210 POPULAR FLORA. 



Fruit a few-seeded beny : flowers small. Herbs from rootstocks : no bulbs. 



Stems much branched: leaves fine and thread-shaped, in clusters, {Asparagus) ^Aspakagus. 

 Stems simple above ground and leafy. Leaves oblong or lance-oblong. 



Flowers axilkuy, nodding, greenish; perianth tubular, G-lobcd: stamens above 

 the middle, on very short filaments. Rootstock thick, marked with 

 broad round scars on the upper side (Fig. 63), {Pubjijonatum) Solomon's-Seal. 

 Flowers in a terminal raceme, white: perianth G-parted, in one case 4-parted, 

 the divisions narrow and widely spreading, the stamens on its base: 

 filaments slender, { Smilac'inn) Smilacina. 



Stems or scape simple and leafless above ground; the broad leaves all from its base 

 or from the slender rootstock. 

 Flowei's small, in a slender raceme, white; perianth bell-shaped, 6-lobed (Fig. 3): 



leaves very smooth, ( Convallaria) *LiLY-OF-TriE- Valley. 



Flowers rather large, in an umbel, greenish-yellow or whitish: perianth C-leaved: 



leaves of the plant ciliatc, ( Clintunia) Clintonia. 



Fruit a 3-celled pod, splitting into 3 valves when ripe. 



Perianth wdieel-shaped, or sometimes erect or bell-shaped, G-leaved: flowers on a 

 scape or nearly naked stem, rising from a coated bulb: seeds round 

 and black, few. 

 Flowers in a corymb, white: style 3-sided, ( Oi^ithogalum) *Star-of-Bethletiem. 



Flowers in a raceme, blue or purple: style thread-like, {Scilla) Squilu 



Flowers in an vnnbel from a scaly bract or involucre, {^iUium) 0^'iox. 



Perianth funnel-shaped, bell-shaped, or glob3-shaped, more or less united into a tube 

 or cup, bearing the G stamens, except in some Day-Lilies. 

 Scape and leaves from a coated bulb: flowers in a raceme. Leaves narrow. 



Perianth globular, blue, small, {Jluscuri) *Grape-Hyacinth. 



Perianth short, funnel-shaped or bell-shaped, 6-cleft, {Uyacinthus) ' ^Hyacikth. 



Scape or stem leafy towards the bottom, from fibrous roots (no bulb), bearing a 

 few large flowers in a cluster at the top: stamens curved to one side. 

 Flower opening for only one day, {IlemerocdUts) *Day-Lily. 



Perianth bell-shaped or funnel-shaped, Szc, but of G separate petal-like divisions: 

 seeds many, mostly flat, pale. 

 Simple-stemmed herbs from a scaly or coated bulb: stamens on the receptacle 

 or attached to the very base of the deciduous perianth. 

 Anthers fixed by their middle and swinging free: stems leafy to the top. 



No honey-bearing spots, or merely a groove at the bottom of each divis- 

 ion of the perianth. Bulb scaly, {Lillum) Lilt. 

 A round and large honey-bearing spot near the bottom of each division 



of the perianth, (PctiUum) *Crowm-Imperial,. 



Anthers erect on the filament, appearing to be fixed by their base: stem or 

 scape leafy only at or towards the bottom. 

 Style none or hardly any: stigmas 3 on the long 3-sided ovary, ( TiiUpn) *Tulip. 

 Style long: ovary roundish: 'leaves 2, spotted, {ErTjthrbnium) Dogtooth-Violet. 

 Stems woody, palm-like, or not rising above the ground, from roots or rootstocks 

 (no bulbs): leaves evergreen, sword-shaped. Flowers white, tulip- 

 sh;xped, in a large, terminal, compound panicle, ( Yucca) Yucca. 



