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MONADELPHIA TRIANDRIA, 



Root fibrous^ perenniaL Leaves resembling the blades of gi'ass, 4 — 6 

 inches long, very narrow^ acute, generally tinged with blue at base- Flow- 

 er Stem rather longer than the leaves, compressed. Flowers in 2 ? termi- 



nal clusters, each 4 



pressed, 



acute, unequal, 1 longer than the flowers^ partial sheaths small, somewhat 

 membranaceous, each enveloping the base of a single peduncle. Pedun- 

 cles 5 — 6 lines long. Calyx 0. Petak bright blue, emarginate, raucro- 

 xiate, expanding. Filaments 3, shorter than the corolla, united into a tube. 

 Germ inferior, globose. 



mens. Stigma 3, acute. Capsule globose, 3-valved, 3-celled 

 several in each cell. 



Grows in meadows and damp land along the range of mountains from 



Pennsylvania to Carolina- 



Style triquetrous, a little longer than the sta- 



Sccd^ 



2. B 



ERMUDIANA. 



S. caule 



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ancipiti 



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ramoso, folioso; spa 

 this mulicis flore bre 



vioribus ; petalis mu 



St^m compressed 



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cronatis 

 formibiis. 



J 



foliis 



ensi 



branching, 



spathes 



snorter than the flow- 



leafy, 

 unawned 



% 



ers 



^ 



J 



mucro- 



nate 



form. 



5 



petals 

 leaves ensi- 



Sp. pi. 3. p. 5r8. Mich. 2. p. 33. Nutt. 1. p. 25. 

 S. Palmiiblium ? Walt. 219- 



-f_. 



Root perennial, fibrous. Stem erect, 12 — 18 inches high, generally di- 

 vided near the summit into two unequal branches, compressed, striate, ve- 

 ry glabrous. Leaves ensiform^ very acute, glabrous, shorter than the stem. 

 Flowers in terminal clusters ; common spathe 2-leaved, each leaf sheath- 

 ing a cluster of 4 or 5 flowers, flowers longer than the sheath, proper 

 spathe one smaU membranaceous leaf at the base of each peduncle. PetaU 

 6, oval, emarginate, mucronate, hairy, of a very bright azure colour, yel- 

 low and united just at the base. Stamens shorter'than the corolla, uni- 

 ted into a tube. Anthers conspicuously 2-lobed at base. Germ inferior, 

 globose, hairy. Style longer than the stamens. Stigmas acute, glandu- 

 lar. Capsule furrowed, hairy, 3-valved, 3-ceIled. Seeds many in each 

 cell, globose, dotted, attached to a central receptacle. 



Grows ^in stiff, damp, clayey soils. 



Flowers March — ]NIay. 



3. A 



NCEPS. 



S. scapo ancipiti,a- 

 lato^simplicijsubaphyl- 



Scape compressed 



9 



winged 



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simple 



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