y20 Ohdbr 149.— MELANTHACBjE. 



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. buUita L. K J., Penn. to Va. Scape 10 to 18' high, rather thick and 

 flesliy, hollow, nearly naked. Lve. lance-spatulate, about as long as the scape, 1 

 to 1|' wide. Eac. short Pedicels as long as the flowers, colored. Fls. purple, 

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



8. CHAM>€:LIR'IUM, Willd. (Gr. ;^;ffi/mi, on the ground, XeipLov, a 

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

 sepals narrow ; filaments C, porigynous, 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-whito. 



C. IClteum Gray. Blazing Star. Low grounds, Can. and U. S. St. 12 to 30' 

 high, farrowed. Badical lvs. 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 ths 

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

 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. Toficld, a Scotch gentleman, re- 

 siding near Doncastor.) Flowers ^ , calyculate, with 3 rcmotish, united 

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

 bracts ; sta. ; antli. roundish-cordate, introrse ; ovaries 3, miited ; 

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

 Lvs. cquitant, subradical. Scape not bulbous. Fls. spicate or raco 

 mous. 



§ Fodicels clustered in Ss. Stems gcftbrons-glandular Nob. 1, 2 



§ Tedicels separate. Stem glabrous No. li 



1. T. glutindsa Nutt. £f<. leafy below, glandular-scabrous, simple; lo3. afmirlh 

 the length of the stem, linear-ensiform, glabrous, o6tee ; rac. obloivj, few-flowered, 

 chse, composed of 3-flowered, alternate fascicles; caps, longer than the perianth. 

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

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

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

 perianth. Petals and sepals oblanceolate, less than 2" long, carpels -1" 



2. T. ptibena Dryand. St. leafy at' base, rough-puberulent ; lvs. nearly half the 

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

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

 as 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. Lv.". more than 

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

 greenish-white. Jl.— Sept. 



3 T. glabra Nutt. St. leafy below, glabrous ; lvs. 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 

 gi-ounds. St. 1 to 3f high. Rac. 2 to 5' long, 20 to 30-flowered. Seeds Unear- 

 oblong, not caudate. 



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

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



