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long. — Curt. Bot. Mag. t. 747; Andr. Bot. Rep. t. 852; Lodd. Bot. 
Cab. t. 961; Meehan, Nat. Fl. 1. 33, t. 9. Al latifolia, Michx. 
N. Jersey to Virginia. 
46. CHAMZELIRIUM, Willd. 
1. C. Carorinranum, Willd. Stem 1 to 4 feet high: lower leaves 
spatulate-oblanceolate, 2 to 6 inches long, the cauline narrower: ra- 
ceme often a foot long or more; the staminate with slender pedicels 
1 to 3 lines long, the fruiting pedicels stouter and more scattered: 
capsule 4 to 6 lines long: seed about 3 lines long. — Veratrum luteum, 
Linn. Helonias pumila, Jacq. Icon. Rar. t. 253. H. lutea, Ait. f.; 
Ker, Bot. Mag. t. 1062. Helonias dioica, Pursh; Gray, Rev. Melanth. 
132, with syn. Chamelirium luteum, Gray, Manual, 527. Canada 
to Georgia, and west to Nebraska and Arkansas. 
47. TOFIELDIA, Huds. 
“fF 
* Glabrous; infloresence Contrieasel: pedicels mostly solitary: seeds not 
appendaged. 
+ Dwarf, mostly arctic or alpine: raceme short, few-flowered. 
1. T. paLusrris, Huds. Stem naked and scape-like, 2 to 6 inches 
high: leaves } to 1} inches long by about a line broad : raceme subglo- 
bose or from 6 to 12 lines long in fruit: pedicels minutely involucrate 
at the very base, a line long in fruit: perianth-segments spatulate, 
two thirds of a line long, shorter than the round-ovate capsule: seeds 
oblong, quadrangular, } line long. — 7. borealis, Wahl. Narthecium 
pusillum, Michx. Lake Superior, Rocky Mountains of British 
America and to Greenland: Europe. 
2. T. coccinea, Richards. Similar, but the stem (an inch or two 
high) with usually two leaves: raceme subglobose, with very short 
pedicels: involucre at the base of the flower: perianth-segments nar- 
rower, often purplish, nearly equalling the purple capsule: seeds linear, 
acute at each end, and slightly longer. — Hook. & Arn. Bot. Beechey, 
130, t. 29", Arctic America. 
Var. MAJOR, Hook. Taller, with larger and looser raceme (a half- 
inch long) ; the lower pedicels a line long or more, with nodding cap- 
sules: seeds a little longer. — On Mackenzie’s River. 
+ + Tall, with long many-flowered racemes. 
3. T. GLABRA, Nutt. Stem J to 3 feet high, 2-3-leaved ; raceme 2 to 
8 inches long: pedicels sometimes in pairs, about equalling the whitish 
flowers (2 lines long), involucrate near the flower: perianth-segments 
