ILEMODORACE-E. (BLOODWORT FAMILY.) 481 
*• l ACH5(isrTHES, EU. Red-root. 
Perianth woolly outside, 6-parted down to the adherent ovary, 
aniens , opposite the 3 larger or inner divisions : filaments long 
PoTJ h I 1 " 1 T h , near ' Style threa(i - like . exserted, declined, 
f, - 8 , , \ Seeds few 0n each flesh y placenta, flat and round¬ 
ed, fixed by the middle. - Herb with a red fibrous root, equitant 
sword-shaped leaves, clustered at the base and scattered on the 
stem which is hairy at the top, and terminated by a dense com¬ 
pound cyme of dingy yellow and loosely woolly flowers (whence 
the name, from Xa X mj, wool, and av6os, blossom). 
EIL - f an<) y swamps, Rhode Island and N. 
Jersey, thence southward near the coast. July. 
2. LOPHIOLA, Ker. Lophiola. 
Perianth densely woolly, deeply 6-cleft; the divisions nearly 
equal, spreading, longer than the 6 stamens, which are inserted at 
their base. Anthers fixed by the base. Pod ovate, free from the 
perianth except at the base, pointed with the awl-shaped style 
which finally splits into 3 divisions, one terminating each valve • 
cells many-seeded. Seeds oblong, ribbed, anatropous. — A slen¬ 
der herb, with creeping rootstocks and fibrous roots, linear and 
nearly smooth equitant leaves; the stem leafless and whitened 
with soft matted wool towards the summit, as well as the crowded 
or panicled cyme. Perianth dingy yellow inside ; the lobes na¬ 
ked only towards the tip, each clothed with a woolly tuft towards 
the base (whence the name, from Xotf>« OT , a small crest). 
f!i a * rea ’ ?® r ' (Conostylis Americana, Pursh.) - Bogs 
ot the Pine barrens of New Jersey and southward. July. 
3. ALETBIS, L. Colic-root. Star-grass. 
Perianth cylindrical, not woolly, but wrinkled and roughened 
outside by thickly-set frosted points, which look like scurfy meali¬ 
ness, the tube cohering below with the base only of the ovary, 
6-cleft at the summit. Stamens 6, inserted at the base of the 
° es : filaments and anthers short, included. Style awl-shaped, 
3-cleft at the apex : stigmas minutely 2-lobed. Pod ovate, inclos- 
m t le roughened perianth ; the dehiscence, seeds, &c., nearly 
ns in ophiola. Perennial and smooth stemless herbs, very bit- 
