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taining 2 Sub-genera I. LEPTILIX Raf. Caules- 

 cent, petals broader, capsule Sangular, cells 

 two seeded 2 TRIANTHUM Nuttal, Stemless 

 petals narrow, capsule globose, cells with many 

 terete caudate seeds, 



TOFIELDA Subgenus PALTRIMA Raf, Differs 

 from Abama, by petals equal, stamens longer 

 subulate, dilatated at the base. Styles none or 

 very short, stigmas sessile or nearly so, flat, 3 

 distincts pistils and capsules, gibbose, opening 

 inside, few seeds angular curved. Stemless 

 Jlowers almost spiked. This applies to our 2 

 species : the European are, T palustris <J* bor- 

 ealis. see Tofielda. 



NARTHECIUM Smith. No calix, corolla or 

 perigone Gparted spreading persistent. Stam. 

 6 hirsute, pistil one 3angular, one style stigma 

 3dentate. Capsul triangular 3celled many 

 seeds caudate. Type N. ossifragum and one 

 American Sp. 



Therefore the Abama with the capsule of 

 JSarthecium has the calix of Tofielda: the 

 Narthecium of Jussieu which is the Tofielda 

 has 6 pistils, stigmas and capsules. Decandole 

 ascribes to Tofielda a capsule with 3 or 6 cells ! 

 much confusion arose from the rarity of those 

 plants and incomplete descriptions. 



1. ABAMA (Leptilix) SCABRA Raf. Tofielda pu- 

 bens Elliot, Melanthium racemosum Walter. 

 Stem naked above glandular rough, leaves ensi- 

 form acute smooth, upper small, peduncles as long 

 as the flowers 2 to 4 fasciculate, capsule 3gone. 

 In Carolina and Alabama wet pines. Root 

 perennial tuberose. 



Stem. 1 or 2 feet, flowers green tipt with pur- 

 ple, estival, petals lanceolale and obovate. 



2. ABAMA (Triantha) PUBENS Raf. Narthe* 



