130 Melanthaccarum America Scptentrionalis Rcvisio. 



3. T. stbnopetala, Smith. 



T. sttnoprtiila, raccmo cylindraceo, bracteis calycem superantibus, 



cault claim* dipbyllo, petalis lanceolatis acutis. — Smith, in trans, soc. 

 Linn. 12, p. 213, t. 8, Jig. 1. 



Hnh. " Gathered by Kalm in North America, but in what 

 part we are unable to determine. Three of his specimens are 

 preserved in the Linncean herbarium." Smith, I. c. 



Obs. Planta Linnreo cum T. palustri fy T. aljmia 

 omnino confusa, et secundum Smith huicnimis affinis, in Ame- 

 rica-boreali nullo nisi Kalmio detectaest. An specimina Kalinii 

 vero in America aut in Europa-boreali lecta? Plantas siccas e 

 Gothlandia sub. nom. T. cahjculata (T. alpina, Smith) a cl. 

 Agardh et Casstrom miserunt, in herb. cl. Torreyi examinavi, 

 qua: descriptione tabulaque T. stenopetala? Smith bene qua- 

 drant ; prjesertim antheris cordatis acutis, nee apice emarginatis 

 ut in T. ruhjnilata. 



4. T. ci-AiuiA ; caule inferno foliato ; racemo elongato, 

 densifloro ; involunis trifidia floribus approximates; carpellis 

 apice distinclis, stylis vix ullis. 



Tofleldifl glabra* Nutt.! gen. 1. />. 236, djf in trans. Am. phil. sor. 



is, r. 2. , ."», p. L53 i Ram, if Sekvlt, tytt. 7, p. 157 I. 



T. glaberrima, Mm Bride, in Ell. ! hot. >'• Car. $f Georg. I, p. 424 j 

 Ram. fy Schull. I. e. />. 157U ; Spreng. tytt, 2, p. 144. 



Radix fasciculata r.r Nutt., fert tuberosa ex Ell. Caulis 2 — 3-pe- 

 dalis, supra basin 2 — 3-foliatUB. Folia fere T. pubenttU. Jiaccmut spici- 

 formis, cylindrirus, 1 — 5 uiir. longus ; pedicellis (confettis, intardttm 1 » i — 

 natisi loogitudine Qorum, bractaia subalatu pauld Loogioribus, Finns 



|>.'i 1 1 1 ii 1 ii 1 1 1 majorat (|iiriin in 7'. /nthi nit , \ ir< srcnii-albi. FcriaiitliJ't folioln 



orali-oblooga. FUamenta craasd tubulata, complanata, infarnd aanum 

 di l ata t a, demum plana, l-nervia. AtUhera oblonga, inoorav; loculia 

 ini> m>- dutioctia 1 1 subdivargentibtu. Captula triloba, deniqne tripar- 

 dbilis, c-arjM His ft — lO-sprrinis, stylo brcvissiiuu apiculatib : stigmata 



■ubeapitata. Semina luitari-oblonga. 



