~7 Inches lon S> about 



half an inch broad, of a clear green on the innerlide; ftcm about 

 the fize of a common oat-ftraw, about two feet and half high - 

 panicle a Toot or more in length; fpikelets 15— 30-flowered' 

 2—3 inches long ; flowers fmall, flightly fragrant, white, fuffufed' 

 with purple on the outfide ; fegments about two lines lon<r - 

 germen more deeply immerfed in the corolla than ufual in the 

 genus, polyfpermous j ovula afcendent. Native of North- 

 America. The drawing was made from a plant which flowered 

 in Mr. Kent's colkaion at Clapton, in Auguft laft; and had 

 been purchafed by that gentleman of Mr. Lyon, by whom it 

 was introduced in 1812. Hardy. We can find no traces of 

 the fpecies in any work known to us. It has much of the habit 

 of the Zicadenus glabcvrimus of Michaux; but differs in 

 the charaaer of the flower. G, 



