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corolHs paten tibiis ; starn- | back ; corolla expanding j 

 inibus simplicibus, inclu- I stamens simplejincluded. 



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Pursh, L p. 228. Sp. pL 2. p- 71. 

 A. inodorum, Sp. pi 2. p. 76. 

 A-fragrans, Fursh, 1. p. 222. 

 A. ornithogaloides, A\alt. p. 121. 

 A. Canadense ? Mich. 1, p. 19^ 



'Boot a tunicated bulb. Leaves all radical, glabrous, a little succu- 

 ient, 6—8 inches long, 2~S lines wide, each at base sheathing the in- 

 terior leaves. Scope 8—12 inches long, compressed. Spathe ^ 



leaved ; leaves ovate, acute, withering. ^Flowers 8--10, in a simple 

 umbe! ; pedicels 2—3 inches long, i^etals oval, white, the S exterior 

 rather larger ti.an the intenor, and slightly keeled with a coloured 

 mulrib. Filampiiis.Mnaqnii], shorter than the petals. Anthers in- 

 cumber t, 2 lobed. Germ superior, somewhat cjlindrical. Style a.s 

 lon^ as the stamens. Stigma obtuse. Capsule 3 celled, 3 valved, 

 V'jtii a few angular seeds in each cell. i 



Grows in the pine barrens of Carolina and Geor^-ia. Unless se- 

 verely bruised, this plant exhibits none of thatneculiarlind penetrating 

 odour which characterises this genuy, 



Flowcis March — April. 



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4. Mutabile. Mich. 

 ^ A. scapo tered ; foliis [ Scape terete ; leaves 

 linearibus, planis ; iim- | linear, flat; umbel iDany 

 bella muliiflora ; stami- j flowered ; stamens sim* 

 nibus simplicibiis, inclu- | pie, included ; seeds sol^ 

 sis ; sc minibus solitariis ? | tary 



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Bii/ficLinouslv webbed or netted with intersectJnc; nerves. Leav^ 



-„ . , *» ^M^K^^y,^ yyiui iniersecTing: nerves, i^muta 



18 inches long, very narrow, becoming setacecnis near the sum^ 

 membranous and sheatiirnr ni h^Qo «?. r. r_ ^ \.i o^^^a* 



Bcape 2 feet high, Spathe 



t XVf ' anceolate acute, changing from an obscure green 



Ll^^tl ' -'^ T^'"'"'^ ^*'er"'* ^^'^'•t^^ than the petals. Mther^ 

 «f ^ k/ ^'""P.^- ^r"^ S'"''°^« • %^« as long as the stamens. 

 Stx^a obtuse Capsule nearly globose, ^eeds (in all the specimens I 



road. Sent 



Grows m wet pine barrens. Rare to me. Found where the road 



Flowers May — June. 

 thaVMIcI «n^ 'Tik^k' 'P''^'' ^'^'^'^S b"^'^^ ; a^d I st'-onglj suspect 



tl?M MicLaux's bulb-beanng variety is the A. Canadense. Linn. 



