BUNCH-FLOWER FAMILY. 

 2. Melanthium latifolium Desr. Cris,*d Hum-h fl,, 



laiillihiHi hybrid it m Walt. Fl. Car. 125. 1788? 

 Mthinthinm latifolium Desr. in Iam. Encycl 4- 

 25- 1797- 



Su-in stout or slender, 2-4 tall. leaves ob- 

 ceolate, acute, 6 // -2 / wide, the lower clasp- 

 , the upper sessile and much smaller; pan- 

 cle usually i long or more, its branches 

 cending or spreading; flowers 6 // -8 // broad, 

 nish white, turning darker; blade of the 

 erianth-segments orbicular or ovate, undulate 

 IK! crisped, longer than the claw or about 

 Dialling it, bearing 2 glands at the base; cap- 

 le 6 // -8 // long, its cavities 4-8 seeded; snl> 

 rather larger than those of the preceding 

 cies; flowers fragrant. 



In dry woods and on hills, Connecticut to Penn- 



lvania and South Carolina. Ascends to 2000 ft. in 



forth Carolina. Pedicels 3" -8" long. July-Aug. 



lelanthium latifolium longipedicellatum A. Brown 



Bull. Torr. Club, 23: 152. 1896. 

 Lowei leaves 6"-io" wide, and upper pedicels 

 long. West Virginia. 



3. Melanthium parvifldrum 

 S. Wats. Small -flowered Mi 

 thiuni. (I-'i. 



I', ni> m in f>ar;-irt,>tti' " Fl. Bor. Am J: 



250. 



.Ifelantliium f>ai \cad. 



14: 276. 1879. 



Stem slender, 2-5 tall. Lower leaves broadly 

 oval or oblaiu eolate, acute, 4 / -8' long, i 

 wide, with narrow sheathing bases, the upper 

 narrowly linear-lanceolate, acuminate; panicle 

 i-2 long, loose and open, it* very sleadtr 

 branches divergent or ascending; pcdkd fili- 

 form, much longer than tlu- bracts, somewhat 

 longer than the perianth-segments; flowcn 4"- 

 6" broad, greenish; perianth -segment* oblance- 

 olate, glandk-ss, -hurt-clawed or aesnle; capsule 

 5"-6" long, tin- cavities 4-6-seeded; seeds ] 

 long. 



In dry woods, mountains of Virginia to Scmth 

 Carolina. June AUR. 



10. VERATRUM L. Sp. PI. 1044. 1753. 



Tall perennial herbs, with thick short poisonous rootstm-ks, the leaves mo* 

 ^~sping, strongly veined and plaited, the stem and inflorrxcrnri- pubescent. 

 ish or yellowish or purple, rather large, polygamous or monoecious, on shod 

 in large terminal panicles. Perianth-segments 6, glandless or nearly so, not i 

 to the base of the ovary. Stamens opposite the perianth-segments and 

 short, mostly curved. Anthers cordate, their sacs con fluent. ( >vary a 

 ent. Capsule 3-lobed, 3-celled, the cavities several-seeded. 

 [Ancient name of the Hellebore.] 



About 10 species, natives of north temperate zone. Besides the following another ocei 

 the southern United States and 2 on the Pacific coast. 



- f 9 fWpfWV 



Flowers yellowish green; perianth-segments pubescent 

 Flowers purple; perianth-segments glabrous or nearly sc 



