12 LILIALES 



9. Yucca. 269. 



1. Yucca glauca Nutt. Bear grass, Spanish bayonets. 



Common in sand-hill regions. Alliance; Antelope County; Banner 

 County; Foster; Broken Bow; Scotts Bluff; Sheridan and Sioux 

 Counties. 



10. Asparagus. 270. 



1. Asparagus officinalis L. Asparagus- 



Often escapes from cultivation. Black Island of Platte River; Lincoln. 



11. Vagnera. 271. 



Inflorescence panculate, flowers 2 mm. long. 1. V. racemosa. 



Inflorescence racemosa, flowers 4 to 5 mm. long. 2. V. stellata. 



1. Vagnera racemosa (L.) Morong. 

 Smilacina racemosa (L.) Desf. 



Along streams in the eastern part of state. Homer; Lincoln; New- 

 castle; Weeping Water. 



2. Vagnera stellata (L.) Morong. 

 Smilacina stelfata (L.) Desf. 



Woodlands and thickets throughout the state. Anselmo; Belmont; 

 Emerald; Guide Rock; Hat Creek Basin; Lincoln; Ponca River; Sal- 

 tillo; Thedford. 



12. Disporum. 272. 



1. Disporum trachycarpum (S. Wats.) B. & H. 



In the northwestern part of the state. Hat Creek Basin; War Bonnet 



Canon. 



13. Salomonia. (Polygonatum.) 273. 



Perianth 10 to 12 mm. long, filaments inserted towards summit of 

 perianth. 1. S. biflorum. 



Perianth 12 to 30 mm. long, filaments inserted near the middle of the 

 perianth. 2 S. commutata. 



1. Salomonia biflorum (Walt.) Britton. Hairy Solomon's Seal. 

 In woods along streams. Cass County; Franklin. 



2. Salomonia commutata (R. & S.) Britton. Solomon's Seal. 

 Common in woodlands along streams except in the western part of 

 the state. Nebraska City; Norway; Ponca; Weeping Water. 



14. Trillium. 274. 

 1. Trillium nivale Riddell. Wake-robin. 



Rare along the Missouri River. Bellevue; Weeping Water. 



15. Smilax. 275. 



Stems herbaceous, without prickles. 1. S. herbacea. 

 Stems w^oody, perennial, with prickles. 



Leaves glaucous. 2. S. glauca. 



Leaves not glaucous. 3. S. hispida. 



1. Smilax herbacea L. Carrion-flower. 



Common on wooded bluffs. Bellevue; Fremont; Hooker County; Lin- 

 coln; Milford; Nebraska City; St. James; Thomas County; Glen; 

 Grand Island: Valentine. 



