60 AFT. BOT. 



3bFoa4, petiol 2 er d inehes^ ftowvs white 

 pretty Idrge^ capsvile commonly with lobes or 

 ceHs «nequal. t 



437, Geb. gemincUum Raf. berb, p. 64. fol. 

 lifl. lOngiss. lato planis non striatts, obt. scapo 

 equante fllif. bifloro, spatha bivalvis eq, subul. 

 lanceol. pedicellis 2 equalib. sepalis lanceol. 

 stam. inclusis — West Kentucky semipedal^elen- 

 der, fl. white, deemed M, striatum by Torrey, 

 totally unlike the African sp. reduced to mini< 

 mum of timbellate flowers. 



438) Geb, stenium Raf. herb. p. 65. fol. filif. 

 planiusc. obt. scapo breviorib. scapo tereto,umbk 

 Isepe 3flora, ped. eq. filif, spatha 3valvis ovato« 

 lanc. acum. sepalis lanceol. acutis ad stam. lon-» 

 gior — lllinois, fl, white vernal, scape pedal, 

 leaves half size. 



439, Geb. tenellum Raf. ioi. filif. planidsc. 

 obt. seapo br^viorib. scapo filif. substriatum ; 

 umbella 2-4flora, pedic. filif. ineq. erectis^ spa- 

 tha bivalyis brevis lanceoK eq. obtu&is, sepalis 

 obl. ellipt. subobtusis stam. subequante — Fk>r* 

 ida> akin to the 2 last and also to G. sulcatumy 

 but diflferent from all, very slender 6 to 9 inches 

 highy sometimes only 2 fl* as in geminatum^ but 

 unequal in le«gth, white : deemed a N. sp. by 

 Baldwin. All our narrow leaved and few flow- 

 ed sp. have been mmgled by our botanists with 

 African sp. as AUium striatum^fragrans, ino^ 

 dorum, and all perhaps included in A. ornitho- 

 galoides of W^lter, see 443 and 444. 



440, Geb. proliferum Raf. scaposum, fol. iin. 

 angustissimis planis nervosis obt. scapo tereto 

 longior ; umbeila pauciflora sepe bulbo magno 

 ferens in spatha centralis bivalvis, spatha ext. 

 reflexa bivalvis, ovata pedic. ineq. flexuosis, se- 

 palis obl. obt, stam. equante — Missouri, deemed 



