rori/lKR AND IH»SK— NORTH AMKKK AX rMIlKLLIFKllAK. 123 



Slllcilti' 



imtc <ti 

 llowofs. 



Kllst<MI\ 



a Mc.xi 



1> »\ •■ 



Mil. .».>. 



ipiiinati': 

 2.5 cm. 

 I or iioiH'. 

 cm. loiiii' 

 nth c(Mii 



octod l>v 



ly 21, lS!i:i. 

 U'H, Ki'llo'Ji) 

 ^.5, August- 



1 Ort'^'i'ii, 



l.niiiii'iii, 

 iiiu, linnni 



rillhrll. 



ll\(l iHMltC 



Icctecl liv 



V, liolhr.'rk. 



1S91; near 



reason ''"' 



, laimi"""'' 



mil SI ftiiitli- 



If uH tyi'iriil 



.,i-iiift}lii.'<ii uiiil riillj'iit'iilrti, wo liavo two iitlnTM whicli arc imt canily ilicpoHtMl uf, und 

 ,ii;iy indicate tlic iicimI of further wj^rcnatimi. Tlicy are as fullown: 



A fnriii inllcctcil hy (,'. li. Vnmii (;{();{, ill |.ss<)) ill Wasliiii'.'ton lia.n tlic open foliauc 

 .ii' Miriiii iiIdsii and tlic icallcis of nilifuniiiii in (luliiiu', Imt vny thin in ti'Xturc. It 



iiifj iinpuHMihlc ti> aKH<iciat«' it with Kuniii'ithisn, it is entirely apart from the ranye 



it idlij'iiniini, and its leaf tcxtnre HiiL'jrots iieitln r. 



A form cullected Ity ././j.vo// at .hirvis Lainliii>r, Alameda Connty, Cal., -Inncf l!), IS? 7, 

 i- -till mure pii/.zlinj.'. It has lIuM-ompact tulianc and leallet (inilinenf riiHj'i,i-uir<i, Imt 

 ilie leallcts arc HMialler, thicker, and slronjjly reticidate, and Ihe involiiccls are tif 

 MPy cimspirnoiis bract lets cx<'ecdin;; the flowers and frnil. 



Foi' iiitfodiiccd species see |)il<,'0 2.'i+. 



fSopt.l 



Fi(i, ;it;. — i,iiiit'i)|isiM liiu'iitH. 



L 



38. LILAEOPSIS (Jreene. I'ittojiiti 2 : I!»L>. l.s;H, 



('rniilziit Null. (ien. 1: 177. Isis, not of Seoj)oli (1777). 

 Ifiillniniirlhi'i Knnt/.e, Kcv. (ien. IM. 1: L'()7. IH<H. [Nov.] 



Ciilyx teeth small. Kriiit <rl<d>().so, slicrhtly fl!ittene(| latenilly, ola- 

 hioiis. ('arp(d with lilit'orm (hn'sahmd iiit«M-m('(ruitci'il)s: latcfals verv 

 thick and corky next the cominissiire; 

 eai li with u small <,^roup of stt'(Mi<,'theiiin<f 

 cells. Stylopodiiim depr<>ssed. Oil 

 tiilies solitai'V ill the iiitefvals. 2 on the 

 conmiissiiral side. Seed tei'ete. 



Small olahrous perennials, creeping; 

 and i-ootiii<,' ill the mud, with lea\'es re- 

 duced to lu)lh)w<'ylindrifal orawl-slmped 

 pciioles (jointed hy tfansvor.so ])artitioiis), 

 niiuide Involucral Itfacts, and simi)le few-tlowoivd umhcds of Avhito 

 tiowcl's. 



Type spe«'ies. I fi/diiKofi/li I! ii< df a ^WAw. Fl. Bor. Am. 1: UVl. ls()3. 



\ *it>mts of world-wide distrilmtion, generally treated as monotypic, 

 liiil we i'<'C()<;ni/.e the 4 following'' North American species: 



I'Viiil with latt'ral ribs prominently corky thickened, mnch more coiisiiicnoiis than 

 liie dorsal om-s, which arc not at all corky. 



I'tih nicies longer than the k'avcs 1. L. limntii. 



I'niiiiicles much shorter than the leaves L'. /,. Dccidtutdlix. 



Fruit witii all the ribs corky thickened, the laterals mori' prominent; peduncles 

 much shorter tlian tint leaves. 

 I.iavi's broadening above into a spatulate or oblong blade; dorsal ribs sharply 



acute 15. ■/.. I'll rail iii'tiKig. 



l.'.ucs tiliform or linear; dorsal ribs obtuse 4. A. s(liti(fiicri(inn. 



1. Lilaeopsis lineata(Michx.)( Jreene. Pittoiiiii 2: l'.>2. I85tl. Fic. 3(;. 



llil'lioraliilclincaliiMu'hx. Kl. l^or. Am. 1: W2. 1S():5. 



< 'i-diitzia rnicatn Isuti. iii'n. 1: 17H. IHls. 



Ifdllomuellcra lineald Knntze, Kev. (ien. I'l. 1: 2(>7. 1891. 



Lctives short, 2 too em. long-, linear-spatulate; peduncles lonjjfer than 

 till leaves, 3 to 7 cm. long. 



lype locality, "in inundatis Carolinae inferioris." 



Along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts from Massachusetts to Mississippi. 



5872 9 



