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2. S. Drummondii, Gray. Stouter, 1 to 3 feet high : leaves 1 to 



3 lines broad : flowers green, in a spike-like raceme 4 to 8 inches 

 long; segments narrowly oblong-lanceolate, 1^ lines long: filaments 

 stout, subclavate-filiform : fruiting pedicels a line long : capsule erect, 

 narrow, a half-inch long; cells 4-6-seeded. — Bot. Beechey, 388. 

 S. Texanum, Scheele, Linnrea, 25. 262. Texas. 



Mexican Species. 



3. S. caricifolium, Gray. Scape stout, a span high, much shorter 

 than the very narrow flexuous leaves : flowers green, in a raceme 



2 inches long ; segments oblanceolate, 1 ^ lines long : filaments rather 

 slender : fruiting pedicels a line long : capsule ovate, a half-inch long : 

 seeds large, 2 in each cell. — Bot. Beechey, 388. Veratrum, 

 Schlecht. Ind. Sem. Hal. 1838 (Linnsea, Litt.-Ber. 1839, 100). 

 Coulter, n. 1568; Gregg, n. 214? 



4. S. officinale, Gray, 1. c. Scape 2 to 4 feet high : leaves 



4 to 6 lines broad: raceme dense, becoming 6 to 18 inches long: 

 flowers nearly white; segments 1£ lines long, narrowly oblong: 

 filaments stout : fruiting pedicels 2 lines long : capsule ovate-oblong ; 

 cells 2-4-seeded. — Veratrum, Schlecht. Helonias, Don. Asagrcea, 

 Lindl. Mexico to Venezuela. There appear to be some other un- 

 named species, allied to /S. Drummondii and caricifolium. 



44. AMIANTHIUM, Gray. 



1. A. musc^etoxicum, Gray. Stem l 1 to 4 feet high: leaves 

 shorter, 3 to 15 lines broad: raceme oblong-pyramidal, 2 to 4 inches 

 long ; pedicels 4 to 8 lines long, with short ovate membranous bracts : 

 perianth-segments spreading, 2 lines long, equalling the slender fila- 

 ments : capsule broader above than long (scarcely 3 lines) : seeds 

 1 to l 1 lines long. — Rev. Melanth. 122, with syn. 3felanthium, 

 "Walt. M. densum, Desr. ; Lam. 111. t. 269, f. 3. Helonias Icela, 

 Ker, Bot. Mag. t. 803, 1540; Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 998. H erythro- 

 derma, Michx. New Jersey to Florida, Kentucky and Arkansas. 



45. HELONIAS, Linn. 



1. H. bull ata, Linn. Stem stout, 1 to 2 feet high, leafy and 

 sheathed with broad bracts at base, and with small submembranous 

 bracts above : leaves numerous, evergreen, 6 to 12 inches long : raceme 

 an inch or two (becoming 4 to 6 inches) long : perianth-segments 



3 lines long, about equalling the pedicels and capsules : seeds 2 lines 



