4S0 HEXANDRIA TRIGYNIA. 



3. Angustifolium. Pursh. 

 V. floribus dioicis; pan- | Flowers dioicous; pan 



simplici ; pe 



petals 



nearibus ; foliis longissi- leaves very long, linear, 

 mis, linearibus, carinatis. I keeled 

 Pursh, i. p. 242. 



Flowers greenish jellow. Pursh. 



Grows among tlie mountains of Virginia and Carolina. 

 Flowers June. 



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ZIGADENUS. Mich. 



Corolla hexapetala, I Corolla 6 petalled 



patens ; laciniis supra ba- | pandinp; ; with g glands 



sm angustatam biglandu- j above the narrowed base 

 losis. Capsula membra- j of the segments. Cap- 

 nacea, 3 loculai^^^ 5^7?^i. I 5z//fi membranaceous, % 

 «a plurima, apteral • f celled. Seeds mmyM^h- 



1. Gla 



, * ^ I out wings 



Z. scapo folioso'; hrac- I Scape leafy ; bracteas 



teisovatis,acuM.inaps;pe- | ovate, acuminate ; petals 

 talis acuminatis. Pursh. acuminate. 



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Alich* 1. p. 214. .^^> 



Melanthium virginicum ?*p^ 



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Root tuberous, perennial. 5^i T^aceous, erect, terete, S— 4 feet 



u^ l-^av^s sessile, linear lanc^faate, acute, glabrous, slightlj 

 channelled, 8—14 inches long. 5- |p&;s wide. Flowers in a termi- 

 nal panicle. Calyx 0. Petals equaTT persistent. Filaments 6, as 

 long as the corolla, dilated at base, and inserted into the petals at 

 their junction with the germ. Germ superior, 3 angled. Styles 3, 

 shorter than the stamens, nearly united at base. Stigmas simple, 

 obtuse. Capsule S sided, with the angles obtuse, furrowed, 3 celled, 

 S valved, pointed with the persistent "styles. Seeds manj (4- 8) i" 

 each cell, angled, oblong, slightlj furrow'ed, the angles slightly wing- 

 ed and extending a membranous summit beyond the apex of tlie seed. 



Grows along the margins of swamps, pouds, &,c. 



'lowers July— September. 



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