236 ,  “MEXANDRIA. TRIGYNIA. 
- ; 3 of the pedi Selle; petals greenish white; subulately acumi- 
pared. Stamina very short in the male, in the herma- 
phrodite as long as the germ; styles distinct, 3, reflected. 
4, luteum. Helonias hilean Bot. Pi 1062, but much more 
~~ a Veratrum than an Helonias, as might be supposed by its 
being divicous; and if the paucity of seeds is to be consi- 
dered of importance in Helonias, this species with a cap- 
sule of many seeds may very well be restored to the ge- 
«tus with which Linneus more properly associated it. The 
root is so far from being bulbous, that almost every one 
in the United States knows it by the improper name of 
_  Devil’s-bit,” originally apie to a species of Scabiosa; 
the root is truly premorse and very bitter, as is usual 
with thi . 
Of t there are two other species, indigenous to 
346. HE JONIAS. L. 
"Corolla 6-parted, spreading; segments sessile 
_ and withort glands, Styles 3, distinct. Capsule 
Seg oe S-horned, cells few-seeded, (seeds 1 
or 2, : : 
,_. Nearly allied to the preceding genus, but having the 
. flowers all hermaphrodite; roots mostly fasciculated, some- 
~ times solitary; leaves narrow, often gramincous and arid, 
‘surrounding the base of the stem; raceme simple. 
_ Species. 1-H. latifolia, no where so common as the 
following. 2. erythrosperma. Bractes short and obtuse; 
_ eapsule short and turgid, lobes divaricate; leaves cari- 
cine. 3: angustifolia, Leaves caricine, very long; seape ob- 
tusely angular, naked; bractes lanceolate, acute; zerm 
acutely conic; styles comiguous. 4. dubia. 5. pumila, These 
two last species doubtful, as Helonias. j 
A North American genus. 
347. XEROPHYLLUM. Mich. 
Corolla subrotate. Filaments of the stamina 
_. contiguous at the base. Stigmas 5, revolute, 
partly united below. Capsule subglobose, open- 
Ing at the summit by 3 chinks, 5-celled, cells 2- 
— mest pany bulbous, leaves arid and tenaceous, scons, very 
pee? narrow 5 : numerous, surroundin R ase 0! the: i 
i ey _ Facemg simple, ae & the b Sad 
4 
* 
«= 2 s 
