258 MONOCOTYLODENOUS. 



with the margins filamentose. Flowers in racemose panicles. Leaves of 

 the perianth unequal, the interior widest. 



White, h May — Aug. On the sea coast of Ga. 3-4 ft. 



Genus III ERYTHRONUM. 



Pma?i<A 6-leavecl, campanulate. Stamens Q. Style 1, S- 

 angled. Nectary consisting of 2 tubercles attached to the 

 base of alternate leaves. 



1 E Americanum. Leaves lanceolate, sheathing at the base, variegated 

 with purple. Scape bearing a solitary, nodding flower. The 3 exterior leaves 

 of the perianth reflected. Stamens short. Capsule 3-celled, 3-valved, many 

 seeded. 



Yellow. % March— April. Common. 6-8 in. 



Remarks. This plant when fresh, has long befen known to be an emetic, but, as far 

 as we know, has been but little used for any purpose. In scrofulous sores it is used in 

 family practice, by making the fresh plant into poultices, with milk, and applying 

 to the sores. Happy effects are said to result from its application in this manner. 



Order CXV. PALM^. 



Flowers perfect, or polygamous. Perianth 6-parted, in 2 

 series, i)ersistent. Stamens 6, opposite the segments of the 

 perianth, into the base of which tliey are inserted. Ovary 1-3- 

 celled : when 3-celled it is deeply lobed, cells 1-seeded. Fiuit 

 baccate, or drupaceous. 



Genus I SABAL. 



Flowers perfect. Stamens 6. Styles 3. Spathes partial. 



Filaments thickened at the base. Fruit a 1-seeded berry. 



Seed bony. 



1 S PuMiLA. Stem none. Zeare.'flabelliform, 1-3 feet high. S//pes naked, 

 comi)ressed. Scape erect, terminated by a long panicle. Flowers small, 

 nearly sessile. Fruit nearly round, bluish black. Dwarf Falmetto. 



White. % June— Aug Along the coast of Car. & Ga. 4-6 ft. 



Genus II. CHAM^ROPS. 



Flowers poU'gciinous, Spathe compvessed ; spadix branch- 

 ing. Filaments partly united. Drupe 3-ceIled, only 1 usu- 

 ally containing a seed. 



1 C Serkulata. Stem creeping. Leaves flabelliform, with the stipes 

 sharply serrate. Scope terminated by a panicle. Flowers small. Fruit 

 nearly black, 1 seeded. 



White %. July — Aug. Common, in sandy soils, along the Ocmulgee, 



2 C HisTRix. Stfi7n creeping. Leaves^ flabelliform, with the stipes inter- 

 mingled with long thorns from the root. Flotcers as in the preceding species. 



Blue Palmetto. 

 White. '2|. June — Aug. In clayey soils. 4-5 ft. 



3 C Palmetto. A tree. Ltaves palmate, flabelliform, 5-6 feet in length 

 crowded at the summit of the tree. Flowers in naked panicles. Fruit blu- 

 ish black. Falmetto. 



White. T2 June— July. On the sea coast of Car. & Ga. 40-50 ft. 



