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121. FALSE ASPHODEL. TRIANTHA. 



Swamp herbs with hairy leaves and flower stalks. Flowers 

 in a terminal cluster those above opening first, greenish-white, 

 often persistent. Fruit an unlobed pod. {^M elanthaceae .) 

 False Asphodel or Tofieldia. Triantha racemosa. {To- 

 fieldia racemosa.) Stems 1-3 ft. high. Leaves linear, 

 6-15 in. long, and about % in. wide. Flower cluster 1-4 in. 

 long, the flowers in groups of 3. Petals separate and distinct. 

 Pod about % in. long. Summer. Bogs, southern N, J. to 

 the Gulf. Fig. 121. A related species with larger pods, Tri- 

 antha gliitinosa, is found from Newfoundland and Maine to 

 Minn. 



122. BOG ASPHODEL. ABAMA. 



Smooth bog or swamp herbs with thickened roots, and 

 basal and stem leaves. Flowers in a terminal cluster, greenish- 

 yellow. Fruit a tapering pod, the seeds tailed. {Melanthafceae.) 

 Bog Asphodel. Abama amcricana. {Nartheciiim ameri- 

 canum.) Stems wiry, 8-18 in. tall. Leaves 3-7 in. long 

 scarcely y^^ in. wide, 7-9 veined, much reduced on the upper 

 part of the stem. Flower-cluster 1-2 in. long, the flowers 

 scarcely >^ in. long. Summer. Southern N. J. and Delaware, 

 in pine-barren bogs. Fig. 122. 



