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ERYTHRONIUM AMERICANUM. 



AMERICAN ERYTHRONIUM. DOG'S-TOOTH VIOLET. 



Hexandria Monogynia, Linn. Lilia, Juss. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Corolla sub-campanulate, petals 6, reflexed, the three interior usually furnished with a callous 

 notch on each side near the base, and a nectariferous pore. Capsule superior, round- 

 ish, or elli ptical, sub-stipitate. Seeds ovate. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Leaves lanceolate, involute at the point ; petals lanceolate, acute, the inner three fur- 

 nished with a callous denture on each margin near the base ; germen sub-globose. 

 Style clavate, 3-angled. B. 



SYNONYMS. 



Ervthronitjm Americanum, Ker, in Bot. Mag. t. 1113. 



E. lanceolatum, Pursh. 



E. longifolium, Poire t. 



E. flavum, Smith, Rees. Cyclo. 



E. dens canis, M. , - 



