(KNT. I. 29 



!) Other sj). each witli some pecuHar cliaracters, 

 the Nartheriiini of Mx. his N. jmbrns, 8vih. G. 

 Trianfha, has petalis angiKst. cups, globosis, lo- 

 cuHs pol} sp. seni. teretis caiulatis. 



81. Nartiiecium Sm. Atti/ieric. ostifragnm 

 \i. Dilf. 07. PetaHs pcrsistons, filam. hirsutis, 

 Caps 3gona, sem. appeiidicuhitis. Tims no 

 cal. Hke many of the above Cienera. Botanists 

 must be bhnd to blend such disparities. When 

 all these G. will be properly noticed and studied, 

 the stigma and seeds will offer other additional 

 features. From G7 to 81 the Genera belong to 



ASPIIODELIA. 



82. Melanthiitm Gron. L. auct. another G. 

 requiring a radical reform. The very name 

 meaning black flower does not apply, and the 

 authors have united thereto many plants quite 

 unlike, Helonias^ Tulijja, Wiirmbea! The fol- 

 lowing G. 83 to 100, are chiefly reformed out of 

 this heterogenous mass, all belonging to HEL- 

 ONIDIA. 



83. EvoNvxis R (well clawed) Melanthium 

 Gron. Petalis 6 equalis persistens, rotatis, basis 

 unguic. elongatis staminiferis, s. pustulatis, 2 

 glandulosis. stam. eq. filif. antheris. globosis sty- 

 lis 3. caps. 3 basi coalit. intus deh. Sem. plura 

 alata. Caiilescens, ramosis, Jl. albescens pani- 

 cul — -Fine natural G. many Sp. in N. Amer. not 

 yet well distinguished. E. virginica^ glauca, 

 monoica^ hybrida, all Melanthium of authors, 

 with several N. Sp. see my New Flora. I add 

 one. 



84. Evonyxis {Melanthiurri) undulata Raf. 

 Caule elatior, fol. glabris striatis, panicula mul- 

 tifl. puberula, pedic. elong. petalis reniformib. 

 undulatis — Alabama, fl. large, white w ith 2 red 

 spots above the claws. 



