4 oo AIELAXTHACEAE.. 



2. Tofieldia glutinosa (Michx.) Pers. Glutinous Tofieldia. (Fig. 967.) 



Narthecium *glutinosum Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. ir 

 210. 1803. 



Tofieldia glutinosa Pers. Syn. i: 399. 1805. 



Stem viscid-pubescent with black glands, 

 20' tall, bearing 2-4 leaves near the base. Basa 

 leaves tufted, 2 / -7 / long, i // -3 // wide; raceme 

 oblong and %'-!%' long in flower, longer in 

 fruit, the upper flowers first expanding; pedicels 

 commonly clustered in 3's (i's-4's), ascending, 

 viscid-pubescent, becoming 2 // -6 // long in fruit; 

 involucral bracts minute, united nearly or quite 

 to their apices, borne just beneath the flowery 

 flowers 3 // -4 // broad; perianth-segments oblong, 

 mostly obtuse, membranous; capsule oblong, 

 about 3" n ig n > i/^" in diameter, thin-walled, 

 twice as long as the perianth, the beaks Y^ r 

 long or less; seeds tailed at each end. 



In bogs, Newfoundland to Alaska, south to Maine. 

 Ohio, Michigan, Wyoming and Oregon, and in the 

 southern Allegtienies. May-June. 



3. Tofieldia racemosa (Walt.) B.S.P. Viscid Tofieldia. (Fig. 968.) 



Melanthium racemosum Walt. Fl. Car. 126'. 1788 

 Narthecium pubens Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. i: 209. 



1803. 



Tofieldia pubescens Pers. Syn. i: 399. 1805. 

 Tofieldia racemosa B.S.P. Prel. Cat. N. Y. 55. 1888. 



Similar to the preceding species but rather 

 stouter and taller, stem i-3 high, the glutin- 

 ous pubescence rougher. Leaves very narrowly 

 linear, 6'-i8' long,'i^ // -3 // wide; raceme i'- 

 ^' long in flower, often loose, somewhat longer 

 in fruit, the uppermost flowers first expanding; 

 pedicels mostly clustered in 3's, ascending, 2 // - 

 3" long in fruit; involucral bractlets about y z " 

 long, united to above the middle, borne just be- 

 neath the flower; perianth- segments narrowly 

 obovate, obtuse, rigid; capsule ovoid, ij^'long, 

 little longer than the calyx, its beaks y z " long; 

 seeds tailed at each end. 



In swamps, southern New Jersey to Florida and 

 Alabama. This and the two preceding species are 

 also known as False Asphodel. June-Sept. 



2. ABAMA Adans. Fam. PI. 2: 47. 1763. 



[NARTHECIUM Juss. Gen. 47. 1789.] 



Perennial herbs, with creeping or horizontal rootstocks, fibrous roots, erect simple 

 stems and linear grass-like basal leaves, those of the stem short and distant. Flowers small, 

 greenish-yellow, perfect, borne in a terminal raceme. Pedicels bracted at base and usually 

 bearing a small bractlet. Perianth -segments persistent, linear or linear lanceolate, obscurely 

 3~5-nerved, ^landless. Stamens 6; filaments subulate, woolly; anthers linear-oblong, erect, 

 introrse. Ovary sessile; style very short or none; stigma slightly 3-lobed. Capsule oblong, 

 loculicidally dehiscent, many-seeded, the linear seeds tailed at each end. [Greek, signify- 

 ing without step, the plants reputed to cause lameness in cattle.] 



Four known species, natives of the northern hemisphere. Besides the following, another 

 occurs in northwestern America. 





