ERYTHRONIUM AMERICANUM.
AMERICAN ERYTHRONIUM. DOG’S-TOOTH VIOLET.
Hexandria Monogyma,, Linn. Lilia, Juss.
GENERIC CHARACTER.
Corolla sub-campanulate, petals 6, reflexed, the three interior usually furnished with
a callous notch on each side near the base, and a nectariferous pore. Capsule
superior, roundish, or elliptical, sub-stipitate. Seeds ovate.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Leaves lanceolate, involute at the point; petals lanceolate, acute, the inner three
furnished with a callous denture on each margin near the base; germen sub-
globose. Style clavate, 3-angled. B.
SYNONYMS.
E r y t h r o n iu m Americanum, Ker, in Bot. Mag. t. 1113.
E. lanceolatum, Pursh.
E. longifolium, Poiret.
E. flavum, Smith, Rees. Cyclo.
E. dens canis, M.
