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3. ToFiELDiA Huds. — Asphodel 

 T. glutinosa (Michx.) Pers. Bogs in Lake, McHenry, and Cook counties. 

 June-July. 



4. Melanthium L. 



M. virginicum L. Bunchflower. Meadows, rare, w. and centr. III. June- 

 July. 



5. Veratrum L. 



V. woodii Robbins. Moist wooded ravines, rare. July-Sept. Bear Creek, 

 Hancock Co., S. B. Mead in 1843; Burton Creek, Adams Co., G. D. Fidler 

 in 1944. 



6. Allium L. — Onion 



1. Leaves two, elliptical-lanceolate, 3-6 cm. wide, disappearing before flowering 

 time; perianth-segments white, obtuse, 6-7 mm. long; filaments subulate, 

 equalling the perianth; capsule strongly 3-lobed; woods in the n. half of 111. 

 June-Aug. Wild Leek A. tricoccum Ait. 



1 . Leaves linear, terete or flat, less than 1 cm. wide, present at flowering time. 

 2. Leaves terete, hollow; umbels bulblet-bearing; filaments dilated, the alter- 

 nate ones with a tooth on each side; ovary not crested; meadows and 

 fields. June-July; nat. from Eur. Field Garlic A. vineale L. 



2. Leaves flat or concave, not terete; filaments not dilated. 



3. Umbel erect, usually with bulblets; scape terete; stamens included; 

 capsule not crested; meadows, roadsides, and woods, common. May- 

 June. Wild Garlic A. canadense L. 



3. Umbel not bulblet-bearing; capsule 6-crested; stamens exserted. 

 4. Umbel nodding in flower; scape angular; banks, n. 111. July-Sept. 



Nodding Onion A. cernuiim Roth 



4. Umbel erect; scape terete; rocky slopes, w. 111.; Union Co., Earle; 



Jo Daviess Co., Pepoon. July- Aug A. stellatum Ker 



7. NoTHOSCORDUM Kunth — False Garlic 



N. bivalve (L.) Britt. Meadows, rare; apparently absent from the n. half 

 of the state. Apr.-May. \^Allium striatum Jacq.J 



8. Hemerocallis L. — Day Lily 

 H. fulva L. Roadsides, common; nat. from Eurasia. June-July. 



9. Lilium L. — Lily 



1. Flowers erect; perianth segments with oval or lanceolate blades and a slender 

 claw; leaves mostly alternate, linear, 2-7 mm. wide; dry open woods in 

 the n. half of 111. June-July. [L. philadelphicum var. andinnm (Nutt.) 

 Ker} L. umbellatum Pursh 



1 . Flowers nodding; perianth-segments oblanceolate, not clawed, recurved; 

 leaves mostly whorled, elliptic-lanceolate, 1-2 cm. wide; moist woods, 

 thickets, meadows. June-July [L. canadense and L. superbum of auth., 

 not L.} L. michiganense Farw. 



