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  FLORA 
  OF 
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  TERRITORY. 
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  *Nemastylis.* 
  Corolla 
  hexapetala 
  patens, 
  tubo 
  nullo; 
  laciniis 
  

   subaequalibus; 
  stamina 
  libera; 
  stigmata 
  sex, 
  filiformia 
  ; 
  capsula 
  oblouga, 
  

   truncata. 
  — 
  Radix 
  bulbosa 
  ; 
  folia 
  ensiformia 
  plicata 
  ; 
  caulis 
  uni 
  aut 
  pau- 
  

   ciflorus; 
  flores 
  geminati 
  ; 
  spatha 
  bivalvis. 
  

  

  1. 
  N. 
  coelestina 
  (Ixia 
  coelestina, 
  Bartram, 
  it. 
  152, 
  t. 
  3; 
  Willd. 
  Sp. 
  

   pi. 
  1, 
  p. 
  200). 
  Caule 
  unifloro, 
  stigmatibus 
  brevibus, 
  seminibus 
  an- 
  

   gulatis. 
  

  

  Descript. 
  Root 
  a 
  small 
  and 
  roundish 
  tunicated 
  bulb, 
  covered 
  with 
  

   numerous 
  dark 
  brown 
  sphacelous 
  coats 
  ; 
  radical 
  leaves 
  few, 
  very 
  long, 
  

   eusiform 
  and 
  plaited, 
  sheathing 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  ; 
  stem 
  eighteen 
  inches 
  to 
  

   two 
  feet, 
  partly 
  terete, 
  commonly 
  producing 
  a 
  single 
  leaf 
  below 
  the 
  

   middle, 
  and 
  three 
  or 
  four 
  other 
  ones 
  diminished 
  to 
  the 
  size 
  of 
  sheath- 
  

   ing 
  bracts; 
  the 
  flowers 
  (as 
  far 
  as 
  I 
  have 
  seen) 
  of 
  a 
  pale 
  blue,f 
  terminal 
  

   and 
  solitary 
  ; 
  corolla 
  superior, 
  partly 
  spreading, 
  without 
  tube 
  ; 
  petaloid 
  

   divisions 
  oblong-obovate, 
  nearly 
  equal 
  in 
  size 
  ; 
  stamina 
  three 
  ; 
  anthers 
  

   linear; 
  style 
  one, 
  short; 
  stigmas 
  three, 
  filiform, 
  bifid, 
  white; 
  capsule 
  

   subclavate, 
  oblong, 
  obtusely 
  3-cornered, 
  3-celled, 
  partitions 
  medial; 
  

   seeds 
  numerous, 
  angular 
  and 
  brown, 
  a 
  little 
  smaller 
  than 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  

   common 
  onion. 
  Flowering 
  time 
  from 
  May 
  to 
  the 
  close 
  of 
  June. 
  — 
  

   Hah. 
  In 
  the 
  hilly 
  prairies 
  of 
  the 
  Arkansas 
  territory, 
  betwixt 
  the 
  sources 
  

   of 
  the 
  Pottoe 
  of 
  Arkansas 
  and 
  the 
  Kiamesha 
  of 
  Red 
  river. 
  First, 
  found 
  

   in 
  South 
  Carolina 
  by 
  W. 
  Bartram, 
  whose 
  figure 
  appears 
  to 
  be 
  very 
  

   accurate. 
  

  

  2. 
  N. 
  * 
  geminiflora. 
  Caule 
  ramoso, 
  ramis 
  subtrifloris 
  ; 
  stigmatibus 
  

   longissimis; 
  semina 
  subrotunda. 
  

  

  Descript. 
  Root 
  a 
  blackish 
  tunicated 
  bulb, 
  covered 
  with 
  a 
  great 
  num- 
  

   ber 
  of 
  sphacelous 
  coatings; 
  scape 
  about 
  twelve 
  inches 
  high, 
  nearly 
  

   terete, 
  2-leaved, 
  with 
  one 
  of 
  them 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  scape; 
  radical 
  leaves 
  

   mostly 
  three, 
  equitant, 
  ensiform 
  and 
  plaited, 
  as 
  in 
  Tigridia, 
  the 
  central 
  

   one 
  double 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  others 
  (twelve 
  to 
  fourteen 
  inches), 
  the 
  

   point 
  attenuated, 
  the 
  colour 
  light 
  green, 
  and 
  with 
  both 
  surfaces 
  nearly 
  

   similar 
  ; 
  branches 
  of 
  the 
  scape 
  mostly 
  three, 
  rarely 
  two 
  or 
  four, 
  subtri- 
  

  

  * 
  From 
  v»fAH 
  a 
  thread, 
  and 
  a-rvxos 
  a 
  column 
  (or 
  the 
  style 
  as 
  employed 
  in 
  botany). 
  This 
  

   name 
  is 
  chosen 
  by 
  way 
  of 
  distinction 
  from 
  the 
  structure 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  organ 
  in 
  Moraea. 
  

  

  t 
  Those 
  seen 
  by 
  my 
  aged 
  friend, 
  William 
  Bartram, 
  in 
  South 
  Carolina, 
  were 
  of 
  a 
  bright 
  

   azure 
  blue, 
  and 
  of 
  greater 
  magnitude. 
  

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