60 AVT. BOT^ 



3bFoa4, petiol 2 or 3 inches^ flowers white 

 pretty l^rge^ capsule commonly with lobes or 

 ceKs unequal, t 



4^7, Ceb. gemhtatum Raf. herb, p. 6i. fol. 

 lin. iongiss. lato planis non striatts, obt. scapo 

 equante fllif. bifloro, Bpotha bivalvia eq. subiil, 

 \anceol. pedicellis 2 equalib. sepalis lanceol. 

 stam. inclusis — West Kentucky semipedal^Ien- 

 der, fl. white, deemed M, striatum by Torrey, 

 totally unlike the African sp. reduced to mini' 

 mum of umbellate flowers. 



438^ Geb. stenium Raf. herb. p. €5. fol. filif. 

 planiuso. obt. scapo bi*eviorib. scapo tereto,amU 

 6epe Sflora, ped. eq. filif. spatha Svalvis ovato* 

 lane acum. sepalis lanceol. acutis ad stam. lon^ 

 gior — Illinois, fl. white vernal, scape ped&K 

 leaves half size. 



439, Geb. tenellum Raf. fol. filif. planicisc. 

 obt. scapo breviorib. scapo filif. substriatum ; 

 timbella 2-4flora, pedic. filif. ineq. erectis^ spa- 

 tha bivalyis brevis lanceoK eq. obtusis, sepalis 

 obi. ellipt. subobtusis stam. subequante — Fkur* 

 ida> akin to the 2 last and also to G. suleatumy 

 but different from all, very slender 6 to 9 iztches 

 highf sometimes only 2 fl* as in geminatunh bat 

 unequal in length, white : deemed a N. sp. by 

 Baldwin. All our narrow leaved and few flow- 

 ed sp. have been mingled by our botanists with 

 African sp. as AUium striatum, fragrans, ino^ 

 dorum, and all perhaps included in A. ornitho- 

 gaUndes of Walter, see 443 and 444. 



^0, Geh, proliferum Raf. scaposum, fol. lin. 

 angustissimis planis nervosis obt. scapo tereto 

 longior ; umbella pauciflora sepe bulbo magno 

 ferens in spatha centralis bivalvis, spatha ext. 

 reflexa bivalvis, ovata pedic. ineq. ftexuosis, se- 

 palis obi. obt, stam. equante— Missouri, deemed 



