HELONIAS DIOICA. 
THE SECONDARY CHARACTERS. 
Hexonias. Perianth six-parted, spreading, petaloid, the seg- 
ments sessile, and without glands. Styles three, distinct. Cages 
sude three-celled, three-horned. Cells many-seeded, 
Calyx wanting. Corol six-parted or six-petalled, ” ge glandless. Styles dis 
tinct. Capsule three-celled, three-horned, few-seeded, 
SPECIFIC CHARACTERS, 
Hetontas Diorca. Stem leafy. Leaves lanceolate, radical 
ones oblanceolate. Raceme spiked, nodding, dicecious, Pedi- 
cels short, without bracts. Stamens eaitad: Segments 
linear. 
ype leafy. Racemes spiked, nodding. Pedicels short, subtracted. Filaments 
ise than the corol. Petals linear. Leaves lance-oblong. Generally diecious. 
THE ARTIFICIAL CHARACTERS, 
Crass Hexanpria. Stamens six. Orver Tricynta. En- 
dogens. Calyx and Corolla similarly developed. Flowers con- 
spicuous, mostly colored. Ovary many seeded. 
HAMODORACEA, 
Bloodroots. 
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ALETRIS FARINOSA. 
Srar-Grass, Colic root. 
a. BOTANICAL ANALYSIS. 
“Natural Order. Coronariw, L, Heemodoracee, A 8 
_ Crass VL Hevandria, Onpee Monogynia. 
