fcEXANDRIA MONOGYN1A. CoDOStyllS. 125 
Corymbus dense multiflorus, lanato-tomentosus. Flores 
extus albo-lanati, intus flavi. Pedicelli longitudine 
florum. Corolla 6 -fida : laciniis oblongis acutis, 3. 
interioribus vix angustioribus, superne glabris fusco- 
luteis, inferne densissime lanatis : pilis plumosis au- 
reis. Filamenta 6. filiformia, glabra, corollae vix bre- 
viora. Antherae ovatae, erectae, aurantiacae. Germen 
superum, subrotundum, glabrum. Stylus subulatus, 
3-partibilis, longitudine filamentorum. Stigma sim- 
plex. 
This singular and beautiful perennial I discovered 
about the year 1 805, and considered it as a species of 
Argolasia cf Jussieu or Lanaria of Aiton, until I 
had the opportunity of seeing Mr. Brown’s Prodro- 
mus, in which the genus Conostylis is the nearest of 
any genus I know, though it even differs from that 
genus materially by the germ being almost entirely 
superior, and not hall* inferior. 
%3. ALETRIS. Gen. pi. 5J Q. Mich.Jl. amer . l.p.lSQ* 
1 » A. floribus pedicellatis oblongo-tubulosis, corollis fruc- 
tiferis laeviusculis farinosis, foliis lato-lanceolatis mu- 
cronatis. — Mich.Jl. amer. 2. p. 189 . 
A. farinosa. Willd . sp. pi. 2 . p. 183. 
Icon. Pluk, amalth. t.43J.f 2. Bot. mag. 1418. 
In dry gravelly woods, on the side of hills : New En- 
gland to Carolina. %. June, July. v.v. Flowers 
white, in a long spike ; known by the name of Star- 
grass or Colic-root ; the last name, from its being 
considered an excellent remedy in that disease. 
2 . A. floribus subsessilibus breviter tubulatis subcampanula- 
tis, corollis fructiferis rugosis scaberrimis, foliis lanceo- 
lato-ensiformibus acutis. — Mich.Jl. amer. 1 . p . 190 . 
Wurmbea bullata. Willd. hort. heroi, t. 8 . 
In sandy fields and woods : New Jersey to South Caro- 
lina. 1/ . July, Aug. v. v. Flowers covered with 
a mealy substance, as in the first species, but the 
divisions are tipped with golden-yellow 3 the leaves 
are narrower and longer. There is not any doubt of 
this plant properly belonging to Hexandria Trigynia ; 
but the styles are glued together during flowering* 
and only divide on the ripening of .the fruit. 
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