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langium croceum Nutt., not Michx., and the latter on P. croceum 
Michx. and Ornithogalum croceum of Elliott which he renamed 
Amblostima albiflora. Nuttall calls attention to the incorrectness- 
of the term “pyramidal” as applied to the inflorescence, but in 
other respects his plant is that of Michaux, as Dr. Gray has al- 
ready testified. Rafinesque’s species are thus seen to be conge- 
neric, and Oxytria, by priority of place, should stand as the desig- 
nation for the genus, which was first named Schoenolirion by — 
Durand (Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. new series 3: 103, 1855). 
who obtained it from Torrey’s manuscript of the Wheeler report. 
Durand here also published as Schoenolirion album the Californian: 
plant afterward distinguished by Watson as Hastingsia alba. 
Revising the genus Schoenolirion for the American Naturalist 
in 1876(1.c. p. 427), Dr. Gray disregarded Rafinesque’s Amblosima 
albiflora, taking up Dr. Feay’s manuscript name of S. Eliott for 
the plant with white flowers. He recognized in addition three 
species, S. croceum, S. album and S. Texanum, the latter being 
Ornithogalum Texanum of Scheele. The same treatment is ob- 
served by Watson in his treatment of the Liliaceae three years 
later. The arrangement of species will then stand as follows, ex- 
cluding the Californian plant, which seems to be best kept gener- 
ically distinct: 
OXYTRIA Raf. Fl. Tell. 2: 26. 1836. 
[Scuoenotirion Durand, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. (III) 4: 
103, 1855, in part] and all later authors. Characters of the genus 
as defined by Watson, Proc. Amer. Acad. 14: 216. 1879. 
1. O. crocea (Michx.) Raf. |. ¢, 
Phalangium croceum Michx. F1. Bor. Amer. 3: 196. 1803. 
Schoenolirion croceum Gray, Amer. Nat. 10: 427. 1876. 
Southern Georgia and Florida. 
/ 2, O. ALBIFLORA (Raf.) 
Amblostina albiflora Raf. 1}. c. 
Ornithogalum croceum EN). Bot. S. C. & Ga. 1: 307. 1821. 
Schoenolirion croceum Chapm. F1. S, States, 483. 1863. 
Schoenolirion Eltiottit F cay ; Gray. 1. ¢. 
_ Southern Georgia and Florida, probably also in Alabama. 
