SPRING FLORA OF MANHATTAN. 11 



i cm. long, in terminal panicles. Sepals nanow, acute. Common in 

 grass land. * 



6. LILIACEAE. 

 Perianth of similar divisions, not bracl-like. Stamens (1 Ovary 

 free, 3-eelled, several oviiled. Fiuit a capsule or berry. 

 Plowers borne on a leafless stem. 



Solitary and nodding; from a corm, Erytlironium. 



Umbel led; from a bulb 



The bruised plant exhaling the odor of onions Allium 



No odor of onions Noihoscordum 



Racemose or panlcled; from a tliick woody rootstock Yucca 



St< ms leafy. 



Leaves scale-like with thread-like branches in their axils. A><para(jas 

 Leaves broad. 



Flower clusters axillary Polygomitum 



Flower clusters terminal 



Leaves grass like; from bulbs Zi/gaderais 



Leaves elliptical; from rootstocks Vagnera 



ZTGADENUS, Michx. 

 Z. Nattalln, (Gray) Wats. Flowers yellowisli. in racemes. Stem 

 4-8 dm. high. Rocky hills, frequent. 



ALLIUM, L. 

 A mutabile, Michx 2-4 dm. high from a densely fibrous coated 

 bulb. Leaves about half the length of scape Low prairie. 

 NOTHOSCORDUM, Kunth. 

 N. onw(/i,ogaZot(7.e.s. ( Walt.) Kunth. Leaves about the length of the 

 scape. Low prairie. 



ERYTHRONIUM,L. 

 Scape about the length of the two smooth, elliptical leaves 

 E aJbklum, Nutt. Divisions of perianth white or pinkish, 2-'^ cm. 

 long, recurved. Low woods, infrequ nt 



YUCCA, L 

 Leaves long and rigid, linear, sharp pointed Flowers white, large 

 and showy. 



Y. glauca, Nutt. Flowers 4 (> cm. broad, in an elongated raceme 

 Sand hills, not common. 



ASPARAGUS, L. 

 Stems much branched, the filiform branches performing the function 

 of leaves. Fruit a scarlet berry. 



A. officinalis, L Escaped from gardens. 



VAGNERA, Adans. 

 Flowers small, white. Stems simple. 



V. racemosn, (L ) Morong. Perianth divisions 2 mm. long. Flowers 

 in panicles. Stem pubescent. Rich woods, rare. 



V. stellata, (L.) Morong. Perianth divisions about 4 mm. long. 

 Flowers in racemes. Stem smooth Rich woods, rare 



