Dodecatheon. 237 



Rev. gen. I. (1 89 1 } 397. — Meadia dodecatlwa Crantz, Inst. II. (1766 303. — 

 Meadia Dodecatheon Mill. Gard. Dict. ed. 8. (1769). — DkmMtm carolinianus Walt. 

 Fl. Carol. (1788) 4 40. — Herba perennis, glabra, 30 — 60 cm alta. Folia ovato- 

 oblonga vel oblongo-linearia , in petiolum plerumque lamina 4-plo breviorem sensim 

 attenuata, obtusiuscula vel obtusa, dentato-crenata vel fere integra, cum petiolo 10 — 15, 

 vulgo 13 cm longa, 3 — 5 cm lata. Scapus laevis, saepe maculis purpureis notalus. 

 Umbella multiflora, floribus 10 — 20; bracteae ovatae vel ovato-oblongae , 6 — 10 mm 

 longae; pedicelli 2 — 5 cm longi. Calycis profunde partiti laciniae lanceolatae; corollae 

 lobi lineari-oblongi, obtusiusculi, rosei, basi albidi; staminum tubus non aut vix exserlus; 

 antherae rufescenti-luteae ; connectiva purpurea. Capsula calyce paullo longior, valvis 

 usque ad medium dehiscens, stylo persistente. — Fig. 55-4 — B. 



Subsp. er. eumeadia li. Knuth. — Folia leniter in petiolum contracta, scapo 

 3 — 4-plo breviora. 



Atl. Nordamerika: Illinois und Missouri, an trockenen Stellen der Prairieen 

 Short!, Boardman!, Eggers, Herb, americ. n. 12! Hoffmann!, Geyer!, Baker!, 

 Williams!, Babrock!, Riehl n. 99); Carolina (Biltmore, Herb. n. 1214b!, 

 Torrey a. 1834!). 



Subsp. ß. membranaceum R. Knuth. — Folia membranacea, tenuissima, magna, 

 dr breviter in petiolum attenuata, scapo paullo breviora. 



Südl. Illinois: Fountaindale (Williams!), Macanda (Baker!). 



Subsp. y. Hugeri (Small) R. Knuth. — D. Hugeri Small, Fl. S. E. U. St. (1903) 

 906. — Lamina foliorum spathulata, oblonga vel oblongo-lanceolata, 5 — 40 cm longa, 

 saepe undulata vel repando-crenata. Scapi erecti, foliis manifeste longiores. Calycis 

 lobi lanceolati, tubo paullo longiores; corolla alba vel pallide albido-rosea, 1 — 2 cm 

 longa; antherae basi prominenter auriculatae. Capsula oblongo-conica , 1 — 1,5 cm 

 longa, calyce multo longior (ex Small). 



An Flussdämmen und -ufern von Maryland bis Kentucky, Georgia und Ala- 

 bama (blühend im Frühling). 



Subsp. ö. brachycarpum (Small) R. Knuth. — D. brachycarpa Small, Fl. S. E. U. 

 St. (1903) 906. — Habitu subsp. eumeadiae et Hugeri similis. Corolla rubro-purpurea ; 

 filamenta plerumque unita, tubus autem brevissimus; antherae basi vix aut non auri- 

 culatae. Capsula ovoidea, longitudine I cm non attingens, sepalis vix longior (ex Small). 



Auf Prairieen von Maryland bis Missouri, Alabama und Arkansas (blühend 

 im Frühling und Sommer). 



2. D. conjugens Greene in Erythea III. (1895) 40. — Planta glabra. Rhizoma 

 breve, superne radicibus carnosulis, post florem deciduis dense obtectum. Folia obovata 

 et elliptica, cum petiolo distincto 6 — 13 cm longa, obtusa, integra. Scapus crassius- 

 culus, 8 — 25 cm altus; umbella pauciflora. Flores magni, 5-, raro 6-meri; corolla 

 intense purpurea vel rosea vel albida; antherae sejunctae, obtusae; connectiva lanceo- 

 lata, acuminata, ubique tenuiter rugulosa apice filiformi excluso; Capsula ignota (ex 

 descript. Greene). 



Felsengebirge von Helena City bis zum Yellowstone Park: Montana b. 

 Helena auf trockenen Hügeln (Kelsey); Nord-Wyoming (Nelson, PI. of Yellowst. Nat. 

 Park n. 5607!}; zweifelhaft Südost-Oregon (Austin a. 1893). 



Nota. E planta Nelson i verisimiliter ad speciem pertinente diagnosi Greene i addendum: 

 Folia leniter in petiolum brevem, a lamina vix discernendum coaretata. 10 — 13 mm lata. Scapus 

 foliis 3-plo longior. Bracteae 6 — 8 mm longae, lanceolatae. Calycis ad - 3-partiti laciniae lanceo- 

 latae; corollae tubus recurvatus exs. luteus, fauce tenuiter linea undulata purpurea notata; 

 connectiva basi luteo-maculata. 



3. D. Jeffreyi L. Van Houtte in Fl. des serres XVI. (1865—67) 99; Greene in 

 Erythea III. (1895) 39. — D. meadia var. lancifoliuni A. Gray in Bot. of Calif. I. 

 (1876) 467. — Meadia Jeffreyi O. Ktze. Rev. gen. I. (1891) 398. — Planta sub- 

 viscosa glandulis minutissimis. Rhizoma verticale, breve, robustum, radicibus carnosis 



