. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. 1. Zygadenus glaberrimus Michx. Large- flowered Zygadenus. Fig. 1230. Z. glaberrimus Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1: 214. 1803. Rather dark green, slightly glaucous, stem stout, 2°-4° tall, from a thick rootstock. Leaves 3"-6" wide, long-acuminate, channelled, often 1° long or more, the upper gradually smaller, appressed, passing into the short ovate bracts of
. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. 1. Zygadenus glaberrimus Michx. Large- flowered Zygadenus. Fig. 1230. Z. glaberrimus Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1: 214. 1803. Rather dark green, slightly glaucous, stem stout, 2°-4° tall, from a thick rootstock. Leaves 3"-6" wide, long-acuminate, channelled, often 1° long or more, the upper gradually smaller, appressed, passing into the short ovate bracts of the panicle; panicle &-12' long, its branches rather stout, stiff, ascending; pedicels stout, longer than the bractlets; flowers white, mostly perfect, i'-ii' broad, perianth-segments lanceolate or oblong- lanceolate, narrowed into a short claw, bearing 2 orbicular glands; styles subulate; capsule nar- rowly ovoid, shorter than the perianth. In swamps, Virginia to Florida, near the coast. July-Sept. 10. ANTICLEA Kunth, Enum. 4: 191. 1843. Glabrous perennial herbs, with membranous-coated bulbs, leafy stems, and rather large greenish or yellowish-white flowers in terminal racemes. Leaves linear. Flowers perfect. Perianth withering-persistent, adnate to the lower part of the ovary, its segments bearing a single gland., Stamens distinct from the perianth-segments. Capsule 3-celled, the cavities dehiscent to the base. Seeds numerous. [Named for the mother of Ulysses.] About 6 species, natives of North America and northern Asia. Type species: A. sibirica (L.) Kunth. • i. Anticlea elegans (Pursh) Rydb. Glau- cous Anticlea. Fig. 1231. Zygadenus elegans Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 241. 1814. Melanthium glaucum Nutt. Gen. 1: 232. 1818. Zygadenus glaucus Nutt. Journ. Acad. Phila. 7 : 56. 1834. Z. chloranthus Richards. Frank. Journ. 736. 1821. A. chloraniha Rydb. Bull. Torr. Club 30: 273. 1903. Plant glaucous; bulb ovoid, about 1' long, its Coats membranous. Stem slender, 6
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