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native or cultivated state ; the lamina prostrate (upon the ground) ; 

 sessile, narrow lanceolated, sub acute, rarely a little oblique, 

 obscurely three to five nerved or more, (2) thiclc and fleshy, mar- 

 gins thin, translucent, somewhat varnished, about three inches long, 

 one- quarter to one-half an inch wide. 



Flowers are super axillary ; peduncles adnate to the stem (giv- 

 ing it a double appearance) from one-half to one inch or more above 

 the leaf, and running parallel with the stem, or gently diverging 

 also decurrent below in a similar manner ; peduncles one and one- 

 half to three inches in length, raceme three to four flowered ; 

 flowers, in general outline, obconic bell-form, at length spreading, 

 nodding before and shortly after blossoming, but becoming more 

 and more elevated to the erect state of the fruit. 



Petals broadly oblanceolated, sub acute, somewhat carinate ; 

 greenish veins regularly radiating from the base ; the diffuse green 

 alono; the mid rib heightenino- toward the base of the flower. The 

 honey bearing cavity is at the base of the three outer petals, obso- 

 lete on the three inner ; style longer than the stamens, deeply three 

 parted, divisions grooved above, about half the length of pistil (or 

 one-quarter of an inch) a stigmatic hne running along on the 

 ridge each side of the groove to the apex ; divisions of the trifid style 

 recurve spreading ; stamens six sub-equal (or three opposite the 

 inner petals, scarcely longer) ; filaments flattened and expanded 

 below, inserted into the base of the petals, attenuated to the anther, 

 and inserted a little (2) below the middle (2) by a very delicate 

 point, at length recurve spreading, and the anther versatile, mu- 

 cronate at the apex ; base eraarginate. 



This is probably the FritlUaria lanceolata of Pursh ; and F. 

 liliacea of Lindley, who justly remarks, " It is a most remarkable 

 plant, with the habit of the lily." 



This genus also includes our F. viridia and probably some others. 



We take pleasure in acknowledging our obligations to Mr. H. G. 

 Bloomer, (Bot. Curator to the Academy) for his aid in the ob- 

 servations made, as well as for the very numerous specimens, both 

 cultivated and from the native fields — over 100 — which have been 

 submitted to our examination ; they all uniformly maintain the 

 characteristics above designated. 



May 7, 1860. 

 President in the Chair. 



Dr. Kellogg presented the following description of a new species 

 of Trillium, collected by Mr. Gibbs : 



