

240 HfeXANDRlA TRIGYNIA. ChimXVOpS. 



H!/slris. 2. C. caudice repente, stipitibus aculeis longissimis inter- 



mixtis, frondibus palmatis. 

 Near the town of Savannah, Georgia. 1? . v. v. s. Jl. 

 This singular palm grows in company with others, and 

 distinguishes itself by its long aculei resembling por- 

 cupine quills, and often growing to the length of mor^ 

 than fifteen inches. 



Palmetto. 3. C. caudice arboreo, stipitibus inermibus, spathis dupli- 



catis, frondibus palmatis. JFilld. sp. pi. 4. p. 1155. 

 Corypha Palmetto. JVhlt. fl. car. 1 ig. 

 On the sea-coast of Carolina and Florida. Tj . v. v. s.Jl^ 

 A fine and useful plant ; the wood used for forming 

 almost everlasting piles for building wharfs, and the 

 Jeaves can be manufactured into light and very durable 

 hats. 



315. NOLINA. Mich.Jl. amer. 1. p.207. 



georgiana. 1, N. foliisangustissimislongisaride-gramineis, scapo laxo- 

 ramoso foliis subulatis sparsim vestito, floribus race- 

 mosis, pedicellis aggregatis. — Mich.Jl. amer. 1. p. 208. 



Phalangiumvirgatum. Lam. encycl. 5. p. 246. 



In barren sandy woods : Georgia. Alichaux and Fraser. 

 11 . July. V. s. in Herb. Enslen. Root a tunicated 

 bulb ; stem two feet and more high ; flowers white 

 and small. 



3 1 6. CALOCHORTUS. Pursh in linn, trans, v. 1 1 . p. . . , 



elcgans. i.C. scapo subtrifloro folio unico breviore, petalis interio- 



ribus lanatis. 

 On the head-waters of the Kooskoosky. M. Lewis. % . 

 May. V. s. in Herb. Lewis. Flowers very elegant, 

 white J the three inside petals are covered with a long 

 down, and have a purple smooth spot on their base. 

 The roots are eaten by the natives. 

 ^ulbus solidus, subglobosus. Folium unicum, radicale, 

 longe-gramineum, glabriusculum, plicato-nervosum, 

 scapo longiore. Scapus simplex, teres, glaber, bi-aut 

 triflorus. Bractece iot. quod pedicelli, lineari-lanceo- 

 latae. Pea7c«//ifiliformes, bracteis vix longiores. Flores 

 nutantes, inagnitudine Hypoxidis ^recti. 



317. MELANTHIUM. Gen.pl.Q\Q. 

 virginicum. l.M. datum; panicula pyramidata, petalis ovalibus sub- 

 haitatis plants bimaculatis, floribus plerumque her=* 



