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cium Mx. Anthericum caliculatum Gronovia^. 

 Tofielda puhescens Nuttal &c. Scape pubes- 

 cent raceme oblong interrupted, capsule globose, 

 leaves ensiform — From Delaware to Carolina, 

 rare; flowers greenish white, petals linear cu- 

 neate. Found in Virginia by me. Figure of both 

 Autikon 6 and 7. — 



The other 2 species called Narthecium by 

 Mx. Tofielda by Fersoon, and all our botanists, 

 are unknown to me ; but very distinct, and per- 

 haps each the type of another subgenus, since 

 they appear to differ more by the flowers than 

 the leaves. 



3. A. PusiLLA Raf. smooth, leaves very short, 

 scape filiform, flowers few nearly sessile, calix 

 separate from the corolla, capsule globose. — 

 Lake Mistassin. Subgenus Desmipus Raf. 



4. A. GLUTiNosA Raf. Glutinose, stemless, 

 capsule ovoidal double of corolla. — Lake Mis- 

 tassin. Perhaps a LeptUix. 



ABBOTIA Raf. very distinct from Triglo- 

 chin by 3 Stamens only, more akin to Triste- 

 mon or the triandrons Sp of Juncus, See those 

 Genera. Named after Abbot the Botanical and 

 entomological painter. 



Calix or perigone simple 3 or 4-leaved, mem- 

 branous, deciduous. Anthers sessile, common- 

 ly 3 seldom 1 or 2. Pistils 3 or 4 cohering. 

 Stigmas sessile glandular cleft. Capsules 3 or 4 

 gibbose one seeded, united by spungy mem- 

 branes like false cells (Elliot)— Stemless, leaves 

 linear, flowers racemose. 



1. A. FiLiFORMis Raf. Triglochin triandrum 

 Mx. Elliot and all our Botanists— Leaves fili- 

 form, equal to scape, flowers clustered on the 

 spike and on short pedicels, capsules gibbose 

 half connected.— -In Carolina and Florida in 



