366 HEXANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. luzula, 



the margin. Stamens scarcely cxserted ; anthers large, yel- 

 low. Cafisule obovate, triangular, 3-ceUed ; 2 of the cells 

 sometimes abortive. 

 Hab. In low meadows and in woods ; very common. April— 

 May. 



3. L. melanocarpn D e sv. : culm leafy ; leaves sublan- 

 ceolate, smooth ; panicles capillary, loose ; flowers distinctly 

 pedicellate ; capsules black. O es v. in Joum. de Bot^ I. p. 

 324. t. 1 1. f. 2, J UNCUS melanocarpus Mick. Ft. I. p. 190. 

 Pursh FL I. p. 238. 



Hab. On the White Hills of New-Hampshire. July. Bigc- 



I OHO. 



4. L» spicata D e C and. : leaves narrow, hairy at the 

 ehroat ; spike 'crnuous, compound; leaflets of the perianth 

 acuminate-anstate, about as long as the roundish capsule. 

 D e C and. Syn. Fl. Gall. p. 151. Bich. in Lin. Trans, 

 XII. p. 336 Hook. Fl. Scot, part \. p. 111. Juncus spi- 

 mtus IV 1 1 1 d. Spec. I. p. 222. Eng. Bol. t. 11 76. 



Root fibrous cespitose. Stem about a span high, erect, slender, 

 simple. Leaves 2 inches long, recurved, narrow-linear, a little 

 grooved, smooth, except at the margin of the sheaths. Sfiike 

 an inch long, branched at the base. Spikelets shorter than the 

 Aracfs at the base, i^/owers ferruginous. Co/isu^e obscurely 

 angular, acute. 



Hab. On the White Hills of New-Hampshire. August, 

 Boott. Communicated to me by Dr. Bigelow. 



ORDER U. 

 T R I G Y N I A. 



252. Melanthium. 257. ScheuchzeriAo 



253. Veratrum, 258. Triglochin. 



254. Helonias. 259. Gyromia. 



255. Xerophyllum, 260. Trillium. 

 956. Tofieldia, 261. Rumex. 



252. MELANTHIUM. L. 



Polygamous.— Ca/z/x 0. Corolla 6-parted, rotate ; 

 segments unguiculate, with 2 glands at the base; 



