LILIACEAE 293 
and P id r.—Plants often become very abundant in abandoned fields and 
n fe ws where the mass-effect of the delicate sky-blue flowers is ex- 
m rd ae 
4. ORNITHOGALUM [Tourn.] L. Seapose succulent herbs with coated 
bulbs. Leaf-blades narrow, elongate. Corymb or raceme bracted. Sepals 
and petals white or dirae d l 
nearly equal. Filaments flat n- 
thers versatile. tyle sho did Gas the 
les gs or numerous in 
Bc carpel.—About 75 a natives 
of Europe, Asia, aa Afri 
1. O. um L. Scape 1-3.5 dm. 
tall: pes “blades usually pater, E 
near the midrib, 2-5 cm 
anthers oblon .-OF- BETHL 
NAP-AT-NOON. | SUMMER-SNOWFLAK » 
fields, and roadsides, various 
00 
provinces, = . €. to Miss., Ohio, and N. H.—Nat. of Eu.—Spr.—Locally becom- 
ing a ba 
5. OXYTRIA Raf. Scapose rather wiry herbs, with bulb-like corms. 
Leaf-blades elongate and very narrow.  Raceme or panicle with short bracts. 
Sepals, and petals, white or ~ distinct. [Schoenolirion Torr.]—Four 
species, natives of North Amer 
Perianth bright-yellow : bracts obtus 1. O. crocea. 
Perianth white or greenish-white : Boots acute or acuminate. 
D cene mostly simple: bracts acute: seeds 2 mm. lon 2, 0. 
Raceme mostly panicled : bracts acuminate: seeds 4 mm. long. 3. O. albifiora. 
O. crocea (Michx.) Raf. aa blades 2—4 mm. wide: scape 3-4.5 dm. tall: 
rig 
e - : g e Es 
than the subulate filaments: capsule 4—5 
; d A. Gray] 
(SUNNY BELL.)— — Sandy soil and swamps, 
Coastal Plain and Ere Fla. to 
La. and Ga. 
2. O. texana (Scheele) ever ae 
dm 
blades 3-8 mm. wi 
tall: raceme simple: sepals nd pte: 
greenish-white, 4.5-5.5 ong, much 
longer than the ae er ann mb: cap- 
sule 3-4 mm. wide.—Wet places, ee 
my and adj. P s La. 
and W Ten 
3. O. albiflora (Raf.) Pollard. Leaf-blades 2-6 mm. wide: scape 4-6.5 dm 
tall: raceme branched: sepals and petals white, 5-6 mm. long: capsule 5-6 
