HEX/VND5IA TRiGYNiA. Melanthium. 



raaphroditis.— /^r///cZ. sp. pi. 2. p. 26Q. Lam. en- 

 ajcl. 4. p. 25. 



Plelonias virginica. Bot. mng. QS5. 



In low orounds, among luxuriant herbage : New York 

 to Carolina. 7/ . June, July. v. v. Flowers green- 

 ish-white at first, and turn to a dark brown after flow- 

 ering for some time. 



2. M. panicula inferne mascula, superne feminea racemo- 



sa, petalis oblongis planis brevi-unguiculatis bima- 



culatis, stylis germine duplo brevioribus. — IFalt.Ji. 



car. 125. 

 M. polygamum. Lam. encycl. 4. p. 25. 

 On the mountains of Virginia and Carolina. 1/. July. 



V. V. Flowers smaller, and not so apt to change colour. 



3. M, panicula superne racemosa feminea, petalis subro- 



tundis unguiculatis plicato-undulatis vix maculatis, 



extus hirsutis. — IValt.fl. car. 125. 

 M. latifolium. Lam. encycl. 4. p. 25. 

 M. racemosum. Mick.jl. amer. 1. p. 251. 

 On the side of hills, in moist fertile soil : Virginia and 



Carolina. !(. . 'une, July. v. v. Flowers small^ 



pale white^ and do not change. 



241 



monoicum. 



hylridum. 



318. ZIGADENUS. Mich.Ji. amer. 1. p. 213. 



1. Z.scapo folioso, bracteis ovatis acuminatis, petalis acu- glalerrimus. 



minatis. 



Icon. AJich Jl. amer. 1. p. 214. t. 22. 



In low meadows : Virginia and Lower Carolina. If.. 

 June, July. v. v. Flowers white, the size of Vera- 

 trum album ; leaves long, recurved and channelled. 



2. Z. scapo subnudo, bracteis linearibus, petalis acutis. elegans. 

 On the waters of Cokahlaishkit river, near the Rocky- 

 mountains. M. Lewis. % . July. v. s. in Herb. Lewis. 



Flowers white, 

 i^b/ia radical ia, erecta, longissime-linearia, glabra, line- 

 ato-nervosa, plana, scapo breviora. Scnpus teres, 

 simplex, uno alterove folio brevi instructus, subbipe- 

 dalis. Racemus multitiorus, snterdum basi raraosus. 

 Braclece lineares, nervosae, membranaceae, longitudine 

 pedicellorum. Flores albidi, magnitudine Melanthi 

 virginici. Petala ovata, acuta, subunguiculata, basi 

 glandulis 2. cinnabarinis notata. FUammta corolla 

 breviora. Stigmata Z.re^QX^. 



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