324 



angtisti folia. 



erecta. 



grammea. 



juncea. 



HEXANDRIA MONOGTNIA. 



Icon. Pluk. mant. t. 34g.f. ult. Bat. mag. 1156. 



On the edges of rivers in the lower countries, from 



Canada to Florida. If.. July. v. v. Flowers blue. 

 2. P. foliis elongato-triangularibus sensiin acutis basi trun- 



tato-subcordatis, coroUae laciniis lineari-lanceolatis. 

 In high mountain-lakes : New York to Carolina. It . 



July. V. V. Flowers blue, smaller than the first 



species. 



291. HYPOXIS. GeTupl.565. 



1. H. pilosa 5 scapo 2~3-floro foliis lineari-lanceolatis bre- 



viore, coroUae laciniis lanceolato-oblongis. — IVilld. sp. 

 pi. 2. p. 106. 



Icon. Pluk. aim. t.315.f. 12. Bot. mag. 71O. 



In pastures and on grassy hills : Canada to Virginia. 1/ . 

 June, July. v. v. Flowers yellow : the root is reck- 

 oned one of the antidotes against the bite of the rat- 

 tle-snake. 



2. H. pilosa; scapo 4-floro foliis longissimis gramineis bre- 



viore, coroUae laciniis lineari-lanceolatis. 



H. caroliniensis. Mick.Ji. amer. 1. p. 118. 



In dry sandy tields and woods : New Jersey to Carolina. 

 11. June, July, v.v. Leaves very narrow, and dou- 

 ble the length of the scape. 



3. H. pilosa ; scapo unifloro, foliis filiformibus canaliculatis. 



— Smith spicil. t. \Q. 



On pine-barrens of South Carolina. % . May— July. v. v. 



H. sessd'is Willd. sp. pi. 2. p. 110. figured by Dillenius 

 /. 220. is only an accidental variety of H. erecta, as I 

 frequently have found this species at an early part of 

 the season to flower very near to the ground. 



292. CONOSTYLIS. Brown fi. nov. holland. I. p. 300. 



I.e. coroUis intus lanatis, scapis corymboso-paniculatis, 

 foliis gramineo-ensiformibus glaucis, filamentis aequa- 

 libus. 

 Argolasia aurea. PursJi catal. 



In boggy soil, on the pine-barrens of New Jersey and 

 Carolina. l/.July. v.v. Flowers golden-yellow. 

 Radix fibrosa, repens. Folia radicalia, scapo breviora, 

 irideo-equitantia, angusto-ensiformia, acuta, glabra, 

 laevigata, glaacescentia. Scapus erectus, teres, la- 

 nato-tomentosus, folio uno alterove brevi instructus. 



