﻿LILY 
  FAMILY 
  35 
  

  

  3 
  or 
  2 
  ; 
  pedicels 
  \-^ 
  in. 
  long. 
  Flowers 
  rose 
  color 
  or 
  white, 
  the 
  seg- 
  

   ments 
  of 
  the 
  perianth 
  becoming 
  rigid 
  in 
  the 
  fruit. 
  On 
  prairies 
  W. 
  

   and 
  S.W. 
  

  

  3. 
  A. 
  canadense 
  L. 
  MEADOW 
  GARLIC. 
  Bulbs 
  ovoid, 
  the 
  outer 
  

   coats 
  of 
  white 
  and 
  thin, 
  dry, 
  netted 
  fibers. 
  Leaves 
  narrowly 
  linear, 
  

   flat, 
  or 
  concave 
  above. 
  Scape 
  cylindrical, 
  1 
  ft. 
  high. 
  Bracts 
  of 
  the 
  

   umbel 
  2-3, 
  ovate, 
  acuminate 
  ; 
  umbel 
  consisting 
  mostly 
  of 
  sessile 
  bulb- 
  

   lets. 
  The 
  few 
  flowers 
  long-pediceled, 
  rose-colored. 
  Perianth 
  about 
  

   as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  stamens. 
  Filaments 
  dilated 
  below. 
  Capsule 
  shorter 
  

   than 
  the 
  perianth, 
  6-toothed, 
  ovules 
  2 
  in 
  each 
  cell. 
  On 
  moist 
  soil.* 
  

  

  4. 
  A. 
  mutabile 
  Michx. 
  WILD 
  ONION. 
  Bulbs 
  ovoid, 
  their 
  coats 
  

   with 
  a 
  very 
  prominent 
  fibrous 
  network. 
  Leaves 
  basal, 
  channeled, 
  

   narrowly 
  linear. 
  Scape 
  1-2 
  ft. 
  high, 
  bracts 
  taper-pointed, 
  pedicels 
  

   almost 
  1 
  in. 
  long. 
  Umbel 
  rarely 
  bearing 
  bulblets. 
  Flowers 
  pink, 
  

   rose 
  color, 
  or 
  white; 
  segments 
  of 
  the 
  perianth 
  thin. 
  In 
  moist 
  soil 
  

   S. 
  and 
  W. 
  

  

  5. 
  A. 
  vineale 
  L. 
  FIELD 
  GARLIC. 
  Bulb 
  mostly 
  solitary. 
  Leaves 
  

   cylindrical, 
  hollow, 
  very 
  slender. 
  Scape 
  slender, 
  sheathed 
  below 
  the 
  

   middle 
  by 
  the 
  bases 
  of 
  the 
  leaves. 
  Umbels 
  often 
  crowded 
  with 
  

   bulblets. 
  A 
  troublesome 
  weed 
  in 
  moist 
  meadows 
  and 
  fields 
  eastward, 
  

   giving 
  milk 
  a 
  strong 
  flavor 
  of 
  onions 
  or 
  garlic. 
  Naturalized 
  from 
  

   Europe. 
  

  

  VII. 
  NOTHOSCORDUM 
  Kunth 
  

  

  Scape-bearing 
  herbs 
  resembling 
  Allium,, 
  but 
  with 
  no 
  odor 
  of 
  

   onions. 
  Flowers 
  yellow 
  or 
  yellowish-green, 
  in 
  a 
  loose, 
  erect 
  

   umbel, 
  with 
  2 
  bracts. 
  

  

  1. 
  N. 
  bivalve 
  Britton. 
  Bulb 
  small, 
  often 
  with 
  little 
  bulbs 
  at 
  its 
  

   base. 
  Leaves 
  narrowly 
  linear. 
  Scape 
  not 
  exceeding 
  1 
  ft. 
  high, 
  the 
  

   umbel 
  2-bracted, 
  pedicels 
  thread-like, 
  at 
  length 
  1-2 
  in. 
  long. 
  Flowers 
  

   ^ 
  in. 
  long 
  or 
  less, 
  the 
  perianth 
  segments 
  narrowly 
  oblong, 
  thin. 
  On 
  

   prairies 
  and 
  in 
  open 
  woods. 
  

  

  Vm. 
  HEMEROCALLIS 
  L. 
  

  

  Perennial, 
  from 
  a 
  fascicle 
  of 
  fleshy 
  roots. 
  Stem 
  erect, 
  

   branched, 
  smooth. 
  Leaves 
  mostly 
  basal 
  and 
  linear. 
  Flowers 
  

   on 
  branching 
  scapes, 
  large, 
  yellow 
  or 
  orange, 
  solitary 
  or 
  

   corymbed. 
  Perianth 
  funnelform, 
  with 
  a 
  spreading 
  limb 
  much 
  

   longer 
  than 
  the 
  tube. 
  Stamens 
  6, 
  inserted 
  in 
  the 
  top 
  of 
  the 
  

   tube, 
  shorter 
  than 
  the 
  lobes, 
  curved 
  upward. 
  Ovary 
  3-celled, 
  

   many-ovuled 
  ; 
  style 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  stamens, 
  curved 
  upward; 
  

   stigma 
  knobbed. 
  Fruit 
  a 
  3-celled, 
  3-angled 
  capsule.* 
  

  

  