IIEXANDRIA TRIGYNIA. 



425 



inn- the stem at their base, Floiverf; mncli more crowtled than in the 

 Trpuhens, peduncles shorter, and the buds, which are one flowered, 

 are generally collected 4 or 5 together at short intervals, surroumlinjj 

 the stem, though not regularly verticillatc- Calyx small, 3 toothed. 

 Petals oblonjr. oval, white. Utamens rather longer than the corolla. 

 Filaments dilated. Germ 3 angled. Stfjtes short, expanding, Stigm 

 mas obtuse- Capsules a little divaricate at the summit. 



The seeds I have not been able to distinguish. 



'Found by Dr. Macbride, near tlie rivulets of the sand hills near 

 Columbia, South -Carolina. 



Flowers October. 



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KOLINA. Mich. 



Corolla 6 -partita, pa- 



Corolla 6 parted, eX 



tens. Styli brevissinii. I paneling. Stf^les very 

 C'tf/;.??^/« 3-gona, membra- | short Capsule 2 iin^]edf 



nacca, 3-IocuIaris. *S'6'- 

 mina solitaria, hinc con- 

 vexo-inciirva. 



Mich. 1. p. 208. Pursli, 1. p. 240. 

 Bulb very large, turticated. 



membranaceous, i cell 



ed. 



Seed solitary, coil- 



vex on ono side. 



■^jf' 



(T, 



scabrous along the edges. Scape 2 — 3 feet high, furniahed near tlie 

 base with small subulate scales. Flowers in a spreading racemose 

 panicle^ small, white. Stamens shorter than the corolla. 



Seed with a hollo v on the interior angle, commou- 



Micl>. 



Stigmas 



I have seen the 



recurved, obtuse. 



]y only one coming to maturity in each capsule. 



I use the description of Michaux for tins plant. 

 root and leaves but not the flower nor seed. 



Grows on the driest sand hills, between Orangeburgh and Columbia^ 



South-Carolina. ' 



Flowers April ? 



MEDEOLA. 



Cali/x 0. Corolla 6- 



Calyx 0. Corolla 5 



partita, revoluta. Bacca parted, revolute. 



8-sperma. 



1. ViROlNICA. * 



M. foliis in medio caule 

 verticillatis, summitate 



ternig, lunceolatis, acumi- 



F 8 



3 seeded. 



Berry 



Leaves verticillate a- 

 round the middle of the 



stem, by threes at tlie 



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