HEXANDBIA MONOGYNPA. "SST 



LIHUM. Gen. pl. 558. 



CoroUa O-petala, cam- j CoroltaQpeUUed^csLm- 

 panulata, linea longitudi- j panulate, witli a longitu- 

 nali nectarifera ; laciiiiis | diiLil nectariferous line ; 

 sjepius reilcxis. Capsula I the segments most cofn- 

 valvulis^ pilo cancellato | nionly'rc^ccted. Valves 

 connexis. . | of tlic cajwde connected 



i. CATESB.Er. Walt 



by 



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L. foliis sparsis, lincari- ( Leaves scattered, li- 

 lanceolatis; caule iiniflo- | near lanceolate -f- stem 

 r() ; corolla erecta ; pe- | one ilowered ; corolla 



longe ungnicLilatis, | erect ; petals With lon^ 

 margiiie undulatis, apice j claws and undulate _._„. 

 reflexis. Sp. pl. 2. p. 86. | gin, retlected at the sum- 

 mit. 



Walt. p. 123. Mich. 1. p. 197. Pursh, I. p. 22S. 



Root a scaly bulb ; scales ovate lanceolate, thick, succulent. Stem 

 herbaceous, erect, simple, -labrous, terete, 2 feet high. Leaves ses 



Rile,appressed, crowded near the middle of the stem. Flower termi- 

 nal. Fetals ovate lanceolate, tapering at base into a clav/ half an inch 

 long, red, becoming yellow near the base, and varie-atcd with darlf 

 brown spots. J^'edary ? formed of a small melliferous pore at the 

 base of the petals. Filaments nearly ai long as the petals. Anthers 

 incumbent, versatile. Germ superior, obtusely 3 an^-led, obtuse. 

 Uule as long as the stamens. Stigma thick, capitate''. Capsule 3 

 celled, 3 valved. ■* 



Grows in flat pine barrens, around nonds. 



Flowers July-August. . «^ Cateshy's lilltf. 



S. PHII.ADELPHICUM. 



L. foUis verticillatis ; I Leaves verticillatc ; 

 floribus erectis ; corolla [ flowers erect ; , corolla 

 campanulata; petalis un- ( campanulatej petals with 

 guiculatis. Sp. pl. 2, p. claws. 



90* 



Walt. p. 1£3. Pursh, I. p. 229. 

 Stem 2 feet hi|h, glabrous. Leaves verticillatc and scattered, na*- 



Que, without lerveft 



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