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lately of examining these plants in a living state, and compannij their 

 fruit with the accuracy that would be necessary for a new distribu- 

 tion ; I have therefore followed the latest arrangement that has been 

 made of them, and merely otfer this hint for the consideration of those 

 who may haVe better opportunities of making correct researches. 



TOFIELDIA. Hudson. 



Calyx 3 -fid us. Corolla I Cah/x 3 cleft. Corolla 

 6-petala. Capsfdce 3, ba- j 6 petalled. Cap.mles 3, 

 si junctajj polyj^permaj. | united at base, many seed- 

 ed. 



1. PuBENs. Mich. 

 T. caule scabro ; flori- 



bus racemosis, gemmis 

 trifloris. E. . I ered 



Stem scabrous ; floweri 

 in racemes, buds 3 flow 



T. pubescens, Pursli, 1. p. 246. 

 Narthecium pubens, Mich. 1. p. 209. 

 Melanthium racemosuiu, Walt. p. 126. 



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. Root perennial, somewhat tuberous. Stem 1 — 2 feet high, simple, 

 naked near the summit, with the peduncles covered and roughened 

 with a glandular pubeseeuce- Leaven ensiforin, narrow, very acute, 

 sometimes acuminate glabrous ; the upper one very small, the lower 

 6 — 8 inches lon^, 3-4 lines wide. Peduncles as long as the flower. 

 CalyjCYerj small, S toothed, scabrous. Corolla 1 petalled? divided 

 to the base ; segments lanceolate and obovate, alternately larger, 

 elabrous, green, purplish at tlie point. Stamens as long as the coroU 

 la, attached to its base. Germ superior, somewhat 3 angled, furrov^- 

 cd. IStyles short, expanding, ^ti^mas capitate. Capsule 3 angled, 

 ■with the angles rounded, 3 valved, 3 celled. Seeds 2 in each cellj 

 oval, oblong. 



In this species the capsules are not distinct 

 Grows in wet tpine barrens. Very common around the ponds ana 

 savannahs in the middle country. 

 Flowers July— September. 



S. GiiABERRiMA. Macbride. 



T. glaberrima ; floribus I Very glabrous; flowers 

 racemosis ; genuiiis ap- in racemes ; buds ap- 

 proximatis, fere verticil- proximate, nearly verti 

 latis, unifloris. E. cillate, i flowered. 



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Soot thick, somewhat tuberous, perennial. Stem terete, 2—3 fe^* 

 high, leafy near the base. Leaves linear, gladiate, very acute, sheath- 



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