POPULAR FLORA. 211 



SmiJaciiia (or False Solomo>''s-Seal). Smilacina. 



1. r^ACEMED S. Minutely downy, 2° or 3° high, m:iny-leaved ; leaves lance-oblong, tapering tibrnptly 



at both ends, ciliate; flowers many, in compound racemes. !Moist grounds. S. ractmoscu 



2. STAR-FLOAVEr.ED S. Nearly smooth, 1° or 2° high; leaves many, lance-oblong, slightly clasping, 



pale beneath; raceme simple and few-flowered. Moist thickets, (S:c., N. S. stelliUa. 



3. TiiitEE-LEAVED S. Smooth, 3' to G' high; leaves commonly 3, oblong, tapering into a sheathing 



base; flowers several, in a slender simple raceme. Bogs, N. S. trifdlia. 



4. Two-EEAVED S. ' Nearly smooth, 3' to 5' high, with commonly 2 heart-shaped leaves, the lower one 



generally petioled; flowers in a simple short raceme; perianth 4-parted, reflexed; stamens 4. 

 iloist "woods, in spring. S. hlfblia. 



Onion (Garlic and Leek). Allium. 

 ^ 1. Onion proper, -with hollow, stem-shaped leaves, and an open, Avidely spreading, star-shaped blossom. 



1. Gakdex Onion. Scape naked, much longer than the leaves, hollow, sv/ollen in the middle; 



flowers whitish; luribel often bearing small bulbs (top-onions); the large bulb turnip-shaped. 

 Commonly cultivated. A. Cepa. 



2. Chives 0. Scape naked, about as long as the slender leaves; all growing in tufts, from small 



bulbs; flowers purplish, crowded. Cultivated. A. SthoznojJrasum. 



§ 2. Garlics and Leeks. Leaves flat or keeled and not hollow, except in No. 3. 



3. Field Garlic. Leaves thread-shaped, slender, round, but channelled on the upper side, hollow; 



bulbs small ; umbel bearing flowers with a green-purple erectish perianth, or else only bulblets. 

 Naturalized in low pastures and gardens. A. viiuale. 



4. True or English Garlic. Bulbs clustered and compound ; leaves lance-linear, nearly flat; 



umbel bearing pale purple flowers with an erectish perianth, or else bulblets. Cultivated in gar- 

 dens; not common. A. safivum. 



6. Gardkn Leek. Bulb single ; leaves linear-oblong, acute, somewhat folded or keeled : flowers 

 crowded ill the umbel; perianth erectish, violet-purple. Rarely cultivated. A. Porrum. 



6. "Wild Leek. Bulbs clustered, narrow, oblong, and pointed; leaves lance-oblong, blunt, flat, dying 

 ofl" by midsummer, when the naked scape appears with its loose umbel of white flowers; pod 

 3-lobed. Rich woods, N. and W. _^. tricoccum. 



Day-Lily. IltmerocdUls. 



* Flowering stems tall, leafy towards the bottom, somewhat branched above: leaves long and linear, 

 keeled, 2-ranked: stamens on the top of the narrow tube of the perianth: seeds black and wingless. 



1. Common Day-Lily. Flower dull orange-yellow; inner divisions wavy, blunt. Gardens. II. fulva. 



2. Yellow D. Flower light yellow; inner divisions of the perianth acute. Gardens. II. flava. 



* * Flowering stems naked, simple: leaves broad and flat, ovate or oblong, and often heart-shaped, 



Avith veins springing from the midrib, long-stalked ; stamens on the receptacle: seeds flat and 

 winged (Funkia). 



3. White I). Flower white, funnel-shaped; leaves more or less heart-shaped. Gardens. II. Jnponicn, 



4. Blue D. Flower blue or bluish, the upper part more bell-shaped than in No. 3; leaver scarcely 



heart-shaped. Gardens. //, cceriilea. 



