Dodecatheon. 
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Rev. gen. I. (1891 397. — Meadia dodecathea Crantz, Inst. II. 1766 303. — 
Meadia Dodecatheon Will. Gard. Dict. ed. 8. 1769). — Dianthns carolinianus Walt. 
Fl. Carol. (1788) 140. — Herba perennis, glabra, 30 — 60 cm alta. Folia ovato- 
oblonga vel oblongo-linearia, in petiolum plerumque lamina 4-plo breviorem sensim 
attenuata, obtusiuscula vel obtusa, dentato-crenata vel lere integra, cum petiolo 10 — 15, 
vulgo 13 cm longa, 3 — 5 cm lata. Scapus laevis, saepe maculis purpureis notatus. 
Umbella multiflora, floribus 10 — 20; bracteae ovatae vel ovato-oblongae, 6 — 10 mm 
longae; pedicelli 2 — 5 cm longi. Calycis profunde partiti laciniae lanceolatae; corollae 
lobi lineari-oblongi, obtusiusculi, rosei, basi albidi; staminum tubus non aut vix exsertus; 
antherae rufescenti-luteae; connectiva purpurea. Capsula calyce paullo longior, valvis 
usque ad medium dehiscens, stylo persistente. — Fig. 55M — B. 
Subsp. a. eumeadia R. Knuth. — Folia leniter in petiolum contracta, scapo 
3 — 4-plo breviora. 
Atl. Nordamerika: Illinois und Missouri, an trockenen Stellen der Prairieen 
Short!, Boardman!, Eggers, Herb, americ. n. 12! Hoffmann!, Geyer!, Baker!, 
Williams!, Babrock!, Riehl n. 99); Carolina (Biltmore, Herb. n. 1214b!, 
Torrey a. 1834!). 
Subsp. ß. membranaeeum R. Knuth. — Folia membranacea, tenuissima, magna, 
rr breviter in petiolum attenuata, scapo paullo breviora. 
Südl. Illinois: Fountaindale (Williams!), Macanda (Baker!). 
Subsp. y. Hugeri (Small) R. Knuth. — D. Hugeri Small, Fl. S. E. U. St. (1 903) 
906. — Lamina foliorum spathulata, oblonga vel oblongo-lanceolata, 5 — 40 cm longa, 
saepe undulata vel repando-crenata. Scapi erecti, foliis manifeste longiores. Calycis 
lobi lanceolati, tubo paullo longiores; corolla alba vel pallide albido-rosea, 1 — 2 cm 
longa; antherae basi prominenter auriculatae. Capsula oblongo-conica , 1 — 1,5 cm 
longa, calyce multo longior (ex Small). 
An Flussdämmen und -ufern von Maryland bis Kentucky, Georgia und Ala- 
bama (blühend im Frühling). 
Subsp. ö. brachycarpum (Small) R. Knuth. — D. bracliycarpa Small, FI. S. E. U. 
St. 1903) 906. — Habitu subsp. eumeadiae et Hugeri similis. Corolla rubro-purpurea ; 
filamenta plerumque unita, tubus autem brevissimus; antherae basi vix aut non auri- 
culatae. Capsula ovoidea, longitudine I cm non attingens, sepalis vix longior (ex Small). 
Auf Prairieen von Maryland bis Missouri, Alabama und Arkansas (blühend 
im Frühling und Sommer). 
2. D. conjugens Greene in Erythea III. 1895) 40. — Planta glabra. Rhizoma 
breve, superne radicibus carnosulis, post florem deciduis dense obtectum. Folia obovata 
et elliptica, cum petiolo distincto 6 — 13 cm longa, obtusa, integra. Scapus crassius- 
culus, 8 — 2 5 cm altus; umbella pauciflora. Flores magni, 5-, raro 6-meri; corolla 
intense purpurea vel rosea vel albida; antherae sejunctae, obtusae; connectiva lanceo- 
lata, acuminata, ubique tenuiter rugulosa apice filiformi excluso; capsula ignota (ex 
descript. Greene). 
Felsengebirge von Helena City bis zum Yellowstone Park: Montana b. 
Helena auf trockenen Hügeln (Kelsey); Nord-Wyoming (Nelson, PI. of Yellowst. Nat. 
Park n. 5607!); zweifelhaft Südost-Oregon (Austin a. 1893). 
Nota. E planta Nelsoni verisimiliter ad speciem pertinente diagnosi Greenei addendum: 
Folia leniter in petiolum brevem, a lamina vix discernendum coarctata, 10 — 13 mm lata. Scapus 
foliis 3-plo longior. Bracteae 6 — S mm longae, lanceolatae. Calycis ad 2 / 3 - P a rtiti laciniae lanceo- 
latae; corollae tubus recurvatus exs. luteus, fauce tenuiter linea undulata purpurea notata; 
connectiva basi luteo-maculata. 
3. D. Jeffreyi L. Yan Houtte in Fl. des serres XVI. (1865 — 67) 99; Greene in 
Erythea III. (1895 39. — D. meadia var. lancifolium A. Gray in Bot. of Calif. I. 
1876 467. — Meadia Jeffreyi O. Ktze. Rev. gen. I. (1 891) 398. — Planta sub- 
viscosa glandulis minutissimis. Rhizoma verticale, breve, robustum, radicibus carnosis 
