350 HEXANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. ervthronium. 



the base, and a nectariferous pore. Capsule superior, 

 substipitate. Seeds o\dA.t. Gen. fil. 562. Nutt. 

 Gen. I. p. 223. Ju s s. p. 48. Lam. III. t. 244. 

 Nat. Ord. LjLiACEiE Juss. Dogs'-tootli Violet. 



1 . E. americanum Sm. : leaves lanceolate, punctate ; pe- 

 tals oblong-lanceolate, obtuse at the point ; interior ones bi- 

 deutate near the base ; style clavate ; stigma entire. Smith 

 in Rees^ Cyclop. XIV. K er in Bot. Mag. 1113. Hort. 

 Kew. ed. 2. I. p. 248. Big. Bost. p. 82. Ejusd. Mtd. 

 iJo/. III. p. 151. t. 58. Elliott Sk. I. ^. 38d. Bart. 

 Fl. Am. Sept.. I. p. 33. Kutt. Gen. I. p. 223^ E. lanceo- 

 latum P ur s h Fl. I. p. 230. E. longifolium Pair, Enc, 

 E. Dtns canis Mich. Fl. I. p. 198. E. Dens canis y. 

 Willd. 5j9ec. II. p. 96. Gran. Virg. 151. Cold. No- 

 veb. 72. 



Rooi a small ovate scaly bulb, buried deeply in the earth. Leave*, 



2, radical, elliptical-lanceolate, smooth and shining, thickened 

 at the extremity, spotted with green and brown ; upper sur- 

 face minutely punctate. Sca/ie 6 — 8 inches long, bearing a 

 single large cernuous flower. Petals yellow, spotted near the 

 base, reflexed ; inner ones broader, with a longitudinal groove 

 near the base, terminating in a small pore, on each side of 

 which, and embracing the filaments, is a minute scaly process. 

 Stamens scarcely half the length of the petals ; filaments 

 slender, smooth ; anthers erect, large, linear-oblong. Style 

 rather longer than the stamens, incrassated upwards, triangu- 

 lar ; stigma entire, pervious, pubescent within. Cafisule ob- 

 long, acuminate, substipitate, 3-celled, 3-valved. Seeds numer- 

 ous, ovate. 



Hab. In woods and moist thickets. April — May. 



2. E. albidum X utt. : leaves elliptical-lanceolate, not 

 punctate ; petals linear-lanceolate, obtuse ; inner ones with- 

 out dentures, subunguiculate ; style filiform; stigma 3-cleft; 

 lobes reflexed. Nutt. Gen, I. p. 223. 



Root —. Leaves about 6 inches long, and an inch or more in 

 breadth, not spotted ? without punctures, callous at the tip. 

 Scafie a little longer than the leaves. Flowers rather larger 

 than in the preceding species, white with a shade of blue. 

 Petals reflexed or revolute. Germen elliptic ; style scarcely 

 dilated above, cleft into 3 distinct lobes, which ai^e papillose on 

 the inside. 



Hab. On the banks of the Ohio, within the limita of this work. 

 April. 



For specimens of this handsome and very distinct species, I 

 am indebted to Br. Mitchell. In the Western Slates iv 

 takes the place of E. americanum. 



