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or 4 lines long. — Pacif. R. Rep. 4. 147 (and 2. 176); Baker, 1. c. 
Phalangium esculentum, Nutt. in Fras. Cat. 1813. Sedlla esculenta, 
Ker, Bot. Mag. t. 1574. Anthericum esculentum, Schultes. Lemotrys 
hyacinthina, Rat. Scilla Fraseri, Gray. From Pennsylvania to 
Iowa and Texas. 
Var. aneusta, Torr. ].c. Very slender and the leaves narrow 
(3 or 4 lines broad): flowers still smaller, 3 or 4 lines long. — Seilla 
angusta, Engelm. & Gray, Pl. Lindh. 29.. Louisiana and Arkansas to 
Texas. 
12. HESPERANTHES. 
1. H. Torreyt. Roots thick, cylindrical: stem slender, 1 to 3 
feet high, naked or with 1 or 2 setaceous leaves ; radical leaves several, 
elongated, smooth, a line or two wide: raceme simple or branched, 
loosely flowered; pedicels half an inch long or less: flowers yellow 
with brownish nerves, 5 or 6 lines long: filaments slightly roughened: 
capsule 6 lines long, the cells 12—16-seeded. — Echeandia terniflora, 
var. (?) angustifolia, Torr. Bot. Mex. Bound. 219. Anthericum 
Torreyi, Baker, Journ. Linn. Soc. 15. 317. Heheandia terniflora, 
Rothr. in Wheel. Rep. 6. 269. W. Texas to Arizona. 
Mexican Species. 
2. H. LepToPpHYLLA. Roots elongated, thickened below: stem 
slender, a foot high or more: leaves numerous, short and very narrow, 
scabrous on the margin: flowers yellowish, 5 lines long; filaments 
very rough: capsule shorter.— Heheandia leptophylla, Benth. PI. 
Hartw. 25. Anthericum, Baker, |. c. 
3. H. sTeENOCARPA. Stem rather stout, a foot high or more, 
simple or strictly branched, with 2 or 3 broad leaves: radical leaves 
several, elongated, smooth, 3 or 4 lines broad: flowers 6 to 8 lines 
long, on stout erect pedicels: filaments coarsely muricate: capsule 
6 lines long, the cells 30-40-seeded.— Anthericum stenocarpum, 
Baker, l. ¢. : 
4. H. scABRELLA. Roots thickened, an inch long: stem 6 to 12 
inches high, simple or scarcely branched, puberulent or glabrous, few- 
flowered: leaves short, glabrous except the scabrous-ciliolate margin, 
3 or 4 lines broad: flowers 6 lines long, on stout erect pedicels: fila- 
ments slightly muricate: capsule 5 lines long, the cells about 12-seeded. 
— Phalangium scabrellum, Benth. Pl. Hartw. 293. Anthericum, 
Baker, 1. c. The other species described by Mr. Baker (Anthericum 
flavescens, Schult., and A. Skinner, Baker), I have not seen. 
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