Melanthacearum America Septcntrionalis Revisio. 131 



Radix carnosa : folia omnia fere radicalia, conferta : scapus 

 simplex, fistulosus: racemtis spicatus, ovatus vel cylindraceus, 

 densus: fiorcs (pedicellis ebracteatis vel bracteis caducis) 

 purpurascentes : anthcra cteruleae. 



Helonias, Linn. (excl. H. asphodelioid.) Juss. gen. p. 47. 



1. H. BULLATA. 



Helonias bullata, Linn. spec. '485, ct Amcen. acad. 3, p. 12, t. I, fig. 

 1 (excl. syn. Pluk. etc.) ; Willd. spec. 2, p. 273, ^ in mag. naturf.fr. 

 2, p. 29 ; Bot. mag. t. 747; Bol. cab. t. 961 ; Redout. Lil. t. 13 ; Ram. 

 4' Schult. syst. 7, p. 156] . 



H. latifolia, MMtx.fi. 1, p. 212; Pursh, fl. 1, p. 242; Torr.fl. 1, 

 p. 369. 



Veratrum American um, racemo simplicissimo, etc. Mill. diet. (ed. 8,) 

 no. 4. 



Radix crassa, prcemorsa, amara, fibrosa. Folia spathulata, lanceolata, 

 vel oblonga, fere pedalia, vix sesqui-unc. lata, mucronata, plana, inferne 

 longe sensim attenuata quasi petiolata. Scajms pedalis et altior, basi 

 tumidus et squamis membranaceis vestitus, supra crassiusculus, fere 

 nudus, squamis sparsis minimis vel obsoletis, ad apicem attenuatus. 

 Racemus 1 — 3 unc. longus, densiflorus ; pedicellis colore et longitudine 

 florum. Perianthii foliola ligulato-oblonga, obtusa, fere 2 lin. longa. 

 Ovarium fusco-purpureum. — Maio floret. 



Hab. In paludosis Novae Caesareae ! Pennsylvaniae ! 

 ^Iarilandiaj, et (fide Pursh) Virginia;. 



Obs. In Amoen. Acad. I. c. (ctiamque in E?ic. Mcth. (. 2G8,) 

 stigmata capitata stylos filiformes coronantia impropie depicta 

 sunt. 



