400 MELANTHACEAE. 
2. Tofieldia glutindsa (Michx.) Pers. Glutinous Tofieldia. (Fig. 967.) 
Narthecium glitinosum Michx. Fl, Bor, Am, 1: 
210. 1803. 
Tofieldia glitinosa Pers. Syn. 1: 399. 1805. 
Stem viscid-pubescent with black glands, 6’— 
20/ tall, bearing 2-4 leaves near the base. Basal 
leaves tufted, 2’-7’ long, 1/’-3’’ wide; raceme 
oblong and %/’-1%4/ long in flower, longer in 
fruit, the upper flowers first expanding; pedicels 
commonly clustered in 3’s (1’s-4’s), ascending, 
viscid-pubescent, becoming 2’/-6’’ long in fruit; 
involucral bracts minute, united nearly or quite 
to their apices, borne just beneath the flower; . 
flowers 3-4’ broad; perianth-segments oblong, 
mostly obtuse, membranous; capsule oblong, 
about 3’ high, 144’’ in diameter, thin-walled, 
twice as long as the perianth, the beaks 4/’ 
long or less; seeds tailed at each end. 
In bogs, Newfoundland to Alaska, south to Maine, 
Ohio, Michigan, Wyoming and Oregon, and in the 
southern Alleghenies. May-June. 
3. Tofieldia racemosa (Walt.) B.S.P. Viscid Tofieldia. (Fig. 968.) 
Melanthium racemosum Walt. Fl. Car. 126. 17% 
Narthectum pubens Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1: 209. 
1803. 
Tofieldia pubescens Pers. Syn. 1: 399. 1805. 
Tofieldia racemosa B.S.P. Prel. Cat. N. Y. 55. 1888. 
Similar to the preceding species but rather 
stouter and taller, stem 1°-3° high, the glutin- 
ous pubescence rougher. Leaves very narrowly 
linear, 6-18’ long, 114’/-3’’ wide; raceme 1/— 
4’ long in flower, often loose, somewhat longer 
in fruit, the uppermost flowers first expanding; 
pedicels mostly clustered in 3’s, ascending, 2//— 
3’ long in fruit; involucral bractlets about 34’ 
long, united to above the middle, borne just be- 
neath the flower; perianth-segments narrowly 
obovate, obtuse, rigid; capsule ovoid, 114’ long, 
little longer than the calyx, its beaks 14/’ long; 
seeds tailed at each end. 
In swamps, southern New Jersey to Florida and 
Alabama. This and the two preceding species are 
also known as False Asphodel. June-Sept. 
2. ABAMA Adans. Fam, Pl. 2: Aja) 763% 
[NARTHECIUM Juss. Gen. 47. 1789. ] 
Perennial herbs, with creeping or horizontal rootstocks, fibrous roots, erect simple 
stems and linear grass-like basal leaves, those of the stem short and distant. Flowers small, 
greenish-yellow, perfect, borne in a terminal raceme. Pedicels bracted at base and usually 
bearing asmall bractlet. Perianth-segments persistent, linear or linear-lanceolate, obscurely 
3-5-nerved, glandless. Stamens 6; filaments subulate, woolly; anthers linear-oblong, erect, 
introrse. Ovary sessile; style very short or none; stigma slightly 3-lobed. Capsule oblong, 
loculicidally dehiscent, many-seeded, the linear seeds tailed at each end. [Greek, signify- 
ing without step, the plants reputed to cause lameness in cattle. ] 
Four known species, natives of the northern hemisphere. Besides the followlng, another 
occurs in northwestern America, 
