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many-flowered, bracts thick, subulate, appressed ; leaves of the perianth 

 oblong-oval, 5-nerved, whitish ; filaments subulate. (S. Michauxii, 1st edit) 

 Wet pine barrens, Georgia and Florida. May and June. 



S. croceum, Gray. Scape simple (12' -15' high), leafless; leaves dry, 

 narrow-linear, flat, as long as the scape; raceme 3' -4' long; bracts thin and 

 ^carious, oval, obtuse ; leaves of the perianth saffron-yellow, lance-oblong, 

 3-nerved. (Phalangium croceum, Michx.) Low ground, Southern Georgia 

 to Tennessee. June. 



LILIUM, L. 



L. Grayi, Watson. Leaves lanceolate (2' or less long), in whorls of 

 4-8, not acuminate; flowers often solitary, horizontal (1'-2|' long), the 

 segments oblanceolate, spreading but not recurved, deep reddish orange, 

 purple-spotted. Summit of Roan Mountain, North Carolina (Gray, Sj-c.). 



ERYTHRONIUM, L. 



E. albidum, Nutt. Leaves not spotted ; flowers bluish white ; style 

 slender, the three stigmas distinct, spreading. Summit of Roan Mountain, 

 North Carolina ( Canby). 



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L. Carolinae, Watson 1 Villous ; lowest leaves broadly linear, as long 

 as the stem; stem-leaves 3, short (!' long), distant; umbel nearly simple, 

 the setaceous branches spreading or drooping, 1-flowered ; sepals ovate-lance- 

 olnte, very acute, as long as the ovate-acute capsule; seed not appendaged. 

 Shaded rocks on the mountains of Georgia and North Carolina. April. 



JUNCUS, L. 



J. Gerardi, Loisel. Stem terete (l-2high); leaves linear; panicle 

 contracted ; flowers single ; sepals oval-oblong, obtuse, the margins brown, 

 rather longer than the oval light brown capsule. ( J. bulbosus of Authors, not 

 of L.) Salt marshes, Florida, and northward. 



J. leptocaulis, Torr. & Gray. Stems low (6'- 12' high), caespitose, slen- 

 der ; leaves flat, few, shorter than the stem ; heads 1-5, 3-6-flowered ; sepals 

 ovate-lanceolate, nearly equal, awn-pointed, longer than the 3 6 stamens, 

 and obovate capsule; seed obovate, apiculate. Nashville, Tennessee (Dr. 

 Gattiiir/er), and westward. 



J. diffusissimus, Buckley. Stems leafy (i-;3 long), weak; leaves 

 compressed, knotted ; panicle decompound, widely spreading, the clusters 

 5-7-flowered; sepals equal, lanceolate, acute; capsule (4" long) oblong- 

 linear, barely acute, twice as long as the sepals ; seed ovoid, obtuse. New 

 Orleans, Tennessee, and westward. 



