2(5 FLOR. TELLUR. 



name too barbarous, I offer two substitutes, l^- 

 molris and Bulbedulis ! I call it Q. esculenta, 



65. OxYTRiA R (sharp 3) Diff. 64. Stam. sub- 

 ulatis, stylo conicus trtfid. stigma 3 connivens. 

 //. racemose yellow — O crocea Raf. Ph. alan- 

 gium croceum Nut. (not Mx.) fol. gramineis, 

 racemd paucifl. bract, obtusis, petalis ovatob- 

 longis. N. amer. fl. croceis. 



66. Amblostima R (obtuse stig) Diff. 64. 

 Stam. subulatis planis, Stylo conico simplex, 

 stigma obtuso unico. Sem. globosis nigris. fl, 

 racem. alhis s. luteis — 1 A. alhiflora Raf. (Or- 

 nithogalum croceum Elliot) foL planis nervosis, 

 scapo tereto, racemo laxo, bract, ovatis, brevis, 

 petalis ovatis obtusis. In Georgia, florida, fl. 

 white — 2. A. crocea (Phalangium croceum. 

 Mx. P.) fol. gramineis, scapo brevis, racemo 

 pyramidal, bract, obtus. brevis. In Georgia, fl. 

 safron color. Elliot has best described the flow- 

 ers, Michaux the seeds. All the above Genera 

 akin to Allium^ Scilla, Slc. belong to the natural 

 tribe of Aspiiodelia. 



67. Antiiericum L. another absurd linnean 

 G. whose essential character was merely Cor. 

 Qpetala potens Caps, ovata ! which might in- 

 clude Allium, Scilla and 20 other genera. 

 Some botanists ashamed of this blunder, confined 

 it to the Sp. with bearded stamens, taking out of 

 it Phalangium, Narthecium, Tqfielda, Aba- 

 ma, &,c. But even all these require correction, 

 including many distinct Genera. The true An- 

 thericum has Petalis 6 sessilis patens deciduis, 

 filam. 6 lanatis filiformis equalis, anther, versa- 

 tiles, stylus filif. rectus, stig. integr. papillosus. 

 Caps. glob. 31oc. 3val. Sp. having different char- 

 acters iare to be separated. Types A.frutescens 

 and akin African sp. 



