188 MELANTHACEAE a. gray. (Veratrum.) 



tremitatem hilo oppositam chalaza fusca notatus. Albumen car- 

 nosum. Embryo cylindraceus, rectus, in extremitate albuminis 

 hilum spectante inclusus, albumine triplo brevior; cxtremitas 

 radicularis vix crassior, hilum spectans. 



3. V. viride Ait. Kew. 3. 422. ed 2. 5. 426. Willd. Spec. 

 4. 896. Ej. herb. n. 18607. fol. 1. 2. Pursh. Flor. 1. 242. Bigel. 

 Bost. 246. Ej. Americ. Bot.' t. 33. Nutt. Gen. 1. 233. Ell. Bot. 1. 

 419. Torr. Flor. 1. 368. Hayne, Term. hot. t. 40./. 9. Roem. et 

 Schult. Syst. 7. 1556. Darlingt. Fl. Cest. ed 2. 232. A. Gray. 

 Melanth. in Ann. Lyc. hist. nat. Novi-Eborac. 4. 118. Ramis pa- 

 niculae demum patentibus ; foliolis perianthii campanulati oblongis, 

 basi subangustatis, filamentis plerumque planis paulo longioribus. 

 A. Gray. V. album Mich. Flor. 2. 249., nec Linn. Helonias viridis 

 Gawl. in Bot. Mag. t. 1096. (excl.Melanth. hybr. Walt.) Melanthium 

 virens Thunb. Diss. de Melanth. 4. Melanthium bracteolare Des- 

 rouss. in Lam. Encycl. 4. 26. (Jide A. Gray. *)) — In pratis 

 humidis a Canada usque ad montes Georgiae. 2|. — Praece- 

 denti simillimum. Folia oblonga (late ovata Pursh.), acumi- 

 nata, plicata, subtus pubescentia. Panicula subramosa; brac- 

 teis ramorum oblongo-lanceolatis ; bracteolis pedicello pubescente 

 longioribus. (Pursh.) Flores breviter pedicellati, flavo-virides. 

 (A. Gray.) Sepala oblonga, acuminata, basi angustata, obso- 

 lete denticulata, ciliolata, subaequalia, patentia?, stamina duplo 

 superantia. Gawler huc ducit cum? Melanthium hybridum 

 Walter. Carol 125. 



4. V. EsCHSCHOLTZll A. Gray. Melanth. in Ann. Lyc. hist. 

 nat. JVovi-Eborac. 4. 119. Paniculae ramis lateralibus (quan- 

 doque compositis) plerumque nutantibus; foliolis perianthii cam- 

 panulati oblongis, basi attenuatis, filamentis gracillimis plus 

 duplo longioribus. A. Gray. V. Lobelianum fi Eschscholzianum 

 Roem. et Schult. Syst. 7. 1555. V. parviflorum Bong. in Mem. 

 Acad. St. Petersb, ser. 6. 2. 166. -(nec Mich.) — America bo- 

 reali-occidentalis. (Insula Sitcha , prope Observatory Inlet et 

 ad ripas fluminis Oregon.) 2|* — V. viridi nimis affine, a quo 

 differt foliis pedunculisque magis pubescentibus caet. et praeser- 

 tim filamentis brevioribus et gracilioribus. (A. Gray.) 



5. V. SABADiLLA.Rrf*. Obs. 1. 29. Willd. Spec. 4. 897. 

 Rich. Bot. Med. 1. 77. Descourt. in Ann. Soc. Linn. Paris. 2. 

 1824. p. 167. Turp. All du Dict. d. sc. nat. bot. 2. Roem. et Schult. 

 Syst. 7. 1558. Panicula simplici, difTusa; floribus subnutanti- 

 bus, 2-3-nis , demum secundis; pedicellis brevissimis ; petalis 

 stellatim patentibus, ovato-lanceolatis (afro-purpureis); foliis 

 ovato-oblongis, obtusis. Schult. JH. Melanthium Sabadilla Thunb. 

 Diss. de Melantk. 4. Orfilea Descourt. — Mexico, Antillae (nec 

 China, ut in Willd.). 2\> — Vidi in icone Turpin. ut sequi- 



°) Conf. Zygadeno monoeco. 



