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85. ^iGADENDs Mx. Dift'. 83. petalis sossilis 

 erectis glandiilis binis ferens. Ov. 3gon. 8tylis 

 3 obt. contiguis (in fig. Mx. Stylus trifido acuto) 

 Caps 3gona 3Ioc. Seni. angulatis — I give this G. 

 to contrast it with the next. Several sp. in my 

 new Flora. 



80. GoMPHOSTYLis R. n. fl. (club styles) peta- 

 lis 6 patulis persistens, sessilib, subcoalitis, big- 

 landulis. Stam. G basi dilatatis ovar. adpressis, 

 apice deflexa filif. Styli 3 clavatis, Caps, ut in 

 85. CaulescenSy fl. subsplcatis, bracteis ohsitis. 



87. GoMPH. bracteata Raf. Caule flexuoso, 

 fol. lin. lane. acum. brevis, spicis oblongis, fl. 

 subsessilis, bracteis petalisque ovatis acum. in- 

 volutis. Virginia. Helonias bracteata Brereton 

 mpt. Is the Veratrum Virginicum Ait. bot. 

 mag. 865 a second sp. of this Genus ? or a Zig- 

 adenus? 2. Gomphostylis? paniculata R. ra- 

 cemis paniculatis, pedicelis bracteis longior, pe- 

 talis bigland. ut. in Genus, and another sp. is 

 perhaps the Veratrum Virginiciini of Sm. who 

 says it is the real Melanth. Virgin, of Lin ! and 

 also Helonias VirginicaCnY\\^ hot. mag. 983! 

 3 Gomph? or Z. fuscatus Raf. fol. nervosis 

 plicatis, fl. panicul. petalis eUipticis sessilib. ex- 

 tus pubescens, intus viridis, basi pustulis 2 fus- 

 catis. 



88. Veratrum L. this differs from the last 

 by having no glands, on the sessile petals. Petalis 

 6 sessilis egland. Stam. subhypogynis. Caps. 

 3 polyspermis. Caulescens, fol. latis^ fl. panic. 

 V. nigrum., V. album, V. viride of N. amer. 

 V. luieum is Abalon albiflorum Raf. fl. white. 

 V. sabadilla is probably a peculiar G. as the 

 habit is different; Sahad. offic, fol. hn. lane, ner- 

 vosis, fl. racem. secundis, pet. ovatis atropurp. 

 Mexico, akin to next Genus. 



