ORDER 147. LILIACE^E 343 



late, with a broad base and nectariferous cavity above the claw of each 

 segment. Stamens as long as the petals. Stig. trifid. Caps, coriaceous, 3- 

 celled, septifragal. if. With coated bulbs, simple, leafy sterns, bearing 1 

 or more nodding flowers in Spring. 



1 F. IMPERIALIS. Grown Imperial. Stem 3f, at base invested with long, narrow IVB., 



the middle naked, the summit bearing a raceme of large drooping red flowers beneath 

 a crown of bracts. Var. FLAVA has yellow flowers. Persia. 



2 F. MELEAGRIS. Chequered L. Stem 1-flowered, with alternate, linear, channelled 



leives ; flower large, nodding, chequered with purple and yellow. Europe. If. 



3 F. PERSICA. Fls. brownish-purple, in a pyramidal, naked raceme. Persia. 3f. 



5. CALOCHORTUS, Ph. Perianth twisted in aestivation. Sepals 3, 

 smaller than the 3 petals, which are bearded within except a central gla- 

 brous spot Style very short, anth. recurved. Seeds 1-rowed in each cell 

 of the capsule. H Califomian, bulbous. Leaves narrow. Stem erect. 



C. 8PLENDEN3. Stem with 3 5 large, open, lilac flowers ; pet. each with a brown-yellow 

 eye in the middle. 1 2f. June. A splendid flower, yet rare in cultivation. 



C*. PULCHELLUS and C. ALBUS, with the petals connivent into pendent globes, the one 

 golden yellow, the other satin white, are very beautiful. 



6. NOLINA, Rich. Perianth small, of 6 equal ovate spreading parts, 

 longer than the 6 stamens. Stigmas 3, recurved, with a very short style. 

 Caps. 3-winged, 3-(or l-3-)seeded. U Bulb coated. Scape widely branched. 

 Flowers racemed, white, nearly bractless. 



N. Georffiana MX. Sand hills, S. Car. to Fla. Scape 2 3f, from a large bulb. Leaves 

 long, narrow, all radical, recurved and channelled, rough-edged. 



7. SCILLA, L. SQUILL. Sepals and petals similar, spreading (blue or 

 purple). Filaments 6, slender, style thread-club-shaped. Caps. 3-angled, 

 3-celled, cells with 1 or several black seeds. 11 Bulb coated, bearing sev 

 eral linear leaves and a scape with a raceme. 



1 S. esculeiita Ker. Quamash. Lvs. keeled, flaccid, shorter than the scape ; bracts 



subulate, longer than the pedicels ; filaments filiform ; stigmas 3-toothed ; sepals 

 widely spreading, pale blue. Bottoms, W. 1 2f. May. (Camassia, Lindl.) 



2 S. PERUVIANA. Leaves ciliate on the edges, longer than the scape ; flowers stellate, 



in a dense conical corymb, violet-blue, rarely white. Spain. 



8. ORNITHOGALUM, L. STAR OF BETHLEHEM. Stem a coated 

 bulb. Sep. and pet. similar, white, spreading, 3-7-veined. Fil. (5, subulate. 

 Style slender, stigma 3-angled. Caps, roundish, 3-angled. Sds. few, black. 

 it Scape with a corymb of bracted flowers, and linear leaves. 



O. umbel lilt u m L. Leaves channelled, as long as the scape (If); flowers few. on 

 long pedicels, the white sepals each with a green band outside. June. Europe. 



9. ALLIUM, L. GARLIC. ONION. Flowers in a dense umbel, with a 

 membranous 2-(l-4-)leaved spathe. Perianth deeply 6-parted. Seg. mostly 

 spreading, ovate, the 3 inner somewhat smaller. Ovary angular, stigma 

 acute. Caps. 3-iobed. Seeds few, black. Strong-scented, bulbous plants. 

 Leaves mostly radical. 



