242 IRIDACEAE 



i. Narcissus L. 

 1. N. Pseudo- Narcissus L. Escaped from gardens: N. J. and 

 Penn. 

 An occasional escape from gardens. 



N. poeticus L. has been reported as a rare escape. 



2. Hypoxis L. 

 I. H. hirsuta (L.) Coville. In dry soil or low damp ground: Me. 

 and Ont. to Assin., Fla. and Tex. 



Apparently throughout the range, except the region east and 

 south of the pine-barrens, but always decreasing and perhaps 

 wanting at elevations greater than 1,000 ft. 



3. Lophiola Ker. 

 1. L. aurea Ker. (L. americana (Pursh) A. Wood). Pine-barren 

 bogs: N. J. to Fla. 



N. J. Common in the pine-barrens, rare along the edges, and 

 wanting elsewhere in the state. 



Tertiary, common on Beacon Hill, rare or wanting elsewhere: 

 Cretaceous, rare or wanting: Older Formations, o. Not north of 

 the moraine. 168-220 days. About sea level. 



The summer snowflake, Leucojum aestivum L., has been reported as a rare escape. 



DIOSCOREACEAE 

 1. Dioscorea L. 

 1. D. villosa L. In moist thickets: R. I. to Ont., Minn., Fla. 

 and Tex. 



Conn. " Frequent along and near the coast and in the valley of 

 the Conn. River; occasional or rare elsewhere." (Conn. Bot. 

 Club Cat.) 

 N. Y. Throughout, but rare and local in the north. 

 N.J. Common throughout, particularly southward. 

 Pa. Throughout, increasing southward. 



Apparently without special distributional features except that 

 it is found more commonly in Conn, in the predominately Triassic 

 valley of the Conn. River. 



IRIDACEAE 



Style branches opposite the anthers, very broad and petal like. 1. Iris. 



Style branches alternate with the anthers, slender or filiform. 



