482 LILIACEZ. (LILY FAMILY.) 
ing leaves, and an umbel of white or greenish flowers terminating the naked 
scape. Berries blue. f : 
1. C. umbellata, Torr. Leaves 2-4, oblong, ciliate on the keel and 
margins; scape pubescent; umbel many-flowered ; flowers small (3" — 4" long), 
white spotted with green or purple; ovules 2 in each cell. (Smilacina umbel- 
lata, Desf.) — Shady woods on the mountains, Georgia, and northward. June. 
— Scape 8' — 12! high, rather longer than the leaves. 
2. C. borealis, Raf. Leaves obovate-oblong, ciliate on the margins, acute ; 
scape and 2-7-flowered umbel pubescent; flowers (6'/ — 9’! long) greenish yel- 
low; ovules numerous. — Cold swamps on the high mountains of North Caro- 
lina, and northward. June. — Scape and leaves 8/— 10! high. 
5. ALLIUM, L. Oxrox. 
Perianth 6-parted, spreading, persistent. Stamens 6, inserted on the base of 
the perianth. Filaments subulate, the interior ones more or less dilated at the 
base. Ovary 3-celled. Style filiform: stigma entire. Capsule loculicidally 
3-valved. Seeds anatropous or campylotropous, single or few in each cell, 
angled, black. — Strong-scented stemless herbs, with bulbous roots, and a naked 
_ scape, ending in an umbel of small flowers, from a 2 — 3-leaved spathe. — Flow- 
ers sometimes changed into bulblets. 
* Ovules solitary in the cells. 
1. A. tricoccum, Ait. Leaves lanceolate-oblong, acute, flat, long-tapet- 
ing toward the base, early withering ; umbel small, dense, many-flowered, erect ; 
leaves of the perianth oblong, obtuse, longer than the stamens. — Mountains of 
North Carolina, and northward. July.— Bulbs clustered. Scape 1° hig 
Flowers white. 
* * Ovules 2 in each cell. 
2. A. cernuum, Roth. Leaves linear, channelled; scape angled; umbel 
many-flowered, nodding ; leaves of the perianth acute; stamens exserted; ovary 
6-toothed. — Mountains of South Carolina, and northward, July. — Scape 
19°-14° high. Flowers rose-color, on slender pedicels. 
3. A. Canadense, Kalm. Leaves narrowly linear, concave ; scape terete ; 
umbel erect, bearing a cluster of bulbets, intermingled with a few stalked rose- 
colored flowers ; spathe 1-2-leaved; leaves of the perianth obtuse, as long $$ 
the stamens ; ovary 6-toothed. — Banks of rivers, Florida, and northward. June. 
— Scape 1? high. Outer coats of the bulb white and scarious. peste 
^4 A. mutabile, Michx. Leaves very narrow, concave; scape terete; 
umbel erect, many-flowered ; spathe 3-leaved; leaves of the perianth — 
long às the stamens, white changing to rose-color. — Dry sandy soil, nn 
North Carolina. May and June. — Scape 19 high. Outer coats of the Da 
- composed of a network of fine fibres. E. 
~ = ** * Ovules several in each cell. os 
