LILIACK.E. 892 ALLIUM. 



1. H. FULVA. 



Leaves linear-lanceolate, carinate ; pc/a/,s obtuse, wavy ; nerres of sr-pa's 

 branched. IN alive of the Levant, naturalized in some parts of this country. 

 A well known, showy border flower. Leaves very numerous, mostly radical, 

 an inch wide and a foot or more long. Scape round, thick, naked, smooth, 

 branchinir, 3 feet high. Flowers very large, liliaceous, of a tawny red. 

 Style striate. July. Common Day Lily. 



2. H. FLAV.\. — Leaves broad-linear, carinate; segments flat, acute; 

 nerves of the sepals undivided- iS'ative of Siberia. A foot high. Flowers a 

 bright yellow, much smaller than those of H. fulva. Scape branching. 

 Julv. Ye.Uow Dill) Lily. 



3. II. JaPO'NICA. — ieffcrs cordate, ovate, acuminate ; florrers infundi- 

 buliform. A fine species from Japan. Leaves as large as the hand, very 

 smooth, on long, radical petioles. Flowers large, white, on a scape a foot 

 high. June. JVhile Day Lily. 



G. POLYA'NTHES. 



Perianlh funnel-fornn, incurved ; lilamcnts inserted into the 



throat ; ovary at the boltori) of the tube. 



Gr. TioKvi, many, ay3oi; the flowers of the plant being numerous. 



P. TUBRRO'SA. — iMrc.s linear-lanceolate; petals ohlnng. A fine p:irlor 

 plant, native of Ceylon. Stems bulbous at base with tuherous branches. 

 Scape scaly, 2 — 3 feet high, with alternate, large, white, regular flowers, of a 

 delicious fragrance which is most powerful at evening. Aug. Sept. Tuberose. 



TiiiEK 3. SCILLEiE. 



Bullous. Flowers vsually smaller thnn in the preceding. Intcgvmcnt cf tho 

 seed black and brittle. 



7. A'LLIUM. 



Flowers in a dense umbel, with a membranous, 2-leaved 



spatiu' ; peiiaiith deeply (3 parted, mostly spreading. 



Celtic all, hot or burninq;. Strong-scented bulbs. Lvs. mostly ladical. 

 Umbel on a scape. Segments of perianth ovate, the 3 inner somewhat small- 

 er. Ova. angular. Stig. acute. Caps. 3-lobed. 



1. A. TRICO'CCUM. 



Scnjin terete ; Ic/ivcs lanceolate, oblong, flat, smooth; umhd globose ; seed 

 solitary ill each cell of tiie 3-celled capsule. A strong-scented plant, common 

 in damp woods. Bulb oblnng, acuminate. Leaves .'')--8 inclies Imig, an inch 

 or more wide, acute, tapering into a petiole, all withering and disii|)pearing 

 before tiie opening of the flowers. Scape a foot or n)ore higii. bearing a thin, 

 2-leave(l deciduous spalhc at top, with an umbel of JO — 12 while flowers. 

 June, July. Lancc-lcutcd Gallic. 



2. A. Canade'nsf.. 



Scape terete ; leares linear ; iimhrl capitate, bulbinTous. In woods. Leaves 

 radical. | as lonir as the scape, smooth, nearly flat above. Scape 12 — 18 

 inches high, round, smooth, bearing a sp-ithe of Novate, acute bracts at the 

 top, wiUi a iiead of bulbs and flowers. The bulbs are sessile, each furnished 

 will) a bract beneath, and among them are a few whitish flowers on slender 

 pedicels. June. Canadian Garlic. 



