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2. S. DrumMonpu, Gray. Stouter, 1 to 3 feet high: leaves 1 to 
3 lines broad: flowers green, in a spike-like raceme 4 to 8 inches 
long ; segments narrowly oblong-lanceolate, 1} lines long: filaments 
stout, subclayate-filiform: fruiting pedicels a line long: capsule erect, 
narrow, a half-inch long; cells 4—6-seeded.— Bot. Beechey, 388. 
S. Texanum, Scheele, Linnea, 25. 262. Texas. 
Mexican Species. 
p. S. CARICIFOLIUM, Gray. Scape stout, a span high, much shorter 
than the very narrow flexuous leaves: flowers green, in a raceme 
2 inches long; segments oblanceolate, 1} lines long: filaments rather 
slender: fruiting pedicels a line long: capsule ovate, a half-inch long: 
seeds large, 2 in each cell. — Bot. Beechey, 3888. Veratrum, 
Schlecht. Ind. Sem. Hal. 1858 (Linnea, Litt.-Ber. 1839, 100). 
Coulter, n. 1568; Gregg, n. 214? 
4, §. OFFICINALE, Gray, 1. c. Scape 2 to 4 feet high: leaves 
4 to 6 lines broad: raceme dense, becoming 6 to 18 inches long: 
flowers nearly white; segments 1} lines long, narrowly oblong: 
filaments stout: fruiting pedicels 2 lines long: capsule ovate-oblong ; 
cells 2—4-seeded. — Veratrum, Schlecht. Helonias, Don. Asagrea, 
Lindl. Mexico to Venezuela. ‘There appear to be some other un- 
named species, allied to S. Drummondii and caricifolium. 
44. AMIANTHIUM, Gray. 
1. A. MusczToxicum, Gray. Stem 1} to 4 feet high: leaves 
shorter, 3 to 15 lines broad: raceme oblong-pyramidal, 2 to 4 inches 
long ; pedicels 4 to 8 lines long, with short ovate membranous bracts: 
perianth-segments spreading, 2 lines long, equalling the slender fila- 
ments: capsule broader above than long (scarcely 3 lines): seeds 
1 to 14 lines long.— Rev. Melanth. 122, with syn. Melanthium, 
Walt. IM densum, Desr.; Lam. Ill. t. 269, f. 3. Helonias leta, 
Ker, Bot. Mag. t. 803, 1540; Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 998. H. erythro- 
sperma, Michx. New Jersey to Florida, Kentucky and Arkansas. 
45. HELONIAS, Linn. 
1. H. puttata, Linn. Stem stout, 1 to 2 feet high, leafy and 
sheathed with broad bracts at base, and with small submembranous 
bracts above: leaves numerous, evergreen, 6 to 12 inches long: raceme 
an inch or two (becoming 4 to 6 inches) long: perianth-segments 
3 lies long, about equalling the pedicels and capsules: seeds 2 lines 
