ir£ HEXANDRIA, TRIGYNIA. 
F. proserpinacoides, Willd. & Muhl. 
Nectris pinnata, Piirsh ? 
On the banks of the Schuylkill, west side, just opposite to 
Breck’s Island. Rare. Perennial. July, August. 
ORDER III. TRIGYNIA. 
175. MELANTHIUxM. Gen. pi. 618. {Junci.) 
Polygamous . — Calix none. Corolla rotate, 
6-parted : segments unguiculate, biglandu- 
lous at the base, claws staminiferous. Cap- 
sule exserted, subovate, apex partly trifid, 
3-celled. Seeds many, membranaceously 
alated. — J\Tutt. 
Virgiaicum* 1. M. panicle pyramidal ; petals oval, somewhat 
hastate, flat; flowers generally fertile, — Pursli. 
Helonias Virginica, Bot. Mag. 985. 
Leaves somewhat like those of flag. Scapes two or three 
feet high, supporting a pyramidal loose panicle of greenish- 
white flowers. In low and boggy ground. In a boggy thicket 
in the angle between the Lancaster turnpike, and the new 
turnpike, near the Woodlands. Also on the lower edge of 
Powelton, not far from tlie road leading from Market-street 
bridge, to the next bridge above. Rare. Perennial. June, 
July. 
176. VERATRUM. Gen. pi. 1564. (Junci.) 
Polygamous . — Corolla 6-parted, spreading, 
segments sessile and without glands. Sta- 
mina inserted upon the receptacle. Cap- 
sules 3 united, many-seeded. — JST iitt. 
viiMe. 1. V. leaves broad, oval, plaited ,• racemes pani- 
cledj segments of the corolla oblong-oval, 
acute.— -v/RicA. 
V. album, Mich.. 
