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HEXANDSIA. MONOGYNIA, 



294. AGAVE. Gen.pl.5S2. 



virginica. 1. A. acaulis, herbacea ; foliis cartilagineo-serratis, scapo 



simplicissimo, JFilld. sp. pi. 2. p. IQ'S. 



Icon. Jarq. ic. rar. 2. t. 3/8. Bot. mag. 1 157. 



On the rocky and fertile banks of rivers : Virginia to 

 Carolina, 1/ , July. v. v. Flowers greenish-yellow, 

 very fragrant. 



295. PHALANGIUM. Tournef. Jiiss. gen. pi. 5g.: 



croceum. ] . P bulbosum ; scapo foliis gramineis multo brevioribus, 



spica pyramidali, bracteis convoluto-amplexantibus 

 obtusis, seminibus subglobosis laevigatis. — Mkh. Ji. 

 amer. 1. p. iy6. 



In low grounds of Georgia. Michaux. 11.+. Flowers 

 saffron-coloured ; seeds black. 

 Quantask. 2. P. bulbosum ; scapo foliis linearibus carinatis longiore, 

 spica racemosa, bracteis linearibus, petalis 3. adscen- 

 dentibus : infimo deflexo, stigmate obtuso. 



On the upper part of the Missouri, near the Rocky- 

 mountains. M. Lewis. 11. June. v. s. in Herb. 

 Lewis. Flowers large, pale blue. 



Bulbus tunicatus, subrotundus. Scapus simplex, nudus, 

 erectus, teres, glaber, pedalis et ultra. Folia radica- 

 lia, pauca, longe linearia, subtus carinata, glabra, 

 semiunciam lata. Flores spicato-racemosi, bracteati. 

 Bractece marcescentes, solitarise, lineares, membra- 

 naceae. Pedunculi solitarii, uniflori, teretes, bracteis 

 breviores. Corolla marcescens, infera, hexapetalo- 

 partita. Petala subsequalia, lineari-lanceolata : quin- 

 que adscendentia : sextum detlexum. Filamenta su- 

 bulata, aequalia, petalis breviora, ad basin petalorum 

 inserta. Germen trigonum. Stylus longitudine co- 

 rollae, sr.bclavatus. Stigma obtusum. Capsula sub- 

 rotundo-triquetra, 3-locularis ; loculis polysperniis. 

 Seviina oh\ov\ga , nigra. 



It deviates from the character of Phalnngium in some 

 respects, particularly in its ascending petals, but not 

 sufficiently to give materials to frame a new genus. 



This plant is known among the natives by the name 

 Quamash, and the bulbs are carefully collected by 

 them and baked between hot stones, when they as- 

 sume the appearance of baked pears, and are of an 



