372 HEXANDRIA. TRIGYNIA. topieldia, 



sabtended by several minute bracts. Calyx of 3 short brac- 

 teiform leaflets. Corolla greenish-white; petals oblong-obo- 

 viate. Stamens about as long as the petals ; filaments subu- 

 late, distinct at the base ; anthers roundish, compressed, 

 brownish-purple. Gertnen ovate, obtusely triangular, acu- 

 minate ; styles shorter than the germen, a little expanding, 

 " Cafisule brown and indurated ; margin of the valves inflexed, 

 seminiferous above. Seeds caudate." JVu 1 1. 

 Hab. In Sussex county, Delaware. J^uttall. 



Muhlen berg gives, as synonyms of this species, He- 

 LONiAs borealis L. (meaning, probably, of Wiilde n oiv,J 

 which is the Tofieldia fialustris of Hu ds on and Smit h. 



^57. SCHEUCHZERIA. L. 



Calyx 6-parted. Corolla 0. Anthers linear. Stig- 

 mas sessile, lateral. Capsules inflated, distinct, mostly 

 2-seeded. Gen. pi 615. Nutt. Gen. I. p. 236, 

 Juss. p. 46. Lam. III. t. 268. Nat. Ord. Junceje 



JuSS. Jv NC AGIN EM Bich, 



5. palustris L. Willd. Sjoec. II. p. 265. Ft. Dan, 

 t. 76. ./If ic/j. F/. I. p. 209. Pwr 5 A FA I. p. 247, JVwi/. 

 Gen. 1. p. 236. 



Root perennial, horizontal, covered with the persistent fibrous 

 remains of leaves. Stem 8 — 12 inches high, erect, or ilexu- 

 ous, simple, angular. Leaves somewhat distichous, linear and 

 semiterete, with a small depression on the upper surface a 

 little below the tip, sheathing at the base ; those of the infer- 

 tile stems very long. Raceme 5 — 7-flowered ; lowest pedun- 

 cles longest, and subtended by sheathing leaves which dimi- 

 nish upwards into short bracts. Calyx greenish-yellow ; seg- 

 ments oblong, acute, a little spreading, persistent. Siamens 



6, longer than the calyx, (sometimes one or two of them abor- 

 tive) ; filaments short, capillary ; anthers linear, very large, 

 erect, compressed, obtuse. Germcns 3, (rarely more), ovate, 

 obtuse ; stigmas sessile, obtuse. Cafisides scarcely united at 

 the base, ovate, coriaceous, compressed, margined, 2-vaIved. 

 Seeds 2 in each capsule, attached to the margins near the base, 

 oblong, smooth, obtusely triangular, black. 



Hab. In sphagnous swamps near Albany. Beck and Tracy. 

 In Vermont. Eaton, Near Philadelphia. JVuttall. 

 July. 



A rare plant in this country. It appears to be similar to the 

 European in every respect. 



258. TRIG LOCH IN. L, 

 Perianth 6-leaved, deciduous; leaflets concave; 3 of 



