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EcnnA ni'ia, < >ri., ii .1 rery similar Mexican genus, distinguished 

 l>v linear anthers Longer than the short filaments and oonnivenl 

 over the ovary. Mr. Baker reoognizos one rather variable spooies, 

 B5, n i; \ n i "i; \, Ort.i w 1 1 irl i has nol been oolieoted within the United 

 Stati 



i;. 8CHCENOLIRION, Torr. 



1. s. orooi ^'M. Gray. Sinn \<w slender, a fool high; racome 

 simplo, shorl ( I to ' Inches): braots ovate, mostly obtuse, purplish; 

 flowers yellow tinged with red ; segments narrow, 2 J to 8 lines long: 

 seed noarh ' lines long. -Amer. Naturalist, 10. I !7. Phalangium 



rrofcuin, MicllX. \ nllnri i-iuii rnu-riuu : 1 1 1 < I \ ultull iniiinii , Schult. I'. 



S\ i , i,ii. Ambloatitna oroota, and Oxytria crocaa, Raf, l''l. 

 Tellur. 26. Ovnithogcdutn (?) orootum and N^uttnllutnHtn t Kunth, 

 l'',iiiiui. 1. 871. < Georgia to Florida. 



2, 8. I'i\\mm. Gray, 1. o. Resembling the last, bul flowers 

 • ■I, mi ii white: braots narrower, aoutish: seed o line long. Orni- 

 thogalum Ttxanum, Schoelo, Linnnoa, 28. I 16. S, ftfichaitxii, Torr. 

 Bot. Mex. Bound. " 10, ezol. syn. and desor. Texas and Louisiana. 



8 s Kt i i<> i in, Poay. Stem Btouter, I feel high, less thickened 



al bo ■ . i " ii ii ill \ i' iled, beci ng ' to I Inohes long; braots 



aoute or acuminate: flowers wind', with o\ :il ■> nerved segments, 2 <>r 

 .'l lines long capsule coriaceous, aud seed nearh 2 inns long, 

 Gray, I. o. Omithogcdum croo9um t Elliott. Amblostima albijlora and 

 latifolia (i ), Raf I o. S, ilfichauxii, Torr. 1. <■., mainly. Anthericwn 

 croceum, Bakor, Journ. Linn. Sue. 15 "'«. Geoririu :mi>1 Florida. 



i i HASTINGSIA. 



i. II. \in\. Sinn 2 or ' ,; feel high, often stout; leaves 2 to ,; 

 lines broad: raceme simple or sparingly branched, densely many* 

 flowered (often :i fool long): pedicels :i line long or less: braots 

 narrowly acuminate: flowers 2 or 8 lines long, often tinged with green 

 or pink. • Schcenolirion <t//nu», Durand, Journ. Acad. Philad. 

 L08 1 ( Iraj . Amor. Naturalist, L0. 652. Northern California (Plumas 

 to Humboldt Counties and northward). 



15. CHLOROGALUM, Kunth. 



♦ Perlnnth-sogmcnti narrowly llgulate, spreading widelj from the bass In 

 iiu' open Rower pedicels nearlj equalling the Rowers. 

 1. ('. pomeridianum, Kunth. Hull) large, thiokh coated with 

 .•our brown fibres: stem •■mil spreading panicle l to 8 feel bigh: 



