136 MdaiUhaccarum Americce Sej)te?itrionalus Revisio. 



3. T. stenopetala, Smith. 



T. stenopetala, racemo cylindraceo, bractcis calycem superantibus, 

 caule glabro diphyllo, petalis laDceolatis acutis. — S7trith, in trans, soc. 

 Linn. 12, p. 243, t. 8, fig. 1. 



Hab. " Gathered by Kalm in North America, but in what 

 part we are unable to determine. Three of his specimens are 

 preserved in the Linnaean herbarium." Smith, I. c. 



Obs. Planta Linnaso cum T. j>alustri Sf T. alpina 

 omnino confusa, et secundum Smith huicnimis affinis, in Ame- 

 rica-boreali nullo nisi Kalmio detecta est. An specimina Kalmii 

 vero in America aut in Europa-boreali lecta ? Plantas siccas e 

 Gothlandia sub. nom. T. calyculata (T. alpina, Smith) a cl. 

 Agardh et Casstrom miserunt, in herb. cl. Torreyi examinavi, 

 quae descriptione tabulaque T. stenopetala; Smith bene qua- 

 drant ; prajsertim antheris cordatis acutis, nee apice emarginatis 

 ut in T. calyculata. 



4. T. glabra ; caule inferne foliato ; racemo elongato, 

 densifloro ; involucris trifidis floribus approximates ; carpellis 

 apice distinctis, stylis vix ullis. 



Tofieldia glabra, Nutl. .' gen. 1, p. 235, <§- in trans. Am. phil. soe. 

 (ser. 2.) 5, p. 153 ; Ram. i\ Schult. syst. 7, p. 1574, 



T. glaberrima, MacBride, in Ell. ! hot. S. Car. cy Oeorg. I, p. 424; 

 Ram. 4" Schult. 1. c. p. 1570 ; Sprcng. syst. 2, p. 144. 



Radix fasciculata ex Nutt., fere tuberosa ex Ell. Caulis 2 — 3-pe- 

 dalis, supra basin 2 — 3-foliatus. Folia fere T. pubentis. Racemus spici- 

 formis, cylindrieus, 1 — 5 unc. longus ; pedicellis (confertis, interdum bi- 

 natis) longitudine fiorum, bracteis subulatis paulo longioribus. Flores 

 paululum inajores quam in T. pubenle, virescenti-albi. [Perianthii foliola 

 ovali-oblonga. Filamcnta crasse subulata, complanata, infern^ sensim 

 dilatata, demum plana, 1-nervla. Anthcrm oblongx, introrsa;; loculis 

 inferne distinctis et subdivergentibus. Capsula triloba, denique iripar- 

 tibilis ; carpellis 8 — 10-spermis, stylo brcvissimo apiculatis : stigmata 

 subcapiiata. Scmina lineari-oblonga. 



