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319. VERATRUM. Gen.pl. 1504. 

 viride. ] . V. racemis panicnlatis, bracteis ramorum oblongo-lan- 



ceolatis, partialibus pedunculo subpubescente longio- 

 ribus, foliis lato-ovalis plicatis.— IFilld. sp.pt.4.p.8g6. 

 V. album. Mkh.fl. amer. 2 p. 24g. 

 In swamps and on mountain bogs : Canada to Carolina. 

 1/ , July. V. V. A stately plant, from three to six 

 feet high ; flowers greenish-yellow. 

 parviflorum. 2, V. racemis paniculatis, ramis fiiiformibus, floribus pe- 

 dicellatis stellatis, petalis ovali-lanceolatis utrinque 

 acutis ungue staminiferis, foliis ovalibus lanceolatisve 

 plaiiis g\3br\i.— Mich. Ji. amer. 2. p. 250. 

 Melanthium bracteolare. Lam. encycl. 4. p. 25. 

 On high mountains of Carolina. 2/ . July. v. v. ct 

 V. s. 171 Herb. Lyon. Flowers small, green. 

 eyigiistifolium. 3. V. altum, dioicum; panicula simplici, petalis linearibus, 

 foliis longissimis linearibus carinatis. 

 On high mountains of Virginia and Carolina. 1/ . June. 

 V. V. Flowers greenish-ydjow. 



320. HELONIAS. Gen. pi. 622. Mich.Jl.amer.l. p.2l\. 

 lalifolia. 1. H. scapo subaphyllo, spica ovataVonferta, bracteis li- 



neari-janceolatis, foliis lanceolalis mucronatis nervosis. 

 — Mich. fl. amer. I. p. 212. 

 H. bullata. ' IVilld. sp. pi. 2. p. 273. 

 Icon Bot. mag. 747. Bnt. rcf). 352. Pluh. aim. t. 1/4./. 5. 

 In shady swamps on sandy soil : New Jersey to Virginia. 

 1/ . May. V. V. Flowers purple ; anthers blue. 

 erythrosper- 2. H. scapo folioso, racemo oblongo, bracteis brevibus ob- 

 ma. longis, foliis glabris lanceolato-linearibus, seminibus 



ovatislegumine carnoso rubentibus. — Mich.Ji.amer. I. 

 />. 212. 

 H. laeta. Bot. mag. 803. 

 Melanthium laetiun. IFilld. sp. pi. 2. p. 26/. 

 Melanthium phalangioides. Lam. encycl. 4. p. 28. 

 Melanthium Muscseloxicum. IValt.Jl.car. 125. 

 Anthericum subtrigynum. Jacij. ic. rar. 2. t. 41 9. 

 In shady moist sitviatious on river banks, and on high 

 mountains : Pensylvania to Carolina. 1/ . June, July. 

 V V. Root a kind of bulb J flowers first white, then 

 changing to green 3 anthers white : seeds covered with 

 a red substance. 

 anmistiColla. 3. H. scapo infeine folioso, raceme oblongo laxo, bracteis 

 brevibus, foliis loiigissimis angustiisimisque, capsvilis 



