42 LILY FAMILY 



the time of blossoming the dry capsules are open at the 

 top, ready to send out the scalelike seeds on every breeze. 



Schoenocaulon dubimn. Flowers greenish, very small, 

 many, in slender spike. Flowering-stem 1-3 ft. tall. Flow- 

 ers 6-parted. Leaves basal, grasslike, 6-20 in. long. Pine- 

 lands. Blooming in late winter and spring. Fla. and Ga. 



Tracyanthus angustifolius. Flowers white, about ^ in. 

 across, many, in raceme 2-4 in. long terminating stem 2-3 ft. 

 tall. Flowers 6-parted. Leaves chiefly basal, narrow, 6-24 

 in. long. Low grounds. Blooming in spring. Fla. to N. C. 



False Garlic (Genus Nothoscordium) 



Though belonging to the onion tribe, this small lily- 

 like plant, which grows from a bulb, lacks the characteristic 

 odor of its relatives. A delicate line of red or purple veins 

 each of the three outer divisions of the flowers, which 

 are found locally in low pinelands. 



Nothoscordium bivalve. Flowers white, 6-parted, nearly 

 y2 in. long, in umbel of 3-12 at top of flowering-stem 5-16 

 in. tall. Leaves basal, narrow, nearly as long as stem. Sandy 

 soil. Blooming in winter and spring. Fla. to Va., Texas, 

 and Neb. 



Red Lily (Genus Lilium) 



Low grounds that in spring held pitcher-plants and 

 orchids show in summer the southern red lily, whose large, 

 solitary flower is held upright and open to the sky. This 

 showy lily is abundant in many places, and, like other 

 plants that in Florida disregard the seasons, its blossoms 

 are occasionally found in winter. 



Lilium Catesbaei. Flowers orange red, 3-5 in. long, base 

 yellow, spotted with purple, solitary, erect, 6-parted, termi- 

 nating leafy stem 1-3 ft. tall. Leaves alternate, narrow, erect, 

 1-5 in. long. Low grounds. Blooming in summer. Fla. to 

 Ala. and N. C. 



