1 IS Mdantltuccarum America Septcntrionalis Revisio. 



1. Yeratrum propr. 



Perianthii foliola obovata vel oblonga, vix acuta, basi 

 plus minus angustata, staminibus subduplo longiora : filamenta 

 demum extrorsim patentia. 



Caules robusti, foliosi : folia late ovata vel oblonga, plicato- 

 nervosa, caulein vaginantia ; superioribus sensim minoribus, 

 bracteis insideatibus : panicula plerumque pyramidata, race- 

 mis simplicibus : Jiorcs flavo-vircntes vel atro-purpurei. 



Veratrum, Linn. (excl. sp.); Juss. gen. y. 47 ; Lam. ill. 

 t. 843 ; Michx. fl. 2, p. 249 ; Willd. spec. 4, p. S95 ; Nutt. 

 gen. 1, p. 233 (excl. sp.). 



Helonije species, Ker, in hot. mag. etc. 



Obs. V. Sabadilla, Iietz. a Yeratro diversa videtur, an- 

 theris praesertini bilocularibus (conf. fig. in Diet. sci. nat. et 

 descr. Jurm. tySc/tt/lf. syst. 1 , p. JO-")^,) necnon floribus nutan- 

 tibus secundis : forte (cum aliis Mexicanis nondum descriptis, 

 rnl. Schiede, in Linnaa, 4, pp. 226 fy 234,) genus proprium 

 constituere mcretur. 



I. V. vietde ; ramis paniculse demum patentibus ; foliolis 

 perianthii campanula^ oblongis, basi subangustatis, filamentis 

 plerumque plania paulo longioribus. 



Veratrum viride, Ait.hort. letw. (></■ l,)3,p. 896; f'insli,jl, \, p. 

 242, Bigel. Am. med. hot. t. 33; /■://. lot. S. Car. 8f Qeorg. \, p. 419; 

 Torr.fi. \. r . :;i;s : Uam.8fSchuU.8yst. 7,p. L556; Dar1ingt.fi. Cat. 

 [ed. 2,)p. 232. 



\ album, Mih <■. fl, 2, p. 249. oon Linn. 



II- loniaa viridU, Bot. mag. t. L096, i tcl. • yn. 



Melanthima i' ! />< muss. ?/? enc. meth. 4 t j». 26. 



