374 MONOCOTYLEDONOUS PLANTS. 



3. NARTHECIUM. Linn. 



Perianth 6-parted, coloured. Stamens 6 ; filaments hairy. 

 Seeds numerous, ovate-oblong, appendiculate at each extre- 

 mity. Hexandria. Munogynia. 



N. americanum Ker. : raceme sometimes interruptedly spiked, lax ; 

 pedicels with a setaceous bract below the flower, and another embra- 

 cing its base ; filaments with very short hair. Phalangium ossifraum 

 Muhl. 



HAB. Sandy swamps. N. S. June, July. lf..-r-Scape a foot 

 high. Leaves narrow-ensiform; Flowers yellow, in a terminal 

 spike. 



ORDER. CXXIX. H^EMODORACEjE. Brown. Und. 



Perianth petaloid, 6-cleft, Stamens inserted on the peri- 

 anth, either 3 and opposite the inner segments, or 6 ; anther* 

 bursting inwardly. Ovary with the cells 1- 2- or many-seed- 

 ed ; style simple ; stigma undivided. Fruit capsular, 3-val- 

 ved, seldom indehiscent, somewhat nucamentaceous. Seeds 

 definite and peltate or indefinite ; testa papery ; embryo mi- 

 nute, in farinaceous albumen ; radicle next the hilum. 



Leaves equitant or arranged spirally or alternately. 



1. LACHNANTHES. FM. 



Perianth superior, 6-parted ; segments unequal. Stamens 

 3. Style declining. Stigma minutely 3-lobed. Capsule 3- 

 celled, truncated, many-seeded. 'JTriandria. Monogynia. 



L. tinctoria Ell. Dilatris tinctorla Pursh. 



HAB. Sandy swamps. N. J. to Flor. .July. Lf. Stem erect, 

 2 feet high, hairy at the top. Leaves ensiform, shorter than the 

 stem. Flowers in a corymbose panicle, woolly, yellow within. 



Red Root. 



2. LOPHIOLA. Ker. 



Perianth 6-parted, woolly, bearded inside. Stamens 6. Fi- 

 laments naked. Anthers erect. Stigma undivided. Capsule 

 opening at the summit. Hexandria. Monogynia. 



L. aurea Ker. Conostylis americana Pursh. Hdonias tomcntosa 

 Muhl. 



HAB. Sandy swamps. N. J. to Car. July, Z. Root creeping. 

 Leaves radical, gramineous, ensiform, shorter than the scape. 

 Scape erect, with 1 or 2 short leares. . Flowers yellow, in a 

 crowded corymb, 



