ierta del Fuego, VW. gramineum 
ry, cannot certainly belong to 
344, 
4 Corolla 6-parted, spreading; segments sub- 
equal, above the base narrower and biglandu- 
lous. Stamina inserted in contact with the germ rerm. 
Styles 3, partly united at the base. Capsule in- 
. cluded in the persistent corolla, sub-ovate, acute, 
S-celled, cells many seeded, Seeds linear-ob- 
Nearly allied to .Melanthium with 
agrecs in habit, but the fle are all 
345. VERATRUM. ZL. (Green and White Hel. 
ees... lebore.) : Bes at e 
‘ Polygamous,—Corolla 6-parted, spreading, ; 
‘ segments sessile and without glands, Stamina — ? 
ay inserted upon the receptacle. Capsules 3 united, 
4. Many seeded, : 
hess eg Root fibrous or branching; leaves ovate or elliptic, plait-— 
ed, and numerously nerved, rarely (asin V. angustifolium) 
gramineous; flowers pyramidally paniculate, greenish. 
Specizs. 1. V. viride. In the vicinity of Phil delp 
on the banks of the Schuylkill, but not cemmon; % 
nearly 6 feet high. Peduncles and branches: of the pani- | 
cle pubescent, upper part of the branchlets filiform w 
masculine flowers, the lower part frnctiferous. 2. par- 
viflerum. 3. angustifolium Pursh, 1. 42, Raceme com- 
pound, lateral brancblets filiform mas€uline, upper part sims 
_ ple, hermaphrodite; petals sessile, linear-lanceolate, acu- 
minate; leaves flattish gramineous, rather obtuse. w, v. 
uncommon in the grassy prairies of Ohio, Tennessee 
~ Louisiana. 2 to 3 feet high, root bulbous? leaves linear, 
semiamplexicaule, rather arid, ‘striated, 6 to 10 | 
long; raceme long, with a few short filiform male b 
._ = Jets on the lower part; male flowers nearly sess 
_ . maphrodite Mica 0 Ce subulate, nearly th 
oa, 
