Melanthium virginicum, Linn. Bunch-Flower. St. rather stout, to 5 ft., leafy: lvs. linear, 1 ft. or less long: panicles 6-18 in. long; fls. 6-10 lines across, greenish yellow, double gland at top of claw. July. Marshy woodlands and meadows from New England to Fla. and Minn, to Texas. B.M. 985 (as Helonias virginica).—A showy and striking plant, good for bog-planting and colonizing. The other species appear not to have been offered in the trade. | Melanthium virginicum, Linn. Bunch-Flower. St. rather stout, to 5 ft., leafy: lvs. linear, 1 ft. or less long: panicles 6-18 in. long; fls. 6-10 lines across, greenish yellow, double gland at top of claw. July. Marshy woodlands and meadows from New England to Fla. and Minn, to Texas. B.M. 985 (as Helonias virginica).—A showy and striking plant, good for bog-planting and colonizing. The other species appear not to have been offered in the trade. |