Liriogame., Cl. 3. Tetre. Orv. 5. VERATREJE. 51 
Sect. 1. Styli 3. Flores = gere 
Chitonia. In ord occidentali Americe Bore 
Xerophyllum, Ricap. Helonias A kodeki. $ Tenax, Pursh. 
Dasurus. Veratrum Luteum, L. Genus dioicum. 
Helonias, J. L. 
Mádochis. Melanthium Letum. Soran. 
Sect, 2. Styli 3. Flores spicá paniculati. 
Nolina, ps 
Zi. 
us, 
Mo ám Aseo Boreali. Pericarpium parum inferum. 
Militia. J.T. 
Veratrum, J. L. 
Sect. 3. Stylus 1. Flores 1-rii vel rarissime 2. Must go to Bulbo- 
codes having a true Bulb prominent in pod side like Colchieum. 
Lloydia. Anthericum Serotinum 
Here I combine a number of Genera, which agree in having their 
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so named from the numerous Coats of its Bulb; its Petals are 'attenu- 
ated into a staminiferous horizontal Claw ; Filaments broad; Styles 
broad at their base ; Capsule 3-lobed, splitting dorsally into 6 valves; . 
wing or tail; Flowers in a dense terminal Spike. Xerophyllum of 
Ricuarp is next easily characterized by its deciduous Styles, and only 
2 Seeds in each Cell of the Capsule. Daswrus has very broad Fila- 
ments like Xerophyllum but is a dioicous Genus with habit of Melan- 
thium, and its are winged; its Pericarpium splits dorsally. 
In Helonias the Pericarpium also splits dorsally, and is deeply ser 
but besides its peculiar Habit, the Seeds resemble of Na 
to 5 Seeds, obovate, fleshy, and without any wing or tail Nolina 
I know very little of; it is said to have a tunieated bulbous Root. 
The Filaments of Zigadenus are inserted in the Receptacle, and if a 
Fruit given to me by Professor Precx really belongs to this Plant, it 
is partly inferum, has persistent Styles, and caudated Seeds. Mo- 
nadenus is a very elegant Plant, sending up a large Panicle 3 feet 
mad of vues — branches; Flowers yellowish with a purple 
y upwards ; ; Pericarpium only semisuperum, 
d the "Petals [ms above them 3-angular ; " ish wedge- 
