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  KEY 
  AND 
  FLORA 
  

  

  drooping, 
  borne 
  singly 
  at 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  forking 
  stem. 
  

   Perianth 
  of 
  6 
  similar 
  and 
  separate 
  narrow 
  spatulate 
  sepals, 
  

   each 
  grooved 
  and 
  nectar-bearing 
  inside 
  toward 
  the 
  base. 
  

   Stamens 
  6, 
  with 
  linear 
  anthers, 
  which 
  are 
  much 
  longer 
  than 
  

   the 
  filaments. 
  Style 
  3-cleft. 
  Pod 
  3-lobed, 
  3-celled, 
  few-seeded. 
  

  

  1. 
  U. 
  perfoliata 
  L. 
  MEALY 
  BELLWORT. 
  Leaves 
  much 
  as 
  in 
  the 
  

   preceding 
  species. 
  Flowers 
  very 
  pale 
  yellow, 
  with 
  shining 
  grains 
  on 
  

   the 
  inner 
  surfaces 
  of 
  the 
  twisted 
  sepals 
  ; 
  anthers 
  sharp-pointed. 
  

   Plant 
  about 
  two-thirds 
  the 
  size 
  of 
  the 
  preceding. 
  

  

  2. 
  U. 
  grandiflora 
  Sm. 
  LARGER 
  BELLWORT. 
  Leaves 
  oblong, 
  with 
  

   the 
  base 
  clasping 
  the 
  stem 
  so 
  as 
  to 
  make 
  it 
  appear 
  to 
  run 
  through 
  

   the 
  leaf 
  a 
  little 
  way 
  from 
  the 
  base. 
  Flowers 
  greenish-yellow, 
  li 
  in. 
  

   long 
  ; 
  anthers 
  obtuse. 
  A 
  leafy 
  plant, 
  1-2 
  ft. 
  high. 
  

  

  V. 
  OAKESIA 
  Wats. 
  

  

  Plants 
  with 
  much 
  the 
  aspect 
  of 
  the 
  preceding 
  genus, 
  but 
  

   with 
  merely 
  sessile 
  leaves, 
  triangular 
  winged 
  pods, 
  and 
  slen- 
  

   der, 
  creeping 
  rootstocks. 
  

  

  1. 
  0. 
  sessilifolia 
  Wats. 
  WILD 
  OATS, 
  STRAW 
  LILIES. 
  Stem 
  slen- 
  

   der, 
  zigzag. 
  Leaves 
  lance-oval, 
  thin, 
  smooth, 
  pale 
  beneath, 
  1-1} 
  in. 
  

   long. 
  Flower 
  cream 
  color, 
  nearly 
  1 
  in. 
  long. 
  

  

  VI. 
  ALLIUM 
  L. 
  

  

  Herbs 
  appearing 
  stemless 
  from 
  coated 
  bulbs 
  with 
  the 
  

   characteristic 
  odor 
  of 
  onions. 
  Bulbs 
  solitary 
  or 
  clustered. 
  

   Leaves 
  narrowly 
  linear 
  or 
  slender-tubular, 
  with 
  a 
  bloom. 
  

   Flowers 
  small, 
  on 
  slender 
  pedicels, 
  in 
  terminal 
  umbels 
  on 
  

   naked 
  scapes, 
  the 
  umbels 
  often 
  bracted 
  or 
  inclosed 
  in 
  a 
  

   spathe. 
  Perianth 
  6-parted, 
  persistent 
  ; 
  stamens 
  6, 
  somewhat 
  

   perigynous, 
  filaments 
  filiform 
  or 
  dilated 
  below. 
  Ovary 
  sessile, 
  

   3-celled 
  ; 
  style 
  thread-like, 
  jointed 
  ; 
  stigma 
  entire. 
  Fruit 
  a 
  

   3-celled, 
  3-valved, 
  few-seeded 
  capsule. 
  Flowers 
  sometimes 
  

   changed 
  into 
  bulblets.* 
  

  

  1. 
  A. 
  reticulatum 
  Don. 
  Resembling 
  A. 
  Nuttallii, 
  but 
  with 
  larger 
  

   bulbs. 
  Leaves 
  narrowly 
  linear. 
  Scape 
  slender; 
  bracts 
  usually 
  2, 
  taper- 
  

   pointed; 
  pedicels 
  slender, 
  J-i 
  in. 
  long. 
  Flowers 
  white 
  or 
  pink; 
  seg- 
  

   ments 
  of 
  the 
  perianth 
  thin. 
  Capsule 
  crested. 
  W. 
  

  

  2. 
  A. 
  Nuttallii 
  Wats. 
  Bulbs 
  ovoid, 
  their 
  coats 
  with 
  a 
  fibrous 
  net- 
  

   work. 
  Leaves 
  basal, 
  narrowly 
  linear. 
  Scape 
  4-8 
  in. 
  high 
  ; 
  bracts 
  

  

  