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H E X AND B 1 A MON GYNl A . 



gioribus 



bracteis brevi- 



bus 5 foliis linearibuSj gla- 

 bris. E. 



the 

 sli o rt 

 brous. 



flower 



7 



bracteas 



? 



leaves linear, gla- 



Phalanglum croccum, Mich. 1. p. 196. Pursli, 1. p. 226. 



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Root bulbous. Leaves 12—18 inches long, linear, nerved, flat. 

 Scape shorter ? than the leaveSi^ terete, glabrous. Flowers in a^ 

 terminal, loose raceme. Peduncles about an inch long, the upper 



Bracteas ovatcj short, not one fourth of 

 the length of the peduncle. Fetals oval, obtuii'c, wliite ? 



Germ 



ones frequently by pairs. 



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shorter tlian the petals. 



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Stamen 

 superior, i^^cyie very short, simple. 

 Stigma obtuse. {Seed nearly globose, black, smooth, shining. Mich.) 

 From specimens sent from Louisville, Georgia, by Mr. Jackson. 

 Flowers 



The genus of this plant is perhaps doubtful. Yet from its bulbous 

 root and rounded seed, it would appear, noavithstanding its subulate 

 filaments, to belong to Ornithogalum rather than Phalangium. 



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ALETRIS. Gen. pl. 570. 



Corolla subcampanu- 



lata, 



rugosa. 



Filamenta 



laciiiiarum basi inserta. 



Corolla somewhat cam- 



panulate, rugose. Fila- 



ments inserted into llie 



segments. 



Capsula corolla marcida j base of the 



vestita, 3 locularis, poly- I Capsule clothed with the 



sperma. 



1. Farinosa. 



A. floribus pedicellatis, 



oblongo-tubulosis ; corol- 

 la marcida laeviuscula. 



witherina; corolla, 

 ed, many seeded. 



3 



cell- 



■A 



Flowers pedicellate, 

 oblong, tubular; the de- 



iieaily 



caymg 

 smooth. 



c roll a 



Sp. pl. 2. p. 183. Walt. p. 121. 



Pursli, 1, p. 225. 





A. alba. Mich. 1. p. 189 

 Soof tuberous, perennial. Stem 0. Leaves all radical, expamlin 

 oblong lanceolate, acute, entire, membranaceous, glabrous, perennial • 

 3 — 5 inches long, 5 — 8 lines wide. Flowers in a spike, not crowded. 

 Scape 2— 2i feet high, terete, furrowed, glabrous, slightly visciu? 

 furnished with a few small, subulate scales. Peduncles scarcely more 



Corolla white, rough, as » 



Jnthers" 



than the attenuated base of the flower. 



sprinkled with coarse meal. Stamens and styles very short. 



sagittate 



Seeds small, oblong, attached to a central receptacle 



Grows in damp pine barrens, 

 blowers Maj~-Juae. 



Common, 



Star-^ras^* 



