Monocotyls or Endogenous Plants. 21 



Arii-um cer'-nu-um Roth. Onion. — Scape angular, ;^-2 ft. high, 

 nodding at the apex, sepals oblong-ovate, acute, rose-color; capsule 

 crested. 



Al'-li-um can-a-den'-se L. Wild Garlic. — Scape 1 ft. high or more, 

 H})ibel densely bulbifcrous or fcio fioiccrcd; sepals narrowly lanceolate. 



Ar-li-um vin-e-a'-le L. Field Garlic. — Scape slender, l-o ft. high; 

 leaves terete and liottow; umbel often bulbiferous. 



4. Genus ER-Y-THRO'-NI-UM. — Nearly stemle.ss; leaves 2, smooth, 

 shining, flat, elliptic-lanceloate, tapering into a petiole, usually mottled; 

 scape 1 flowered, from a deep bulb. 



Er-y-thro'-ni-um a-mer-i-ca'-num Ker. Yellow Adder's-Tongue.— Leaves (i\t'''' - - / 

 mottled with purplish and whitish; perianth light yellow, stigmas 

 united. 



Er-y-thro'-ni-um arbi-dum Nutt. White Dog's-tooth Violet. — Leaves /< y 



less or not at all mottled; perianth pinkish-white; stigmas spreading. /".' 



5. Genus CA-IVIAS'-SI-A. — Scape and linear keeled leaves from a 

 coated bulb; flowers pale-blue, in a raceme. 



Ca-mas'-si-a fra'-se-ri (Gr.) Torn Wild Hyacinth ; Eastern Camass ; 



Quamash. — Scape 1 ft. high or more; bracts longer than the pedicels. 



0. Genus OR-NI-THOG'-A-LUM.— Scape and linear channeled leaves 

 from a coated bulb; flowers corymbed, perianth of 6 white spreading 

 sepals. 



Or-ni-thog'-a-lum um-bel-la'-tum L. Star of Bethlehem. — Scape 4-9 '\n. /P\! ; ^. / j/ 

 high; flowers on long spreading pedicels. Escaped from gardens. ' ' ^ 



7. Genus MUS-CA'-RI. — Leaves and early scape from a coated bulb; 

 flowers small in a dense raceme, perianth ^irn-shaped or globular. 



Mus-ca'-ri bo-try-oi'-des (L.) Mill. Grape Hyacinth. — Leaves linear, 

 3-4 lines Inroad. Escaped from gardens. 



8. Genus AS-PAR'-A-GUS. — Stems much branched from thick 

 matted root-stocks; flowers small, greenish, axillary, branchlets (called 

 leaves) thread-like, the true leaves being small scales. 



As-par'-a-gus of-fic-i-na'-lis L. Garden Asparagus. — PVequently escaped 

 from gardens. 



