112 Mclanthncairum America Septe?itrio7ialis Rcvisio. 



Caules basi bulbescentcs seu rhizomatibus repentibus, in- 

 feme foliosi : folia graminea : infiorescentia plcrumque pani- 

 culata ; ramia paucis, subsimplicibus : bractece subspathifor- 

 D)ea : flofes albidif exius praecipue virescentes. 



Zigadenus, Mirh.r.jl. 1, p, 213, t. 22 ; Pursh, fl. 1. p. 

 216 ; Willi, in mag. naturf.fr. 2. p. 30 ; Ell. bot. S. Car. 

 and Gcorg. l,jp. 420 ; Rccm. Sf Schult. syst. 7, p. 101. 



HeloxivE species, Kcr, in jour. sci. 1, p. 1S4. 



Obs. Hue pertinct Melanthium Sibiricum, Linn, et anct. 

 (Ornithogalum spicis florum longissimis, &c. Gmcl.fi. Sibir. 

 1, p. 45, t. 8.) 



1. Z. glaberrimus; rliizomate repente ; foliis longe 

 lincari-lanceolatis, superioribus pcibrcvibus ; panicula pvrami- 

 dali ; bracteis ovatis, acuminatis, pcdieellos subaequantibus : 

 foliolis perianthii ovato-lanccolatis, acuminatulis, basi fere 

 angustatis, crassiusculis ; glandulis orbiculatis distinctis. 



Z. glaberrimus, Mirh.r.jl. 1. c. : Pursh, jl. I. />. 241; Redout. Lit. 

 I. I'll ; /,'//. I. c. ; Rocm. ty Schult. syst. 7, p. 1559; Hook. §• Am. in 

 Imt. Betchey, j>. Kil ? 



Z. bracteatus, Ram. 8f Schult. I. r. 



Hi loniaa bfacteata, Sims. bot. mag. t. 1703. 



i ulis 1 — 3-pedalis, Bupernd Bubnadua. Folia plana* puprcmis ad 

 bracteaa Bubspathiformeg diminutis. Panicula rami 3 — 5, pleriqna 

 simplicea, 7 — LO-flari. Finns magnitudine Veratri rir'ulis. Perion* 

 tlm fbliola Levitei Btriata, Blellato-patentia. Styli contigai. Ovaria 

 linilii-iivulata ; ovulis bisi riatia Burstun Lmbricatis. 



Hah. In herboau bumidis, b Virginia [Pursh) e( Carolina* 

 super*! usque ad Alabamam! el in California, (fide Hook, fy 

 Ira. /. ' .) 



