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HAB. Sandy woods. July. V- • Root prcemorse ; leav. 



rad.. spreading ; scape 2 ft. high ;fl. white. 

 2. A. aurea : flowers subsessile, short, subcampanu- 



late ; corolla, when decaying, rugose and very 



scabrous ; leaves lanceolate. 

 HAB. In pine-barrens. July — Aug. H . scape 2 — 3 



ft. high; pedicels bracteate ;fl. yellow. 



239. HEMEROCALLIS. Day Lily. Hemerocallidece. 



II. fulva : leaves broad-linear, carinate ; interior 

 petals obtuse, undulate ; exterior nerves of the 

 petals ramose. 



HAB. Wet meadows. June — Aug. U . Leav. very 

 long ; scape 3 ft. high ; fl. large, fulvous. §. 



240. AGAVE. Bastard aloe. Bromelice. 



A. virginica : stemless, herbaceous ; leaves with 

 cartilaginous serratures ; scape simple. 



HAB. Banks of rivers. Sept. %. Root pr minor se : 

 leav. succul.; scape 4 — 6 ft. high;fl. yellowish. 



241. PHALANGIUM. Asphodelex. 



P. esculentum : root bulbous ; leaves all radical, line- 

 ar, carinate ; stigma minutely 3 cleft. 



IIAB. Banks of rivers and lakes. Sept. U. Root 

 tunic. : scope simp. ; fl. pale blue. 



242. NARTHEC1UM. Juncem. 



N. americanum: raceme sometimes interrupted!} 

 spiked, lax ; pedicels with a setaceous bract below 

 the flower, and another embracing its base ; fila- 

 ments with very short hair. 



HAB. Sandy swamps. Aug. V-. Root creep. ; leav. 

 rod., narrow cnsif. ;fl. yellow intern. 



ORNITHOGALUM. Star of Bethlehem. Aspho 

 delcce. 



O. -umbellatum : corymb, few-flowered ; peduncle* 

 longer ihun the bracts ; filaments subulate 



