ftEXANDRlA TRIGYNIA. HelonlaS; 
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oblongis, seminibus anguslo-linearibus.-— -Mzc/i. fi. 
amer. 1 . p. 212. 
In shady wet woods of Carolina and Georgia. 7/ .July. 
v. s. 
4. H. scapo folioso, racemo oblongo conferto, bracteis seta- aspkodeloides 0 
ceis, filamentis basi latioribus corollam aequantibus, 
foliis subulato-setaceis.- Willd. sp.pl. 2. p. 2J5. 
Icon. Bot. mag. 748. Pluk,. mant. t . 342. fi 3. 
On the sandy plains of New Jersey and Carolina. 7/ . 
May, June. v. v. Flowers white, small ; root a kind 
of bulb : the leaves form large tufts resembling those 
of some Carices. 
5. H. scapo folioso, racemo specioso laxo, bracteis mem- tenax. 
branaceis, petalis ellipticis, filamentis filiformibus co- 
rollam superantibus, foliis subulato-setaceis longis- 
simis. 
On high lands near the Rocky-rnountains. M. Lewis. 
7/. June. v. s. Flowers white 5 anthers yellow. It 
approaches near to the foregoing species, but its flow- 
ers are three times larger, and probably an essential 
distinction may lie in the seed-vessel, which I have 
not seen. This plant is very useful to the natives : 
out of its very tenacious leaves they w 7 eave thier water- 
tight baskets, which they use for cooking their vic- 
tuals in. 
6. H. scapo folioso, racemo spicato nutante, pedicellis 
brevissimis subebracteatis, filamentis corolla longiori- 
bus, petalis linearibus, foliis oblongo-lanceolatis. 
H. lutea. Bot. rnag. 10 62. 
H. pumila. Jacq. ic. rar. 2. t. 453. 
Veratrum luteum. Willd. sp. pl. 4. p. 8Q/. 
Melanthium dioicum. IVblt. fi. car. 126 . 
Melanthium densum. Lam. encycl. 4. p. 2d. 
In dry shady and hilly situations: Pensylvania to Georgia. 
7/. July. v. v. Root bulbous, known by the name 
of Star -wort, and considered a remedy in colic. 
Flower white, male and female on different plants, 
which is a singularity in this family of plants. 
Jacquin’s H. pumila is without doubt an unexpanded 
spike of a male of this species : the appearance of a 
germen inferum is occasioned by the male flower 
being divested of its petals; and no female fructification 
appearing, the small pedicel was considered to be the 
rudiments of a germen. 
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