e»6 Order 142.— BLBMODORACE^. 



branoiis, convolute into a tube, 3 petals colored, spreading above • 

 stamens scarcely cohering with the base of the sepals ; ovary free • 

 capsule elongated, the 3 \alves splitting each into 2 layers, of which 

 the outer is membranous, the inner cartilaginous ; seeds club-shaped 

 raised on comous stipes. — Plants grayish with scurf, gi'owino' on 

 trees. 



1 T. usueoidea L. Black Mosa Spanish Moss. St. fiufoi-m, hranchin^, 

 long, flexmus, pendulous ; Ivs. recurved, filiform (1 to 2' long); peduncle 1-flowered, 

 Short. — Very common in the low country, from the Dismal Swamp. Ya. to Ha. 

 and La., hauging in long daric gray tufts and festoons from every tree. It is col- 

 lected, dried and beaten until the bark falls off, when the black, elastic, tough, 

 thread-like stem is used as hair in upholstery, &o. JTlowers May — Aug. — Very 

 different iu habit from the next. 



2 T. Bartramii Ell. Sterns clustered, erect, fimple, enveloped in bract-liko 

 sheaths ; Ivs. mostly radical, channeled, linear-subulate, from a dilated, half clasp- 

 ing base, which is brown and polished, much longer than the stem ; fls. 2 to i, in 

 a bracted, terminal spike. — Swamps, Liberty County, Ga. (Pond). Eoot a dense 

 mass of crowns with fibers, " on the bark of old trees" (Elliott). Sts. abopt 6' 



high, and with the Ivs. (0 to 12') forming dense tufts. Fls Capsule 



9" long, sessile, enveloped in imbricated bracts. Inner valves dark brown. 

 Seed stipe clothed with a long, silky coma. Jn. 



3 T. reourva L. Los. subulate, recurved; scape setaceous, erect, longer than 

 the Ivs., bearing about 2 flowers at the summit. — On old trees, Ga. and Fla., 

 forming tufts covered with grayish scales. (Pursh.) "We saw specimens of this 

 species in the herbarium of Itev. Dr. Bachman, but took no description. 



Order CXLII. HJEMODORACEJi Bloodworts. 



Ilerls perennial, with fibrous roots, equitant or rosulato leaves, and perfect _^«;er!. 

 Pcriardh regular, 6-parted, scurfy or woolly outside, more or less adherent. Stam- 

 ens G, or 3 and opposite the petals, anthers introrso. Ovary 3-celled, 1-styled. 

 Capsule covered with the withered periiintb. Seeds with cartilaginous albumen. 



Genera I'i, species 50, sparingly occurring in N. America, S. Afi-ica, New Holland, &c. The 

 root of ZacTiant/te-i tiiictoria abounds in a red coloring matter. Onooftlie most intense bitters 

 known is AletrU farinona. 



GENERA. 



§ Ovary wholly adherent. Stamens S, o.'cserted. Perianth woolly outside Lacnanthes. 1 



S Ovary h.alf free. Stamens 6, Included. — Corymbcd perianths woolly all over IiOPinoLA. 2 



— Eacemed perianths rugous-scurfy Aletrib. S 



1. LACNAN'THES, Elliott. Red-root. (Gr. Xdxvoq, soft hair, 

 avdog.) Perianth woolly outside, tube adherent ; calyx lobes exterior, 

 of 3 linear sepals, as long a'l the 3 lance-oblong petals ; stamens 3, 

 equaling the petals and opposite to them ; filaments and filiform, de- 

 clined style exserted ; capsule 3-ccllcd, truncated, many-seeded.- — 

 An herb with red roots, equitant., ensiform Ivs., and a dense, woolly 

 corymb. 



L. tinotoria EIL Swamps and borders of ponds, E. I. (Olney) to Fla. An in- 

 teresting plant, with rush-like Ivs. St. erect, strict, 18 to 24' high, clothed with 

 white wool above. Lvs. mostly radical, fleshy, 3 to 4" wide and nearly as high 

 aa the stem. Cauliue lvs. remote and bract-like. Corymb terminal, compactly 

 many-flowered. Fls. densely clothed with white wool outside, glabrous and yel- 

 low within. Anthers bright yellow, at length rovolute. Jl., Aug. (Dilatrie, 

 Pursh.) — The root is said to be employed in dyeing. 



2. LOPHI'OLA, Ker. Crest-flower. (Gr. X6(pog, a crest; allud- 

 ing to the crested petals.) Perianth half superior, 6-cleft, persistent, 



