JUNCAGEAE. 



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4. Juncus aristulatus Michx. 

 LARGE GRASS-LEAVED EUSH. (Fig. 

 96.) Plants solitary or sparingly 

 tufted, 2-4 high or sometimes 

 lower. Stems markedly bulbous- 

 thickened at the base ; leaves 

 sometimes 2|" broad; panicle 10' 

 high or less, composed of numer- 

 ous, usually 20-100 relatively small 

 2 5-flowered heads; perianth about 

 IT" long; sepals acute or acumi- 

 nate; petals oblong or obovate, 

 obtuse, longer than the sepals ; 

 stamens as long as the perianth 

 or longer ; anthers much shorter 

 than the filaments; capsules obo- 

 void, about 1" long, truncate or 

 depressed at the apex. 



Frequent in marshes. ^Native. 

 Eastern United States, Cuba, Mexico. 

 Flowers from spring to autumn. Its 

 seeds presumably transported to Ber- 

 muda by winds. 



Family 2. LILIACEAE Adans. 

 LILY FAMILY. 



Scapose or leafy-stemmed herbs from bulbs or corms, or rarely with 

 rootstocks, the leaves various. Flowers solitary or clustered, regular, 

 mostly perfect. Perianth parted into 6 distinct or nearly distinct seg- 

 ments, or these more or less united into a tube, inferior or partly superior. 

 Stamens 6, hypogynous or borne on the perianth or at the bases of its seg- 

 ments; anthers 2-celled, mostly introrse, sometimes extrorse. Ovary 3- 

 celled ; ovules few or numerous in each cavity, anatropous or amphitropous ; 

 styles united; stigma 3-lobed or capitate. Fruit a loculicidal capsule. 

 Seeds various, winged or wingless. Embryo in copious endosperm. About 

 125 genera and 1300 species, widely distributed. Many showy-flowered 

 plants are members of this family, and favorites for cultivation. 



Bulbous plants with umbellate flowers and linear leaves ; perianth-segments spread- 

 ing. 1. 



Plants with a caudex, the flowers racemose, the thick leaves 



spiny-toothed; perianth subcylindric. -. Aloe. 



