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lid.'- viridia, nbtusa. Wlbconcava, levitcr 3 — 5-nervia. Filarncnta fere 

 plana, ntorsini srnsim dilatata, perianthio primum breviora, demiim 

 dupld longiora. Antheree ratione florum maxims. Capndaixaxaatxm 

 ill mum perianthio peiaistente longior, ovata, 3-loba, 3-partibilis, stvlis 

 min litis apiculata. Ovulu subovaia, biseriata, ascendentia, anatropa. 

 Semina matura el capsulam non vidi. — Aprili et Maio floret. 



Hal>. In sabulosis Georgia? et Florida?, Michaux. In 

 Florida prope sinum Tampa-Bay dictum legit M. C. Lcavcn- 

 worth.' Burrows ! et Aldeii ! (V. spp. in herb. cl. Torrey.) 



7. XEROPHYLLUM. Michx. 



Plorbs hermaphroditi. Perianthii foliola petaloidea 

 (ovaiia), patentissima, exunguiculata, eglandulosa. Stamina 

 <i ; lilamentis deorsum admodum dilatatis, cum perianthio in- 

 serts, ldemc[ue Bubsequantibua vel superantibus. Anthers 

 subrotundo-ovatae, biloculares, apice ct basi pra^sertim cmar- 

 •_ r hiatae, sinum af)i\;r, cxtrorsae. Ovakh'.m subglobosum, trilo- 

 bum, c carpellis Iribua biovulatis arctius connatis compositum, 

 stigmatibua totidem lineari-filiformibua revolutis (an rectius styli 

 'i a nt us stigmatosi?) coronatum. Capsula subglobosa, sub- 

 triloba, coriacea, loculicide dehiscena ; loculis 2-spermis. 

 Skmiva collateralia, erecta, oblonga, subcomprrssa, testa mem- 

 branacei apice plua minus producta. 



('aii.ks basi fere bulbescentes, radicibus fibrosis: folia 

 COmplura, arida, setacca ; radicalia muncrosissima, in crspitcm 

 densum conferta, anguatiaaimd Lineari-setacea : racemut aim- 

 plex, thyraiformU} daoique elongatus: pedicellia filiformibua 

 basi bracteatia, aeu ebracteadset bibracteolatia : fiores apecioaii 

 albi. 



