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Narthecium Americanum American- 

 Narthecium. 



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C/<3/$ a«i Order. 



Hexandria Monogynia. 



Generic Charatler. 



Cor. (erefta G.) nuda, infera, fexpetala (hexapetalo-partita G.) 

 Filam. lanata. Cap/, trilocularis. Sem. arillo fubulato longitudine 

 capfulas ejufque fundo infixa. IVahlenberg Flor. Lappon. 78. 

 Cap/, (dimidiatim vclata G.j fupera, oblonga et valde acuminata 

 (ftylo roftratim continuo praefixa G.), 3-loc: 3-valv:, difTepimenta 

 valvis contraria a fe inviccm quod ad maximam partem libera ; 

 marginibus internis incraffatis et inferne a diflepimento folutis 

 atque in columnam mediam confluentibus. Receptaculum nullum ; 

 femina (plurima erefta G.) in fundo finguli loculamenti (vel po- 

 tius imbricatim columns intra fua loculamenta G.) affixa. Arillus 

 linearis utrinque fubulatus, longitudine totius capfulas, extremi- 

 tate inferiore in fundo capfulac affixa altera ad apicem capfulac 

 pertingente, perfiftens, in medio femen fovens et maturitate e 

 latere demittens. Semen oblongum. IVahlenberg he. cit. 



O B S . Herbas perennes ; radix fibro/a ; fol ia collaterali-dijlicha, gramineo- 

 ~en/ata ; caulis altior, /implex, JhlioJ 'us ; inflor. /picatim racemo/a, ereiia ,- 

 pedicelli uni/ori, bibraclea/i, bradtea una in caule altera in pedicello /tta ,* 

 cor. perfijlens, externe hcrbacea y patens ; flam, inclu/a, ereiia ? anth. 

 eremite, iinesres, retrocurvanda ; {Wgmzfimpkx. G. 



Specific Charatler and Synonyms. 



NARTHECIUM americanum; racemo interdum interrupte 

 fpicato, laxo; brattea una caulina pedicellum amplexante, 

 altera inferne pedicellari (nee fuperne ac in o/Jifrago) paleaceo- 

 fetacea ; lana filamentorum breviffima. G. 



Leaves in the fertile fafcide 7 — 8, ftiort, decreafing from 

 lower fubradical ones to upper cauline ones that become mere 

 bracles, in the Jlerile fa/cicle fewer, but much longer; fern round, 

 ftrift, fimple, glaucous ; corolla pale yellow on the inner fide -, 

 filamentous pubc/cence much fhorter than in the European offi/ragum 9 



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