Narthecium LILIACEAE Amianthium 



LILIACEAE (Lily Family) 



Narthecium (Moering) Juss. 



N. americanum Ker. Bog Asphodel. 



Rare: swamp near Lewes (S), Commons, in fruit, 1 Aug. 1895 

 (A); also reported by E. Tatnall (MS Catalog) as having been 

 found by Commons & Tatnall on damp railroad bank at Vandyke 

 (NC), 26 Sept. 1894, no specimen seen. 



Xerophyllum Mx. 



X. asphodeloides (L.) Nutt. Turkey Beard. 



One collection: dry pine woods near Laurel (S), Commons, 5 

 Aug. 1874 (A). 



Helonias L. 

 H. bullata L. Swamp Pink. 



In swamps of the Coastal Plain; frequent in Sussex County; 

 infrequent in New Castle and Kent Counties, Del.; rare in Cecil 

 County: low woods 23^ mi. s. e. of Elkton, R. R. Tatnall, 4479, 

 8 May 1940 (T). Early April to early May. 



Chamaelirium Willd. 

 C. luteum (L.) Gray. Blazing Star. 



Infrequent, in rich woods and thickets of the Piedmont area. 

 June. 



Tofieldia Huds. 



T. racemosa (Walt.) BSP. False Asphodel. 



Rare, in wet ground or shallow water: "Glades south of Lewes- 

 ton" (S), Canby, 13 July 1878 (A); near Lewes, Commons, 15 Aug. 

 1895 (A) ; wet ground on east side of railroad, 34 nii- ^- w. of How- 

 lands Glade bridge (S), and 3 mi. n. w. of Rehoboth, Otis, 14 Aug. 

 1923; same locality, R. R. Tatnall, 3173, 5 Sept. 1936 (T, P, G), 

 and 3461, 5 Aug. 1937 (T, P, G). 



The above-mentioned localities probably all refer to the same or 

 closely adjacent points, and the plant is not known to have been 

 found elsewhere in our area. A southern species, here near its 

 northern limit. 



Amianthium Gray. 



A. muscaetoxicum (Walt.) Gray. Fly Poison. 



Infrequent, dry hillsides or low woods, New Castle County; one 



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