138 Melanthacearum Amcriae Septcntrionalis Re,visio. 



brevioribus. Filamcnta subulata, perianthium fflquantia. AnOierie 

 (griseee vel purpurascentcs) breviter oblongs, basi bifidae, demum subcor- 

 datse. Capsula brunnea, ovata, subtriloba ; carpellis ad apicem coalilis, 

 dorso carinatis, stylis divergentibus subulatis dosincntibus. — Julio — 

 Sept. floret. 



Hob. In pinetis humidis et sylvis herbosis, a Delaware ad 

 Alabamam ! et Floridam ! 



6. T. (Triantha) glutinosa ; caule inferne folioso, 

 scabride glanduloso; spica. pauciflora e fascicttlis approxi- 

 matis ; capsula periantbium superante. 



Tofieldia (Triantha) glutinosa, Nutt. gen. 1, p. 236. 



T. glutinosa, Willd. in mag. natwrf.fr.2,p.29; Pursh,Jl. 1,^.246; 

 Smith, in trans, soc. Lin. 12, p. 246, I. 8, fig. 2; Spreng. syst. 7, pi 

 144 (exel. syn.) ; Ram. 8{ Schult. syst. 7, p. 1571 ; Bongard, vcg. Sit- 

 cha, I. c. p. 167. 



Narthecium glutinosum, Michx.fi. I, p. 210. 



Rhizoma horizontals, subligneum, fibris longis simplicibus. Caulis pe- 

 dalis, gracilis, suprruc nudiis (quandoque folio bractcifonni) glandulis 

 glutinosis asperulisquc conspersus, inferno foliosus. Folia breviora quam 

 in '1\ jmbenle, fere obtusa. Spica fere uncialis; fasciculis (4 — 6, s*pe 

 1-floris) coarctatis. Pcdicclli asperulo-pubentes, sspe glandulosi, flores 

 vix rcquantes, bractea cormnuni lata semiamplectante, etsinguli bractea 

 minima stipati : involucrum vix tridentatum et quasi truncatum a flore 

 paululiim distans. Perianthii foliola oblonga vel ovali-obovata, altcrnis 

 paulo longioribus. Filamcnta perianthium demum paulo superantia. 

 AnthertE fuscic, brcvioresquam in T.pubcntc, demum rot undo-conlafa;. 

 Capsula perianthio pcrsistente fern duplo longior, ovata, apiee purpuras- 

 cente; carpellis ad apicem coalilis, stylis brevibus vix divergentibus 

 abrupte desinentibus ; stigmata fere capitata. 



Hab. In sylvis Canada? (a Quebec ! ad lacum Mistassins 

 Michaux) Micbigan ! Ohio! Indiana! et Americas bor.-occ 

 usque ad insulam Sitcha ! Ruthenorum. 



Obs. Melanthium aspeiicaule, Poir. quod Sprengel ad hanc 

 et Ream. & Schult. ad T. fubentem duck, est Amianthii 

 species. 



