1 20 Order 149.— MELANTHACB^E. 



persistent, without glands ; stamens 6, hypogynous, at length longer 

 than the perianth, anthers short, oval ; styles 3, distinct ; capsule 3- 

 celled, 3-horned ; cells loculicidal, many-seeded. — Lvs. mostly radical, 

 narrow, often gramineous, sheathing at base. Fls. in a termiual, simple 

 raceme. 



H. bullata L. N. J., Pcnn. to Va. Scape 10 to 18' high, rather thick and 

 fleshy, hollow, nearly naked. Lvs. lance-spatulate, about as long as the scope, 1 

 to 1^' wide. Rac. short. Pedicels as long as the flowers, colored. Pis. purple, 

 Begin, obtuse, with bluo anthers. May. (H. latifolia Ph.) 



8. CHAIYL/ELIR'IUM, "Willd. (Gr. ^api, on the ground, Xeipiov, a 

 li'ly.) Flowers dioecious; perianth 6-sepaled, spreading, persistent; 

 sepals narrow; filaments 6, perigynous, filiform, longer than the sepals 

 (short in the » ) ; ovary free, with 3 distinct styles ; capsule oblong, 

 loculicidal ; seeds many, linear-oblong, winged at each end. — Rt. tuber- 

 ous, premorse. St. leafy, strict, slender. Lvs. lanceolate, the radical 

 oblanceolate and obovate-obtusc. Rac. spike-like, nodding, dense- 

 flowered, yellowish-white. 



C. luteum Gray. Blazing Star. Low grounds, Can. and U. S. St. 12 fo 30' 

 high, furrowed. Radical lvs. 3 to 5' by G to 12", in a sort of whorl. Pis. small, 

 very numerous, in long, terminal, spicate racemes, which are more slender on the 

 barren plants. Ovaries as long as the linear petals, subtriangular. Caps 3-fu> 

 rowed, oblong, tapering to the base, opening at tho top. The fertile plants ar© 

 taller, moro erect, but with fewer flowers. Apr. — Jn. (Helonias dioica Ph.) 



9. TOFIELD'IA, Hudson. (To Mr. To/tcld, a Scotch gentleman, re- 

 siding near Doncaster.) Flowers $ ,calyculate, with 3 remotish, united 

 bracts ; lfts. of the perianth petaloid, spreading, sessile, and without 

 bracts ; sta. G ; anth. roundish-cordate, introrse ; ovaries 3, united ; 

 styles distinct, short ; ova. 3-lobed, 3-partiblc ; capsule oo-seeded. — 

 Lvs. cquitant, subradical. Scape not bulbous. Fls. spicate or race- 

 nious. 



§ I'cdieels clustered in 3s. Stems scabrous-glandular. Nos. 1, 2 



§ Pedicels separate. Stem glabrous No. 8 



1. T. glutinosa Nutt. St. leafy below, glandular-scabrous, simple; lvs. a fourth 

 the length of the stem, linear-ensiform, glabrous, obtuse ; rac. oblong, few-flowered, 

 close, composed of 3-flowered, alternate fascicles ; caps, longer than the perianth. 

 — Woods, Ohio to Wise, N. to Arc. Am. Stem slender, scape-like, 1 — l£f, dot- 

 ted with dark-colored glands. Leaves 3 — 6' by 3 — 6", carinate. Spicate racem© 

 1 — \\' long, 9 — 18-fiowered. Involucre truncate, 3-toothed, a little below the 

 perianth. Petals and sepals oblanceolate, less than 2" long, carpels 4". 



2. T. pubens Dryand. St. leafy at base, rough-puberulent ; lvs. nearly Half th* 

 length of the stem, linear-ensiform, strongly striate, acute, glabrous ; rac. lineur- 

 elongated, composed of many remotish, alternate fascicles ; pedicels 2 to 3 together, 

 us long as tho flowers ; fls. 3-bracted at base ; capsule scarcely exceeding the 

 perianth. — Pino barrens, Del. to Fla. St. 2 to 3f high, slender. Lvs. more than 

 twice longer than in No. 1. Rac. 6 to 8' long, 30 to 40-flowered. Pis. small, 

 greenish-white. Jl. — Sept. 



3 T. glabra Nutt. St. leafy below, glabrous ; lvs. nearly as in No. 2 ; rac 

 elongated, dense, with the pedicels separate (not clustered), scarcely longer than 

 their bracts ; carpels distinct to near the base; stig. sessile. — Car. to Ark., in wet 

 grounds. St. 1 to 3f high. Rac. 2 to 5' long, 20 to 30-flowered. Seeds liuear- 

 oblong, not caudate. 



10. PLEE'A, L. C. Rich. (Gr. -rrXeiag, the Pleiades ; its flowers.) 

 Perianth colored, persistent, 6-sepalcd, stellately spreading ; stamens 9 



