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The flower is half the size of C. pubescens, the sepals brown, 

 twisted. Stem, 2 feet high, and leaves oval-shaped, acute. 



Often found growing with the other, and with much the same 

 range. 



43. Crisped Bunch-flower 



Melanihium lati folium. — Fa?7ii/y, Bunch -flower. Color, 

 greenish white. Leaves, long and narrow, acute at apex, nar- 

 rowing to the base, the lower clasping. Tijne, July and 

 August. 



Six spreading, clawed sepals and petals compose the perianth, 

 which is free from the ovary. Stamens, 6, and styles, 3. A 

 tall and slender plant, 2 to 4 feet in height. Flowers, on pedi- 

 cels in large terminal panicles. 



Range from Connecticut to South Carolina, in dry woods and 

 along hills, ascending southward to the height of 2000 feet. 



