34 ABALON. 



Varieties and deviations 1. Pumilutn,6 or 8 

 inches, leaves narrow, linear above. Mts Alle- 

 ghany, rare. 



2. Sylvaticum, large, bipedal, low^er leaves 

 broader and thick, cuneate nearly obtuse : 

 crowded on the stem. In woods. 



3. Serpentarium, raceme elongate flexuose 

 like a Snake. 



4. Spicatum, flowers nearly sessile forming 

 a long spike, the pistillate flowers remote 

 Kentucky .... 



5. Obovatum, radical leaves petiolate obovate 

 nervose, obtuse, stem leaves remote cuneate 

 few obtuse. Alabama and Florida : perhaps a 

 species, fertile flowers very remote. 



Flowers white, the pistillate greenish not so 

 crowded — found from Maine to Missouri and 

 Floridas, in meadows, glades and woods. 

 Root tuberose premorse, medical, see my med- 

 ical flora. 



Figures. Autikon Raf. 1 to 5. 



ABAMA of Adanson. His good Genus 

 was wrongly named Tofielda by Hudson ; but 

 some American Sp. united to it, being distinct, 

 I called them Conradia or Leptilix in Neog. 

 1825. Nuttal has named another Genus Con- 

 radia in 1834. I therefore restore the Aba- 

 ma for our Tofieldas and thus reform the 

 characters. 



Abama. Cahx small 3dentate. Corolla 6- 

 parted obtuse alternate longer. Stamens 6fili- 

 form on the corolla and opposite. Pistil one 

 conical 3angular. 3 Styles spreading short, 

 stigmas capitate. One capsule 3celled, 3val- 

 ved, valves bifid above, cells with 2 or more 

 seeds — Habit leaves ensiform, flowers white 

 racemose, peduncles commonly triflore. — Con- 



