1G0 HEXANDRIA.— TRIGYNIA. 



Root bulb. ; stem 2 ft. high.fl. wh. ; seeds with a 



scarlet coat. 

 \. II. angustifolia : scape leafy ; leaves very long and 



narrow ; raceme oblong, lat. ; capsule oblong ; 



seeds linear. 

 HAB. New- York. Rootfibr. ; stem 2ft. high; racem. 



simp. ; Jl. wh. 

 1. H. dioica: scape leafy ; racemes dioicous, spiked, 



cernuous ; pedicels very short, without bracts ; 



petals linear ; stamens exserted ; leaves lanceo- 

 late. 

 IIAB. Wet meadows. June. Root prcemorse, stem 



1—2/*. high ; Jl. white. 



257. XEROPHYLLUM. Melanthacece . 



X. setifolium : raceme oblong, crowded ; bracts se- 

 taceous ; filaments dilated at the base, as long as 

 the corolla ; leaves subulate setaceous. 



HAB. Pine barrens. June. U . Root subbulb. ; rad. 

 leav. long, cespit. ; Jl. white. 



258. TOF1ELDIA. Melanthacece. 



T. pubens: flowers on a scape, rachis and pedicels 

 scabrous ; spike oblong, interrupted ; capsules 

 subglobose, scarcely longer than the calyx. 



HAB. Delaware. U . Leav. narrow-ensif, subradic. : 

 scape 18 in. high ; spike gr. wh. 



259. SCHEUCHZERIA. Juncaginece. 



S. palustris. 



HAB. Swamps. V-. July. Root horiz. stem 8—12 



in. high ; leav. lin. ; racem. 5 — 7 jl. ; Jl. pedun- 



cul. gr. yell. ; caps, large. 



iGO. TRIGLOCHIN. Arrow-grass. Juncaginea. 



1. T. maritimum: fruit ovate-oblong, of G united 

 capsules. 

 HAB. Salt marshes and about salt springs. July- 



