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MONOGRAPHS, 
WITH NEW GENERA SPECIES AND 
VARIETIES OF VASCULAR PLANTS 
CHIEFLY. 
ABALON Adanson. Veratrun L. Heloni - 
as Aiton and all our Botanists. Melanthium 
Walter, Diclinotrys Raf. meaning two beds 
racemes . 
Dioical. Corolla 6petals linear, Stamens 6 
filiform longer, anthers bilobed adnate, Pistil- 
late flowers with 6 rudiments of stamens, fpis 
til 3grooved, 3stigmas sessile reflexed. Cap- 
sule ovate 3grooved 3celled, cells with many 
seeds angled acute. Habit , Caulescent , leaves 
scattered, flowers in long racemes . 
Adanson good name meaning not in a ball r 
was applied to the Helonias of L. as this Ge- 
nus must certainly be divided, this good old 
name ought to prevail, unless mine of Diclino- 
trys is prefered. Linneus made many blunders 
on this plant, uniting to Veratrum and calling 
it F. luteum altho’ the flowers are white. We 
know only one Sp. as yet ; but it has many vari- 
eties or deviations. The divided stems are 
found so far apart, that no fecundation can take 
place. The sterile plants are more common 
than the others. This pistilate become fertile 
at a great distance from them. 
Abalon (or Diclinotrys) albiflorum Raf. 
1817. Melanthium dioicum Walter, Helonias 
luteal Aiton &c. HeL dioica Mx. Pursh, 
Elliot, Torrey, Beck, Eaton .... * 
Very smooth, stem angular, leaves cuneate 
lanceolate, subacute, enerve : raceme cylindri- 
cal, pedicels short, petals linear obtuse. 
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