ABBOTIA. 
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cium Mx. Anthericum caliculatum Gronovius. 
Tofielda pubescens Nuttal &c. Scape pubes- 
cent raceme oblong interrupted, capsule globose, 
leaves ensiform — From Delaware to Carolina, 
rare ; flowers greenish white, petals linear cu- 
neate. Found in Virginia by me. Figure of both 
Autikon 6 and 7. — 
The other 2 species called Narthecium by 
Mx. Tojielda by Persoon, and all our botanists, 
are unknown to me ; but very distinct, and per- 
haps each the type of another subgenus, since 
they appear to differ more by the flowers than 
the leaves. 
3. A. pusilla Raf. smooth, leaves very short, 
scape filiform, flowers few nearly sessile, calix 
separate from the corolla , capsule globose.— 
Lake Mistassin. Subgenus Desmipus Raf. 
4. A. glutinosa Raf. Glutinose, stemless, 
capsule ovoidal double of corolla.— Lake Mis- 
tassin. Perhaps a Leptilix. 
ABBOTIA Raf. very distinct from Triglo - 
chin by 3 Stamens only, more akin to Triste - 
mon or the triandrons Sp of Juncus. See those 
Genera. Named after Abbot the Botanical and 
entomological painter. 
Calix or perigone simple 3 or 4-leaved, mem- 
branous, deciduous. Anthers sessile, common- 
ly 3 seldom 1 or 2. Pistils 3 or 4 cohering. 
Stigmas sessile glandular cleft. Capsules 3 or 4 
glbbose one seeded, united by spungy mem- 
branes like false cells (Elliot) — Stemless, leaves 
linear, flowers racemose. 
1. A. filiformis Raf. Triglochin triandrum 
Mx. Elliot and ail our Botanists — Leaves fili- 
form, equal to scape, flowers clustered on the 
spike and on short pedicels, capsules gibbose 
‘half connected.— In Carolina and Florida in 
