\.m HEXANDRIA, TRIGYNIA. 



F. proserpinacoides, Willd. 6c Muhl. 

 JSectris pinnata, Pursh ? 



On the banks of the Schuylkill, west side, just opposite to 

 Breck's Island. Rare. Perennial. July, August. 



ORDER III. TRIGYNIA. 



175. MELAXTHIUM. Gen. pi. 618. (Junci.) 



Polygamous. — Calix none. Corolla rotate, 

 6-parted : segments unguiculate, biglandu- 

 lous at the base, claws staminiferous. Cap- 

 sule exserted, subovate, apexjmrtly trifid, 

 3-celled. Seeds many, membranaceously 

 alated. — JSTutt. 



viiginicum. l. M. panicle pyramidal; petals oval, somewhat 

 hastate, flat; flowers generally fertile. — Fursh. 

 Helonias Virginica, Bot. Mag. 985. 



Leaves somewhat like those of flag. Scapes two or three 

 feet high, supporting a pyramidal loose panicle of greenish- 

 white flowers. In low and boggy ground. In a boggy thicket 

 in the angle between the Lancaster turnpike, and the new 

 turnpike, near the Woodlands. Also on the lower edge of 

 Powelton, not far from the road leading from Market-street 

 bridge, to the next bridge above. Rare. Perennial. June, 

 July. 



176. VERATRUM. Gen. pi. 1564. (Junci.) 



Polygamous. — Corolla 6-parted, spreading, 

 segments sessile and without glands. Sta- 

 mina inserted upon the receptacle. Cap- 

 sules 3 united, many-seeded. — JSTutt. 



vinde. 1. V. leaves broad, oval, plaited ; racemes pani- 



cled; segments of the corolla oblong-oval, 

 acute. — Mich. 

 V. album, Mich. 



