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Hob. In paludosis et pratis humidis prope Wilmington 

 Carolina: super. Nuttall! et Curtis! prope Columbiam, Ca- 

 rolina;, infer. (MacBridc), et in Arkansa (Nuttall). 



Obs. Facie fere T. yubentis ; floribus specierum verarum. 

 Sprengelperperitm ad T. ccrnuam ducit. 



2. Subgen. Triantha. Null. 



Spica racemiformis, e fasciculis altcrnis sa:pius 3-floris 

 composita, modo florendi centrifugo : antherts innatae : semina 

 utrinque subulato-caudata. 



Herbje caulibus pedicellis(|iie pulvcrulcnto-pubentibus vel 

 glandulosis. 



5. T. (Triantha) pubens ; caule subnudo, asperiuscule 

 pulverulento-pubenle ; spica multirlorsi e fasciculis subdistan- 

 tibus ; capsuhi vix pcriantbium superante. 



Tofieldia pubens, Dryand. in Ail. liort. Kcw.(td. 2,)p. 326; Ell. hot. 

 S. Car. Sf Gcorg. 1, p. 424 ■, Smith, in trans, soc. Lin. 12, p. 245 ; 

 Torr. ! fl. 1, p. 371 ; Spreng. syst. 2, p. 144 ; Ram. Sy Schult. syst. 7, 

 p. 1570. 



T. pubcsccns, Pcrs. syn. 1, p. 399; Pursh, fl. 1, p. 246; Redout. 

 Lil. t.224. 



T. (Triantha) pubcsccns, Nutt.gai. 1, />. 236. 



Mclanthium racemosuni, Watt. Car. p. 126, non Michx. 



Narthccium pubens, Michx. fl. 1, p. 209. 



Anthericum calyculaimn, TAnn.hort. Cliff.; Gron. Virg. fide Smith. 



Rhizoma horizontalis, subinde lubcrosa ex auct. Folia lincaria, elon- 

 gata. Scapus fere nudus, supra (pedicelliaque prasertim) pubescentia 

 subglandulari. Spica 1 — 4 unc. longa, fasciculis imisinternodisbreviori- 

 bus. Pedicelli floribus parum longiores, singuli bractea parva, et fasci- 

 cule- bractea comnmni minima stipati; involucro tridentato sub fiore. 

 Perianthium virideseonti-albidum ; foliolis oblongo-obovalis, altcrnis 



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