535 ORDER CXXVI. H^MODORACE^.. 



at the base, inclosing the capsule. — White. %. Aug. — Sept. Middle 

 Car. and Geo. 3 — 6 inches. 



2. B. ccERULEA, (L.) Stem erect, setaceous. Leaves minute, subulate. 

 Flowers few, in a terminal raceme, with 2 unequal bracts. Perianth 

 with the tube contracted, inclosing the capsule, the segments unequal. 

 Capsule winged, 3-celled, 3-valved, many-seeded. — Blue. |^. Oct. — 

 Nov. In stagnant swamps. Low country. 2 — 4 inches 



Order CXXVL— H^MODORA'CE^. 



Perianth 6-lobed, petaloid, superior. Stamens 3 or 6, ari- 

 sing from the perianth. Ovary 3-celled, usually many-seeded. 

 Style 1. Stiyma siimple. i^/-Mi7 a 3-ceIled capsule. Seeds or- 

 thotropous. Herbaceous plants, with showy tiowers, the aesti- 

 vation equitant. 



Genus I.— LACHNAN'THES. Ellis, 3—1. 

 (From lachne, wool, and anthos, a flower.) 



Perianth with the border 6-parted, woolly ; seg-inents une- 

 qual, the three inner ones small, linear, the three others lanceo- 

 late. Stamens 3, long. Style declining. Capsule 3-celled, 

 manv-seeded, truncate. 



1. L. tincto'ria, (Ell.) Btem erect, simple, pubescent toward the 

 summit. Leaves ensiform, shorter than the stem. Floicers in corymbose 

 panicles. Stigma minutely 3-lobed. — Yellow. If. July — Aug. In 

 ponds and wet pine-barrens. 2 — 3 feet. 



Genus II.— CONOS'TYLIS. R. Br. 6—1. {Lophiola, Ker.) 

 (From konos, a cone, and stylos, a style.) 



Perianth 6-parted, persistent, densely woolly. Staynens 6. 

 Style conic. Stigma simple. Cafpsule 3-celled, many-seeded, 

 superior. 



1. C. Americana, (Pursh.) Stem or scape erect, tomentose, 1 — 2- 

 leaved. Leaves ensiform, narrow, glabrous. Flowers in crowded co- 

 rymbs. Perianth woolly within ; segments oblong, acute. Capsule 

 ovate or nearly globular, glabrous. — Yellow. If. June — July. Wet 

 places. 12 — 18 inches. Weed-grass. 



Genus III- ALE'TRIS. L. 6—1. 



Perianth tubular, ovate, G-cleft, rugose. Stamens 6, inserted 

 upon the margin of the orifice. Style triquetrous, 3-parted. 

 Capsule 3-celled, many-seeded, clothed with a marcescent pe- 

 rianth. 



1. A. FARixo'sA, (L.) Stem none. Leaves expanding, oblong, lance- 

 olate, acute, membranaceous, glabrous. Flowers in lax spikes ; scape 



