250 MONOCOTYLODEXOtJS. 



1 M ViRGiNicuM. 5*^771 erect, terete, pubescent, leafy, leaves long, linear- 

 lanceolate, flat, smooth. Flowers in a large panicle, pyramidal. Segments 

 of the porianth ovate, somewhat hastate, flat. Flowers polygamous. 



Greenish white, '^j. June — .July. Wet meadows. 3-4 ft. 



2 M MoNOicuM. Stem erect, pubescent. Leaves linear-lanceolate, flat. 

 Flowers moncecious, the lower sterile, the upper fertile, in paniculate racemes. 

 Leaves of the perianth flat, slightly unguiculate. 



Greenish white. % July. Mountains. 1-2 ft. 



3 M livBRfDUM. ^tem erect, leafy, striate. Leaves long, linear, amplexi- 

 caule. Flowers in racemose panicles, pubescent. Leaves of ihe perianth 

 orbicular, plaited, unguiculate, monoecious. 



Greenish white. % May— July. Middle Ga. 2-3 ft. 



Genus II TOFIELDA. 



Perianth 6-parted, witli Ji 3-parted involucre at the base. 

 Stamens 6. Style 1. Capsule 3-6-celIed, united at the base. 



1 T PuBENS Stem scabrous, simple, naked towards the summit. Leaves 

 ensiform, narrow, glabrous, the upper one very small. Flowers in racemes. 

 Segments of the perianth lanceolate, alternately larger, the involucre very 

 small, 3-toothed. Stamens attached to the base of the perianth. Capsule 3- 

 angled, 3-valved, 3-celled, with 2 seeds in a cell. 



Green and purple. %. July — Sept. In wet soils, common. 1-2 ft. 



2 T Glaberrima Stem terete, lenfy near the base. Leaves linear, ensi- 

 form, sheathing. Flowers in racemes, nearly verticillate. Involucre small, 

 3-toothed. Segments of the perianth oblong-oval. 



White. % Oct. Middle Car. & Ga. 2-3 ft. 



Genus III HELONIAS. 



Perianth 6.1eaved. Leaves flat, sessile, without glands. 

 Stamens 6. Style 3, distinct. Capsule 3-celled, few seeded, 

 S-horned. 



1 H Erythrosperma. S^em erect, leafy, glabrous. Leaves linear, long, 

 nerved. Flowers in oblong racemes, with short bracts. Leaves of the peri- 

 anth ovate, sessile, persistent. Capsule shortened, with divaricate horns. 

 Seed red. Flu poison. 



White. 11- April— May. Rich soils 2 ft. 



2 H Angustifolia. Stem erect, terete, glabrous, leafy. Leaves linear, 

 long, subulate, upper ones very minute. Flowers in terminal racemes. Cap- 

 sule oblong, with the summit appressed. Seed linear. 



White. % June— July. Damp soils. 1-2 it. 



3 H DioiCA. .S^e7« ero'?. -lightly angled, glabrous, leafy. Radicle leaves, 

 spatulate, long; cauline chts narrower, becoming almost linear towards the 

 summit. Flowers in simple racemes, dioecious. Leaves of the perianth linear, 

 obtuse, green, 3-furrowed. Stigmas 3, sessile. Capsule 3-celled, many 

 seeded. Unicorn plant, or Blazing star. 



White. Ij- May — June- Damp soils, very common. 2-3 ft. 



Genus. IV NOLINA 



Perianth 6-parted, expanding^. Stamens 6. Stisrmas 3. 

 Capsule S -an g\(i(.], 3-celled, 1-sceded in each cell. 



1 N,Georgiana. <S/ew erect, with small, subulate scales at the base. Leaves 



