﻿LILY 
  FAMILY 
  39 
  

  

  or 
  panicles, 
  bracted, 
  nodding. 
  Perianth 
  bell-shaped 
  ; 
  segments 
  

   6, 
  nearly 
  alike, 
  deciduous. 
  Stamens 
  6 
  ; 
  filaments 
  thickened 
  

   above, 
  often 
  papillose 
  ; 
  anthers 
  small. 
  Ovary 
  sessile, 
  3-celled 
  

   or 
  becoming 
  6-celled, 
  3-angled, 
  many-ovuled. 
  Fruit 
  an 
  ob- 
  

   long, 
  3-angled, 
  many-seeded, 
  dehiscent 
  capsule, 
  or 
  fleshy 
  and 
  

   indehiscent.* 
  

  

  1. 
  Y. 
  glauca 
  Nutt. 
  BEAR 
  GRASS, 
  SOAP 
  WEED. 
  Stem 
  very 
  short. 
  

   Leaves 
  basal, 
  long, 
  straight 
  and 
  slender, 
  stiff, 
  sharp-pointed, 
  the 
  

   margins 
  white 
  and 
  with 
  a 
  few 
  thread-like 
  filaments, 
  | 
  | 
  in. 
  wide. 
  

   Flowers 
  racemed, 
  greenish-white, 
  globose 
  or 
  oblong, 
  bell-shaped. 
  

   Style 
  green 
  ; 
  capsule 
  large, 
  oblong, 
  six-sided. 
  Dry 
  soil 
  W. 
  

  

  2. 
  Y. 
  filamentosa 
  L. 
  SPANISH 
  DAGGER. 
  Stem 
  stout, 
  4-12 
  in. 
  high. 
  

   Leaves 
  linear 
  or 
  linear-lanceolate, 
  slender-pointed, 
  narrowed 
  above 
  

   the 
  spreading 
  and 
  clasping 
  base, 
  spreading 
  or 
  recurved, 
  smooth, 
  with 
  

   loose, 
  thread-like 
  filaments 
  on 
  the 
  margins. 
  Panicle 
  elongated, 
  with 
  

   bract-like 
  leaves 
  on 
  the 
  scape, 
  widely 
  branched, 
  downy-haiiy 
  above, 
  

   3-6 
  ft. 
  high. 
  Perianth 
  white, 
  bell-shaped, 
  2 
  in. 
  wide. 
  Capsule 
  oblong, 
  

   angles 
  rounded, 
  sides 
  furrowed, 
  at 
  length 
  3-valved 
  and 
  dehiscent. 
  In 
  

   sandy 
  soil, 
  and 
  often 
  cultivated 
  for 
  ornament.* 
  

  

  XVIII. 
  ASPARAGUS 
  L. 
  

  

  Stem 
  from 
  fleshy, 
  fibrous 
  roots, 
  erect, 
  branched 
  ; 
  branches 
  

   slender, 
  with 
  thread-like 
  branchlets 
  in 
  the 
  axils 
  of 
  scales 
  which 
  

   take 
  the 
  place 
  of 
  leaves. 
  Flowers 
  small, 
  solitary 
  or 
  racemed. 
  

   Perianth 
  6-parted 
  ; 
  segments 
  distinct 
  or 
  slightly 
  united. 
  Sta- 
  

   mens 
  6, 
  perigynous 
  ; 
  filaments 
  thread-like. 
  Ovary 
  3-celled, 
  6- 
  

   ovuled 
  ; 
  style 
  short, 
  slender 
  ; 
  stigmas 
  3, 
  recurved. 
  Fruit 
  a 
  

   berry.* 
  

  

  1. 
  A. 
  officinalis 
  L. 
  ASPARAGUS. 
  Stem 
  succulent 
  and 
  simple, 
  with 
  

   fleshy 
  scales 
  when 
  young 
  ; 
  becoming 
  taller, 
  more 
  woody, 
  and 
  widely 
  

   branched, 
  when 
  old. 
  Flowers 
  axillary, 
  solitary, 
  or 
  2 
  or 
  3 
  together 
  on 
  

   slender, 
  jointed, 
  drooping 
  pedicels, 
  greenish 
  ; 
  segments 
  linear. 
  Berry 
  

   red, 
  few-seeded. 
  Introduced 
  from 
  Europe, 
  common 
  in 
  cultivation, 
  

   and 
  often 
  escaped.* 
  

  

  XIX. 
  SMILACINA 
  Desf. 
  (VAGNERA) 
  

  

  Perennial, 
  simple-stemmed 
  herbs, 
  with 
  rootstocks. 
  Leaves 
  

   usually 
  sessile, 
  nerved, 
  alternate. 
  Flowers 
  white, 
  in 
  a 
  terminal 
  

   raceme. 
  Perianth 
  spreading, 
  6-parted. 
  Stamens 
  6, 
  somewhat 
  

   perigynous; 
  filaments 
  slender; 
  anthers 
  short, 
  facing 
  inward. 
  

  

  