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hexanduia MONOGYNi a. Phalangium. 
agreeable sweet taste. They form a great part of their 
winter stores. Though an agreeable food to Governor 
Lewis’s party, they occasioned bowel complaints if 
eaten in any quantity. 
296. NARTHECIUM. Smith fl.lrit. 1. p. 368. Kerin 
lot. mag. 1505. 
1. N. racemo interdum interYupte spicato laxo, bractea una 
caulina pedicellum amplexante, altera ihferne pedi- 
cellari paleaceo-setacea, lana filamentorum brevissima. 
Ker l. c. 
In boggy fields and woods, on the pine-barrens of New 
Jersey. 1/. June, July. v.v. Flowers yellow. It 
approaches very near to N. Ossifragum , and is only 
different in the situation of its bracteas, which nice 
distinction was very ingeniously observed by Mr. Ker. 
For a considerable time I considered this plant to be 
N. glutinosum of Michaux; but the close investigation 
of Mr. Ker on this subject has convinced me of hav- 
ing been in an error. Vid. Bot. mag. 1505. 
297. ORNITHOGALUM. Gen. pi. 566. 
1. O. corymbo paucifloro, pedunculis bracteis longioribus, 
filamentis subulatis. Willd, sp. pl. 2. p. 11 6. 
Icon. Jacq. austr. 4. t. 343. 
In grass-plots and near gardens 5 probably not indigenous. 
7J. . May. v. v. Flowers white. 
298. YUCCA. Gen. pl. 580. 
1. Y. acaulis ; foliis lato-lanceolatis integerrimis margine 
filamentosis, stigmatibus recurvato-patentibus.— » 
Willd. sp. pl. 2. p. 184. 
Icon. Trew ehret. t. 3 7. 
On the shores of Virginia and Carolina, and in the, 
western parts thereof. 1/ . July, Aug, v.v. Flowers 
white, very showy 5 and the plant is from four to five 
feet high. 
2. Y. acaulis 5 foliis longo-linearibus rigidis margine raro 
filamentosis, capsulis magnis obovato-cylindraceis. 
On the banks of the Missouri. I/. July, Aug. v.s. 
in Herb. Nuttall. From two to three feet high j leaves 
very narrow 5 capsules large. 
a 2 
americanum„ 
umlellatumi 
filamentosa » 
angustifolia . 
