720 ORDER 149. MELANTHACE^E. 



persistent, without glands ; stamens 6, hypogynous, at length longer 

 than the perianth, anthers short, oval ; styles 3, distinct ; capsule 3- 

 celled, 3-horned ; cells loculicidal, many-seeded. Lvs. mostly radical, 

 narrow, often gramineous, sheathing at base. Fls. in a terminal, simple 

 raceme. 



H. bullata L. N. J., Penn. to Ya, Scape 10 to 18' higb, rather thick and 

 fleshy, hollow, nearly naked. Lvs. lance-spatulate, about as long 33 the scape, 1 

 to l|' wide. Rac. short. Pedicels as long as the flowers, colored. Fls. purple, 

 segm. obtuse, with blue anthers. May. (H. latifolia Ph.) 



8. CHAHLELIR'IUM, Willd. (Gr. %a[tal, on the ground, Aetpiov, a 

 lily.) Flowers dioecious; perianth 6-sepaled, spreading, persistent; 

 sepals narrow ; filaments 6, perigynous, filiform, longer than the sepals 

 (short in the ) ; ovary free, with 3 distinct styles ; capsule oblong, 

 loculicidal ; seeds many, linear-oblong, winged at each end. Rt. tuber- 

 ous, premorse. St. leafy, strict, slender. Lvs. lanceolate, the radical 

 oblanceolate and obovate-obtuse. Rac. spike-like, nodding, dense- 

 flowered, yellowish-white. 



C. luteum Gray. BLAZING STAR. Low grounds, Can. and U. S. St. 12 to 30' 

 high, furrowed. Radical Ivs. 3 to 5' by 6 to 12''. in a sort of whorl. Fls. small, 

 very numerous, in long, terminal, spicate racemes, which are more slender on tho 

 barren plants. Ovaries as long as the linear petals, subtriangular. Caps 3-fur- 

 rowed, oblong, tapering to the base, opening at the top. The fertile plants aro 

 toiler, more erect, but with fewer flowers. Apr. Jn. (Helonias dioica Ph.) 



9. TOFIELD'IA, Hudson. (To Mr. Tofield, a Scotch gentleman, re- 

 siding near Doncaster.) Flowers $ , calyculate, with 3 remotish, united 

 bracts ; Ifts. of the perianth petaloid, spreading, sessile, and without 

 bracts ; sta. 6 ; anth. roundish-cordate, introrse ; ovaries 3, united ; 

 styles distinct, short ; ova. 3-lobed, 3-partiblc ; capsule co-seeded. 

 Lvs. equitant, subradical. Scape not bulbous. Fls. spicate or race- 

 mous. 



51 I'ccliools clustered in 3;-. Stems scabrous-glandular Nos. 1, 2 



fj IVdicels separate. Stem glubrous ". No. S 



1. T. glutinosa Nutt. St. leafy below, glandular-scabrous, simple ; Ivs. a fourth 

 the kngth of the stem, linear-ensiform, glabrous, obtuse ; rac. oblong, few-flowered, 

 dose, composed of 3-flowered, alternate fascicles; caps, longer than the perianth. 

 Woods, Ohio to Wise., N. to Arc. Am. Stem slender, scape-like. 1 l^f, dot, 

 ted with dark-colored glands. Leaves 3 6' by 3 6", carinate. Spicate raceme 

 1 IV long, 9 18-fknvered. Involucre truncate, 3-toothed, a little below the 

 periautlu Petals and sepals oblanceolate, less than 2" long, carpels 4''. 



2. T. pubens Dryand. St. leafy at base, rough-puberulent ; Ivs. nearly half UK 

 length of the stem, linear-ensiform, strongly striate, acute, glabrous ; rac. linear* 

 elongated, composed of many remotish, alternate fascicles ; pedicels 2 to 3 together, 

 as long as tho flowers ; fls. 3-bracted at base ; capsule scarcely exceeding the- 

 perianth. Pine barrens, Del. to Fla. St. 2 to 3f high, slender. Lvs. more than 

 twice longer than in No. 1. Rac. G to 8' long, 30 to 40-flowered. Fls. small, 

 greenish-white. Jl. Sept. 



3 T. glabra Nutt. St. leafy below, glabrous ; Ivs. nearly as in No. 2 ; rac. 

 elongated, dense, with the pedicels separate (not clustered), scarcely longer than 

 their bracts ; carpels distinct to near the base; stig. sessile. Car. to Ark., in wet 

 grounds. St. 1 to 3f high. Rac. 2 to 5' long, 20 to 30-flowered. Seeds linear- 

 oblong, not caudate. 



10. PLEE'A, L. C. Rich. (Gr. ir/u-iac, the Pleiades ; its flowers.) 



