AO^ HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



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Stem about 3 feet high. Flowers, as in all our species, white 



linked occasionally with green and purple. 

 Grows op t'je sandy sliores of Georgia. 



andy 



Flowers Jtilj~ August. 



AGAVE, Gen. pl. 582. 



Corolla supei-a, 6-par- I Corolla superior, 



tita, erecta. Filamenta parted, erect. Filaments 

 corolla longiora, erecta. loj^ger tliaii the corolla, 

 Mthercc versatiles. | erect. Anthers versatile. 



i, VlRGIMCA. 



A. acaulis, herbacea : ] Stemless. herbaceous'. 



foil is 



g 



ith cartilaffiiious 



tisj scapo smiplicissimo. I serratiires J scape sim- 

 Pers. 1. p. 380. j pie. 



Sp.pl. 2. p. 193. Walt. p. 121. Mich. 1. p. 187. Pursh,l.p.226.' 



Moot perennial, tuberous, praemorse. Radical leaves long, lanceolate 

 acute, verj smooth, succulent: stem leaves semiamplcxicaule, acute, 

 resembling scales. Scapt 4—6 feet high, terete, glabrous. Vlo^v^ 

 ers sessile. Cali/x 0. Corolla fragrant, of an ob.scure yellow co- 

 ^J' *"^^lar, furrowed : segmeiits shorter than the tube, acute. 

 FUaments spotted, twice as long as the corolla, inserted into itsbnse. 

 ^fj/^^e terete, shorter than the filaments, spotted. Capsule ^hhuhr, 

 slightly 5 furrowed, 3 celled, 3 valvcd. Seeds numerous, compressed, 

 angular, 2 rowed in each cell, attached to a central receptacle. 



tirows in pine barrens. 



Flowers Julj. Vivginian Jgave—nattk Snake's Master, 



Thick-leaved Snake root. 



The root is bitter. Ir. some neighborhoods it is "ivcn in tincture as 

 ft remedy for flatulent coiick, and^as such seems deserving of notice.- 



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CONOSTYLIS. Brown. 



Corolla e-fida, persis- | Corolla 6 cleft, persis- 

 tens. Anthera; erecta?. | tent. Anthers erect. Style 

 Stylus cenicus. Stigma I conic. Stigma simple, 

 simplex. Capsula apice | Capsule free at the sum- 

 libera, dehiscens, S-locu- | mit, gaping, 3 celled, ma- 



lans, polysperma, | ny seeded. 



