﻿LILY 
  FAMILY 
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  1. 
  C. 
  luteum 
  Gray. 
  UNICORN 
  ROOT, 
  DEVIL'S 
  BIT. 
  Stem 
  furrowed, 
  

   staminate 
  plants 
  1-2 
  ft. 
  high, 
  pistillate 
  taller, 
  often 
  3 
  ft. 
  or 
  more. 
  

   Lower 
  leaves 
  obovate, 
  clustered, 
  the 
  upper 
  small 
  and 
  bract-like. 
  Stam- 
  

   inate 
  racemes 
  slender 
  and 
  drooping, 
  the 
  pistillate 
  erect. 
  Flowers 
  short- 
  

   pediceled. 
  Capsule 
  3-valved, 
  seeds 
  linear-oblong, 
  winged 
  at 
  the 
  ends. 
  

   On 
  low 
  ground.* 
  

  

  n. 
  AMIANTHIUM 
  Gray. 
  (CHROSPERMA) 
  

  

  Stem 
  simple, 
  glabrous, 
  erect 
  from 
  a 
  bulbous 
  base. 
  Leaves 
  

   long 
  and 
  slender. 
  Flowers 
  white, 
  in 
  a 
  simple 
  terminal 
  raceme, 
  

   bisexual. 
  Perianth 
  of 
  6 
  segments 
  which 
  are 
  sessile 
  and 
  gland- 
  

   less. 
  Stamens 
  6, 
  some 
  what 
  perigy 
  nous. 
  Ovary 
  3-lobed,3-celled; 
  

   fruit 
  a 
  dehiscent, 
  3-lobed 
  capsule, 
  the 
  lobes 
  becoming 
  awl- 
  

   shaped 
  by 
  the 
  persistent 
  style 
  bases 
  ; 
  cells 
  few-seeded.* 
  

  

  1. 
  A. 
  muscastoxicum 
  Gray. 
  FLY 
  POISON. 
  Bulb 
  ovoid 
  or 
  oblong. 
  

   Stem 
  somewhat 
  angled 
  below, 
  1-3 
  ft. 
  high. 
  Lower 
  leaves 
  strap-shaped, 
  

   channeled, 
  the 
  upper 
  small 
  and 
  bract-like. 
  Raceme 
  dense, 
  cylin- 
  

   drical, 
  pedicels 
  from 
  the 
  axils 
  of 
  minute 
  ovate 
  bracts. 
  Perianth 
  seg- 
  

   ments 
  ovate, 
  white, 
  becoming 
  greenish, 
  nearly 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  slender 
  

   stamens. 
  Styles 
  spreading. 
  Capsule 
  with 
  divergent 
  lobes 
  ; 
  seeds 
  ovoid, 
  

   red. 
  In 
  rich 
  woods.* 
  

  

  HI. 
  VERATRUM 
  L. 
  

  

  Simple-stemmed 
  perennials. 
  Roots 
  fibrous, 
  from 
  the 
  thick- 
  

   ened 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  stem, 
  poisonous, 
  emetic. 
  Leaves 
  3-ranked, 
  

   plaited, 
  and 
  veiny. 
  Flowers 
  panicled, 
  greenish 
  or 
  brownish. 
  

   Sepals 
  6, 
  spreading, 
  nearly 
  hypogynous. 
  Stamens 
  shorter 
  than 
  

   the 
  perianth, 
  and 
  somewhat 
  perigynous. 
  Ovary 
  of 
  3 
  carpels 
  

   united 
  at 
  base. 
  Fruit 
  a 
  few-seeded 
  capsule, 
  splitting 
  into 
  

   3 
  parts. 
  

  

  1. 
  V. 
  viride 
  Ait. 
  WHITE 
  HELLEBORE, 
  INDIAN 
  POKE. 
  Stem 
  stout, 
  

   2-7 
  ft. 
  high, 
  very 
  leafy. 
  Flowers 
  very 
  numerous, 
  in 
  a 
  panicle, 
  com- 
  

   posed 
  of 
  spike-like 
  racemes. 
  Sepals 
  yellowish-green. 
  Wet 
  meadows 
  

   and 
  brooksides. 
  

  

  2. 
  V. 
  Woodii 
  Robbins. 
  Stem 
  slender, 
  2-5 
  ft. 
  high, 
  not 
  very 
  leafy. 
  

   Flowers 
  in 
  a 
  long, 
  narrow 
  panicle. 
  Sepals 
  greenish-purple 
  or 
  almost 
  

   black. 
  Woods 
  and 
  dry 
  hillsides. 
  

  

  IV. 
  UVULARIA 
  L. 
  

  

  Rather 
  low 
  plants 
  with 
  short 
  rootstocks. 
  Leaves 
  alternate, 
  

   broad, 
  and 
  parallel-veined. 
  Flowers 
  yellow 
  or 
  yellowish, 
  

  

  