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an annular base; expanding in the sun, persistent; 
filaments short, subulate, inserted in the disk; anthers 
sagittate, erect, affixed between the cells ; style short, 
three-furrowed, tripartible down to the opercle ; stigma 
short, erect, fimbriated ; capsule 3-celled, 3-valved, 
the valves breaking transversely from the opercle, 
parting laterally upwards, united below ; seeds small, 
black, the foramen a little pointed, the umbilicus 
lateral, minutely beaked. 
Flowers yellow. American. 1 . Erecta. — 2. Caroliniensis. 
— 3. Juncea. — 4. Mexicana. — 5. Pusilla. — 6. Hu- 
milis. — 7. Elongata. — 8. Breviscapa. — 9. Decum- 
bens. — 10. Scorzonersefolia. — 11. Gracilis. — Afri- 
can. 12. Sobolifera. — 13. Villosa. — 14. Obliqua. 
— 15. Obtusa. — 16. Stellipilis. Bot. Reg. 663. — 17. 
Tomentosa. — 18. Angustifolia.- — 19. Graminea. — 
20. Serrata. — 21. Linearis. — 22. Tabularis. — 23. 
Juncea. Ecklon. — 24. Luzulaefolia. — 25. Veratri- 
folia. — 26. Ovata. — Australian. 27. Pratensis. — 
28. Hygrometrica. — 29. Marginata. — 30. Glabella. 
— Asiatic. 31. Minor. — 32. Aurea. — 33. Minuta. 
Flowers yellow , white, or blue ; Cape of Good Hope. 
34. Affinis. — 35. Pumila. — 36. Alba.= — 37. Dubia. 
— 38. Aquatica. — 39. Stellata. — 40. Tridentata. — 
41. Caulescens. — 42. Elata. 
F)oubtful Species. 
43. Subtrigyna. Willd. — 44. Scabra. Lodd. Cat. — 
Flowers blue. 45. Geniculata. — 46. Acuminata. — 
47. Laxa. Ecklon. — Flowers yelloiv. Flavescens, 
Longifolia, Aurea, Tenuifdlia, Flavipetala, Fili- 
folia. Ecklon. — Flowers white. Minor. Spatha- 
cea. — Of Ecklon’s species little is known to me 
besides the names. The species require more 
careful investigation than they have yet received. 
It is difficult to believe that stellata with an annual 
tuberous root should be of the same genus as those 
with persistent root and leaves. I have never seen 
the fruit of stellata. 
Ccelanttius. — S cape few-flowered, nearly enclosed in 
a sheathing leaf; germen sessile; limb deeply cut 
(probably not absolutely six-cleft), campanulate, con- 
niving ; filaments inserted at the base of the seg- 
