720 ORDKB 149. MELANTHACE^E. 



persistent, without glands ; stamens 6, hypogynous, at length longer 

 than the perianth, anthers short, oval ; styles 3, distinct ; capsule 3- 

 celled, 3-horned ; cells loculicidal, many-seeded. Lvs. mostly radical, 

 narrow, often gramineous, sheathing at base. Fls. in a terminal, simple 

 raceme. 



H. bullata L. N. J., Penn. to Va, Scape 10 to 18' high, rather thick and 

 fleshy, hollow, nearly naked. Lvs. lance-spatulate, about as long as the scape, 1 

 to !' wide. Rac. short. Pedicels as long as the flowers, colored. Fls. purple, 

 segm. obtuse, with blue anthers. May. (H. latifolia Ph.) 



8. CHAHLELIR'IUM, Willd. (Gr. %a[i(u, on the ground, teipiov, a 

 lily.) Flowers dioecious; perianth 6-sepaled, spreading, persistent; 

 sepals narrow ; filaments 6, perigynous, filiform, longer than the sepals 

 (short in the ) ; ovary free, with 3 distinct styles ; capsule oblong, 

 loculicidal ; seeds many, linear-oblong, winged at each end. Rt. tuber- 

 ous, premorse. St. leafy, strict, slender. Lvs. lanceolate, the radical 

 oblanceolate and obovate-obtuse. Rac. spike-like, nodding, dense- 

 flowered, yellowish-white. 



C. Ktteum Gray. BLAZING STAR. Low grounds, Can. and U. S. St. 12 to 30' 

 high, furrowed. Radical Ivs. 3 to 5' by 6 to 12", in a sort of whorl. Fls. small, 

 very numerous, in long, terminal, spicate racemes, which are more slender on the 

 barren plants. Ovaries as long as the linear petals, subtriangular. Caps 3-fur- 

 rowed, oblong, tapering to the base, opening at the top. The fertile plants are 

 taller, more erect, but with fewer flowers. Apr. Jn. (Helonias dioica Ph.) 



9. TOFIELD'IA, Hudson. (To Mr. Tofield, a Scotch gentleman, re-, 

 siding near Doncaster.) Flowers $ , calyculate, with 3 remotish, united 

 bracts ; Ifts. of the perianth petaloid, spreading, sessile, and without 

 bracts ; sta. 6 ; anth. roundish-cordate, introrse ; ovaries 3, united ; 

 styles distinct, short ; ova. 3-lobed, 3-partible ; capsule co-seeded. 

 Lvs. equitant, subradical. Scape not bulbous. Fls. spicate or race- 

 mous. 



Pedicels clustered in 8s. Stems scabrous-glandular Nos. 1, 2 



Pedicels separate. Stem glabrous No. 3 



1. T. glutinosa Nutt. St. leafy below, glandular-scabrous, simple; Ivs. a fourth 

 the length of the stem, linear-ensiform, glabrous, obtitse ; rac. oblong, feiu -flowered, 

 dose, composed of 3-flowered, alternate fascicles ; caps, longer lhan the perianth. 

 Woods, Ohio to Wise., N. to Arc. Am. Stem slender, scape-like, 1 l^f, dot- 

 ted with dark-colored glands. Leaves 3 6' by 3 6", carinate. Spicate raceme 

 1 !' long, 9 18-flowered. Involucre truncate, 3-toothed, a little below the 

 erianth. Petals and sepals oblanceolate, less than 2" long, carpels 4". 



2. T. pftbens Dryand. St. leafy at base, rough-puberulent ; Ivs. nearly half the 

 length of the stem, linear-ensiform, strongly striate, acute, glabrous ; rac. linear- 

 elongated, composed of many remotish, alternate fascicles ; pedicels 2 to 3 together, 

 aa long as the flowers ; fls. 3-bracted at base ; capsule scarcely exceeding the 

 perianth. Pine barrens, Del. to Fla. St. 2 to 3f high, slender. Lvs. more than 

 twice longer than in No. 1. Rac. 6 to 8' long, 30 to 40-flowered. Fls. small, 

 greenish-white. JL Sept. 



3 T. glabra Nutt. St. leafy below, glabrous ; Ivs. nearly as in No. 2 ; rac. 

 elongated, dense, with the pedicels separate (not clustered), scarcely longer than 

 their bracts ; carpels distinct to near the base ; stig. sessile. Car. to Ark., in wet 

 grounds. St. 1 to 3f high. Rac. 2 to 5' long, 20 to 30-flowered. Seeds linear- 

 oblong, not caudate. t 



10. PLEE'A, L. C. Rich. (Gr. irteta^ the Pleiades; its flowers.) 

 Perianth colored, persistent, 6-sepaled, stellately spreading ; stamens 9 



