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HEXANDRXA TRIGYNIA. 
viride. 
310. VERATRUM. Gen.pl. 1564. 
1. V. racemis paniculatis, bracteis ramorum oblongo-lan- 
ijiorum . 
ceolatis, partialibus pedunculo subpubescente longio- 
ribus, foliis lato-ovatis plicatis. — Willd. sp.pl.4.p.8gQ. 
V. album. Mich.fi. amer. 2. p. 24 g. 
In swamps and on mountain bogs : Canada to Carolina. 
11. July. v. v. A stately plant, from three to six 
feet high $ Rowers greenish-yellow. 
2. V. racemis paniculatis, ramis filiformibus, floribus pe- 
dicellatis stellatis, petalis ovali-Janceolatis utrinque 
acutis ungue staminiferis, foliis ovalibus lanceolatisve 
planis glabris. — Midi. Jl. amer. 2. p . 250. 
Melanthium bracteolare. Lara, encijd. 4 . p. 25. 
On high mountains of Carolina. 7/ . July. v. v. et 
v. s . in Herb. Lyon. Flowers small, green. 
angustifolium . 3. V. altum, dioicumj panicula simplici, petalis linearibus, 
foliis longissimis linearibus carinatis. 
On high mountains of Virginia and Carolina. 7/ . June. 
v. v. Flowers greenish-yellow. 
320. HELONIAS. Gen. pi. 622. Mich. Jl. amer. 1. p. 211. 
latifolia. 1. H. scapo subaphyllo, spica ovata conferta, bracteis li- 
neari-lanceolatis, foliis lanceolatis mucronatis nervosis. 
- — Mich. Jl: amer. 1. p. 212. 
K. bullata. Willd. sp. pl. 2. p. 273. 
Icon Bot. mag. 747* Bot. rep. 352. Pink. aim. t. \ J4.f.5. 
In shady swamps on sandy soil : New Jersey to Virginia. 
V . May. v. v. Flowers purple $ anthers blue. 
erythrosper - 2. H. scapo folioso, racemo oblongo, bracteis brevibus ob- 
nia. longis, foliis glabris lanceolato-linearibus, seminibus 
ovatis legumine carnoso rubentibus. — Mich. jl. amer. 1 . 
p. 212. 
H. laeta. Bot. mag. 803. 
Melanthium laetum. Willd. sp. pl. 2. p. 2 67. 
Melanthium phalangioides. Lam. encycl. 4. p. 28. 
Melanthium Muscaetoxicum. JValt.fi. car. 125. 
Anthericum subtrigynum. Jacq. ic. rar. 2. t. 41 9. 
In shady moist situations on river banks, and on high 
mountains: Pensyivania to Carolina. 7/. June, July. 
v v. Root a kind of bulb j flowers first white, then 
changing to green ) anthers white : seeds covered with 
a red substance. 
angustifolia. 3. H. scapo inferne folioso, racemo oblongo laxo, bracteis 
brevibus, foliis longissimis aogustissimisque, capsulis 
