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LILIACE^. 



Order SMILACE^. 



SMILAX, Tourn. 



S. Havanensis, Jacq. Prickly ; leaves rigid, ovate or roundish, emar- 

 ginate, 5-nerved (3' -4' long), the margins prickly. — Keys of South Florida 



( Curtiss). 



TRILLIUM, L. 



T, recurvatum, Beck. Stem (1° liigh) erect from a horizontal tuber, 

 leaves oblong-ovate, acute, contracted into a short petiole, faintly mottled ; 

 petals purplish brown, erect (U' long), linear-spatulate, twice as long as the 

 lanceolate reflexed sepals ; filaments as long as tlic incurved anthers and the 

 spreading stigmas. — Rich valleys of the mountains of Georgia. April. 



Var. ? lanceolatum, Watson. Leaves sessile, more narrowly lanceo- 

 late; sepals less strictly reflexed; petals almost linear; filaments longer. 

 (T. lanceolatum, Boykin.) — Georgia and Alabama. 



Order LILIACE^. 



POLYGONATUM, Tourn. 



p. giganteum, Dietrich. Smooth; stem tall (3° -8° high), curving; 

 leaves ovate, partly clasping, manj'-nerved ; peduncles 3-5flowered, the 

 lower ones half as long as the leaves ; filaments smooth. (P. canaliculatura, 

 Pursli.) — Rocky cliffs of the mountains of Georgia, and northward. — 

 Flowers |' long. 



CAMASSIA, Lindl. 



Perianth bell-shaped, 6-leaved, deciduous. Stamens 6, inserted on the base 

 of the perianth. Style filiform. Capsule 3-angled, 3-celled, loculicidally 

 •3-valved, several-seeded. — Scape from a coated bulb. Leaves radical. 

 Flowers racemose, blue or purple. 



C. Praseri, Torr. (Wild Hyacinth.) Leaves linear; scape 1° high; 

 raceme many-flowered; flowers showy, pale blue; cells of the ovary 6-9- 

 ovuled. — Rich valleys of the mountains of Georgia, and northward. April. 



ALLIUM, L. 



A. vineale, L. Scape leafy at base (1° -2° high) ; leaves terete, hollow ; 

 umbel often bulb-bearing; alternate filaments 3-cleft. — North Carolina 

 (Curtis). Introduced. 



SCHCENOLIRION, Torr. 



S. Elliottii, Feay. Scape often sparingly branched (l°-2° high); 

 leaves linear, concave, the upper ones small and distant ; racemes loosely 



