HEXANDRIA TRIGYNIA. HcloiliaS. 243 



oblongis, seminibus angusto-linearibus. — Mich. Jl. 

 amer. 1. p. 212. 

 In shady wet woods of Carolina and Georgia, % . July. 

 v.s. 



4. H. scapo folioso, raceme oblongo conferto, bracteis seta- asphodeloideSt 



ceis, filamentis basi latioribus corollam aequantibus, 



foliis subulato-setaceis. — JVilld. sp. pL 1. p. 2/5. 

 Icon. Bot. mag. 748. PluJz. mant. t. 342./. 3. 

 On the sandy plains of New Jersey and Carolina. % . 



May, June. v. v. Flowers white, sraail ; root a kind 



of bulb : the leaves form large tufts resembling those 



of some Carices. 



5. H. scapo folioso, racemo specioso laxo, bracteis mem- tenax, 



branaceis, petalis ellipticis, filamentis filiformibus co- 

 rollam superantibus, foliis subulato-setaceis longis- 

 simts. 

 On high lands near the Rocky-mountains. M. Lewis. 

 "2/. June. v.s. Flowers white j anthers yellow. It 

 approaches near to the foregoing species, but its flow- 

 ers are three times kirger, and probably an essential 

 distinction may lie in the seed-vessel, which I have 

 not seen. This plant is very useful to the natives : 

 out of its very tenacious leaves they weave thier water- 

 tight baskets, which they use for cooking their vic- 

 tuals in. 



6. H. scapo folioso, racemo spicato nutante, pedicellis dioica. 



brevissimis subebracieatis, filamentis corolla longiori- 

 bus, petalis linearibus, foliis oblongo-lanceolatis. 



H. lutea. Bot. mag. 1062. 



H. pumila. Jac/. ic. rar. 2. t. 453. 



Veratrum luteum. IVilld. sp. pi. 4. p. Sgy. 



Melanthium dioicum. lFalt.fi. car. 126. 



Melanthium densum. Lam. encycl. 4. p. 26. 



In dry shady and hilly situations: Pensylvania to Georgia. 

 ■}/. July. V. V. Root bulbous, known by the name 

 of Star-tvort, and considered 5 remedy in colic. 

 Flower white, male and female on different plants, 

 which is a singr' -lity in this family of plants. 



Jacquin's H, puvula is without doubt an unexpanded 

 spike of a male of this species : the appearance of a 

 germen inferum is occasioned by the male flower 

 being divested of its petals; and no female fructification 

 appearing, the small pedicel was considered to be the 

 rudiments of a germen. 



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