268 CONVALLARIACEAE 
5. OXYTRIA Raf. 
Scapose herbs, with bulb-like corms. Leaves basal, often numerous: blades narrow, 
elongated. Flowers perfect, regular, in terminal racemes or panicles. Pedicels solitary. 
Perianth white or yellow: sepals and petals 3 each, distinct, 3-nerved, withering-persis- 
tent. Stamens 6: filaments adnate to the base of the sepals and petals: anthers versatile, 
introrsely dehiscing. Ovary sessile or nearly so, 3-celled : style filiform: stigma 3-lobed. 
Ovules 2 in each cavity, anatropous. Capsule not elongated, 3-angled, leathery, loculic- 
idally 2-valved. Seeds few, sometimes angled. Embryo straight, as long as the fleshy en- 
dosperm. [Schoenolirion Durand. ] 
Perianth bright yellow: bracts obtuse. 
Perianth white or greenish white: bracts acute or acuminate. 
Racemes mostly simple: bracts acute: seeds 2 mm. long. 2. O. Texana. 
Racemes mostly panicled: bracts acuminate: seeds 4 mm. long. 3. O. albiflora. 
1. Oxytria crdcea (Michx.) Raf. Leaves basal, erect or ascending ; blades narrowly 
linear, 2-4 dm. long, attenuate : scapes often tufted, scarcely taller than the leaves, simple 
below the racemes, slender : racemes 3-10 cm. long, simple: pedicels ascending, 5-13 mm. 
long: bracts obtuse: perianth bright yellow, about 1 em. broad : sepals and petals oblong 
or oblong-oblanceolate, rather obtuse : capsules 3-lobed, 4-5 mm. broad : seeds black, 3 mm. 
long. (Schoenolirion croceum ( Michx.) A. Gray.] 
In sandy soil, Georgia and Florida to Louisiana. Spring. 
2. Oxytria Texàna (Scheele) Pollard. Leavesbasal; blades narrowly linear, 1-4 dm. 
long, attenuate : scapes erect, about as long as the longer leaves, simple below the inflores- 
cence: racemes 5-10 cm. long, mostly simple: pedicels ascending or spreading, 8-14 mm. 
long : perianth greenish white, about 1 em. broad: sepals and petals oblong, obtuse: cap- 
sules 3-lobed : seeds 2 mm. long. [Schoenolirion Texanum (Scheele) A. Gray. ] 
On prairies, Louisiana and Texas. Spring. 
3. Oxytria albiflora (Raf.) Pollard. Leaves basal ; blades narrowly linear, 4-6 dm. 
long, gradually contracted from the base: scapes erect, somewhat longer than the leaves, 
paniculately branched above: pedicels ascending, 1-2.5 cm. long, ascending: perianth 
white, 10-12 mm. broad : sepals and petals broadly oblong or oval, obtuse, 5-nerved : cap- 
sules 3-lobed, 5-6 mm. broad: seeds 4 mm. long.  [Schoenolirion Elliottii Feay.] 
In low pine lands, Georgia and Florida. Spring. 
1s O CROCE. 
Famity 5. CONVALLARIACEAE Link. LILY-OF-THE-VALLEY FAMILY. 
Perennial scapose or caulescent herbs, with rootstocks; never with bulbs or 
corms. Leaves alternate, sometimes all basal, sometimes reduced to scales. 
Flowers perfect, regular, in terminal umbel-like clusters, racemes, panicles, or 
solitary, or sometimes 1 or several in the axils. Perianth inferior: sepals and 
petals 2 or 3 each, distinct or partially united. Androecium of 6 hypogynous 
stamens. Filaments partly adnate to the perianth. Gynoecium of 2-3 united 
carpels. Ovary 2 or 3-celled, superior. Styles mostly united. Stigma 2 or 3- 
lobed. Ovules 2-several, anatropous or amphitropous. Fruit a fleshy berry, or 
rarely a tardily dehiscent capsule. Seeds few or numerous. Embryo surrounded 
by copious endosperm. 
Leaves reduced to scales: branchlets very numerous, filiform. 
Leaves normal: stems or scapes simple or sparingly branched. 
Sepals and petals distinct. 
Plants scapose : leaves basal. 
1. ASPARAGUS. 
2. CLINTONIA. 
Plants caulescent: leaves cauline. 
Flowers in terminal racemes or panicles. 
Sepals and petals 3 each : stamens 6. 3. VAGNERA. 
Sepals and petals 2 each : stamens 4. 4. UNIFOLIUM. 
Flowers axillary or opposite the leaves, solitary, or few in the clusters. 
Fruit a berry : filaments mostly longer than the anthers. 
Flowers axillary: filaments slender: anthers acute. 5. STREPTOPUS. 
Flowers terminal : filaments dilated : anthers obtuse. 6. DISPORUM. 
Fruit a capsule: filaments mostly shorter than the anthers. 
Sepals and petals with 2 ridges on either side of a deep nectary: cap- 
sules obovoid or turbinate, 3-lobed. 7. UVULARIA. 
Sepals and petals without ridges or nectary : capsules elliptic or oval, 
3-winged. 8. OAKESIELLA. 
Sepals and petals partially united into a tube. 
Flowers axillary : perianth tubular: anthers sagittate. 9. SALOMONIA. 
Flowers in terminal racemes: perianth campanulate: anthers oblong. 10. CONVALLARIA. 
