LILIACEJE. (LILY FAMILY.) 483 
leaves green on the keel. — Low pine barrens, Florida to North Carolina. March 
and April. — Scape 6/-12'high. Pedicels 1/—2'long. Flowers 5"long. Leaves 
streaked on the back. 
d d. Carolinianum, Red. Scape naked; leaves linear, even beneath ; 
spathe 2-leaved ; umbel fastigiate; leaves of the perianth oblong, obtuse; sta- 
mens subulate, twice as long as the perianth; capsule many-seeded. — In Caro- 
lina, — Bulbs clustered. Flowers white, rose-color without. ( * ) 
6. NOLINA, Michx. 
Perianth 6-parted, spreading, withering-persistent ; the divisions similar, oblong- 
lanceolate, 1-neryed. Stamens 6, inserted on the base of the perianth ; filaments 
subulate: anthers cordate. Style very short, persistent: stigmas 3, recurved. 
Ovary 3-angled, 3-celled, with two anatropous collateral ascending ovules in 
each cell. Capsule membranaceous, obovate, wing-angled, 3-valved, mostly 
I-seeded. Seed oblong-obovate, dull brown and roughish, slightly incurved ; 
‘longitudinally grooved on the inner face. Embryo slender, straight, shorter 
than the fleshy albumen. — Root large, bulbous. Leaves numerous, all radical, 
very long and narrow, recurved, keeled, rough on the margins. Scape branch- 
ing above. Flowers small, white, crowded in long bracted racemes.  Pedicels 
jointed, reflexed in fruit. 
1. N. Georgiana, Micha: <Dey. sandhills in tho "middle. distieis: of 
Georgia and Sonth Carolina. April and May.— Bulb very large, tunicated. 
Scape 2°-3° high, with a few scales near the base. Leaves 1°-2° long, dry 
and harsh. 
7. SCHGENOLIRION, Torr. 
Perianth 6-parted, spreading, withering-persistent ; the divisions 3-5-nerved. 
Stamens 6, inserted on the base of the perianth: filaments subulate: anthers cor- 
date-sagittate, introrse. Style subulate, persistent: stigma minutely 3-lobed. 
Ovary globose, 3-celled, with two anatropous ascending ovules in each cell. 
Capsule coriaceous, broadly obovate, obtusely 3-lobed, loculicidally 3-valved, 
1-6-seeded. Seeds globose or angular, smooth, black, and shining. Embryo. 
straight, as long as the fleshy albumen. — Perennial herbs. Root a tuberous 
rhizoma. Scape branching above. Radical leaves smooth, equitant, sheathing, 
linear, concave, rounded on the back, the others small and bract-like.. Flowers 
shall, white, in loose bracted racemes. Pedicels spreading, jointed. — 
1. S. Michauxii, Torr. Pedicels 2-4 times the length of the bracts ; divis- 
ions of the perianth oblong, the nerves somewhat distant. (Phalangium croceum, 
Michr.. Ornithogalum croceum, Ell.) — Swamps, chiefly in the pine barrens, 
Georgia, Florida, and westward. May and Junt erred cylindrical. Scape 
2° high, slender. Leaves 1° long. 
8. ERYTHRONIUM, L. Doa’s-roorn Vrorzr. 
Perianth eorolla-ike, with six spreading or recurved deciduous separate 
leaves ; un mm, corn vos ewe et de, e ‘Stamens 6, 
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