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LILIACE^.Nat. syst.ed. 2. p. 351 .ERYTHRONIUM.Segments of the perianth reflexed, every other one with 2tubercles at the base. Stamens 6, inserted into the base of theperianth, shorter than the pistil. Style furrowed, 3-cornered.Stigma either triangular or consisting of 3 spreading channelledplates. Capsule turbinate-globose, erect, with the valves bearingthe placentae.1247- E americanum Bot. Mag. t. 1113. Nuttall i.gen, 223.Bigelow med. hot. iii. t. 58. E. lanceolatum Pursh. fl. am.i.sept. 230. Woods and fields in the United States.Cormus situated deep in the ground, brown outside, white andhomogeneous within. The whole plant smooth and glossj. Scapenaked, slender. Leaves 2, nearly equal, lanceolate, veinless, of a darkbrownish-green, clouded with irregular spots, sheathing the scape withtheir base, and terminating in an obtuse callous point. Flower solitary,drooping. Sepals and petals lanceolate, yellow, the sepals partly crimsonon the outside ;the petals with an obscure tooth on each side nearthe base. In a clear sun the flowers are expanded and revolute, but atnight and on cloudy days, they are nearly closed. Filaments flat ;anthers oblong-linear. Ovary obovate, style longer than the stamens,club-shaped, 3-lobed at top and terminating in 3 distinct, but notdetached stigmas. Capsule oblong-obovate, somewhat pedicelled.The fresh root emetic in doses of 25 grains ;leaves said to be moreactive than the root.1248. Gloriosa superba Linn, has a root which is said to be amost violent poison.ALETRIS.Perianth half-inferior, tubular, with a 6-cleft spreading limb ;obscurely hexagonal, scabrous and shrivelled externally. Stamensinserted into the base of the segments filaments flat ; ;antherssomewhat sagittate. Ovary 3-lobed, pyramidal ; style composedof 3 connate bristles ; stigma simple. Capsule enclosedin the perianth, pyramidal, 3 coccous, opening at the point in3 directions. Seeds numerous, very minute, striated.1249. Aletris farinosa Linn, sp.pl 456. Bot. t.Mag. 1418.Bigelowmed. hot. iii. t. 50. Bot. Cab. t. 1161. JR. and S.vii. 626. Fields and edges of woods in the United States.Leaves radical, in a single circle, sessile, ribbed, lanceolate, andsmooth. Stem from 1 to 3 feet high, invested with remote scales,which sometimes expand into small leaves. Spike slender, scattered,590

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