480 LILIAGEiE. (l>lI,Y FAMILY.) 



from a slender ereepinpj rhizoma. Stem simple, sheathed at the base, leafy at 

 the ciiniiiiit. Leaves 4-6, altcniate, oblonfj-oordate, 5-9-ril)l)ed. Peduncles 

 few-flowered. Flowers small, greenish, on jointed nodding jjedieels, which are 

 thickened npwiird. 



1. C pauciflora, Ton-. — Slmdy woods, Florida, Georgia, and Alabama. 

 April. — Stem 6' - 12' high. Leaves 2' - 4' long, thin, spreading. 



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OuDKR 151. LILIACEy"E. (Lily Family.) 



Clik'fly herbs, -with sessile or sheathing parallel-nerved leaves, and pc-r- 

 fect flowers. — Perianth eorolla-llke, G- (rarely 4-) leaved or lobed, i'rve 

 from the 2-3-celled ovary. Stamens 6 (rarely 4), hypogynous or perigy- 

 nous : anthers introrse (except in No. 9). Styles united. Stigmas 3, 

 distinct or united. Fruit a capsule or berry, few - many-seeded. Seeds 

 anatropous or ampbitropous. Embryo small, in fleshy or hard albumen. 



Synopsis. 



Tribe L ASPARAGE.^. Fruit a berry. Divisions of tie perianth more or less 

 united (except No. 4). — Leaves tro.id. • 



1. POLY'OOXATUM Flowers axillar3'. Periantli tubular. Stems leaf}-. 



2. SMILACINA. Flowers in a terminal raceme. Periantli spreading. Stems leafy. 



3. CON'VALLARL\. Flowers racemed. Perianth 6- lobed. Scape naked. 



4. CLINTONIA. Flowers umbelled. Perianth 6-leaved. Scape naked. 



Tribe IT. ASPHODELEJE. Fruit a capsule. Divisions of the perianth united at 

 the base. — Stems scape-Uke. Leaves linear, rarely lanceolate. 

 * lioot a coated bulb. 

 5. ALLIUM. Flowers umbelled, from a gcarious spathe. Seeds smooth and black. 

 G. NOLINA. Flowers racemed, white. Stigmas 3. Seeds roughened, brown. 

 « * Root a tuberous rhizoma. 



7. SCIUENOLTUION. Flowers racemed, white. Seeds smooth and black. Leaves equitaot. 



Tribe III. Tiri.IPACE.S3. Fruit a capsule. Divisions of the perianth distinct, de- 

 'ciduous.— Stems leafy. 



• Bulbous-rooted herbs. Seeds pale. 



8. EUYTIIRONIUM. Seeds ovoid, with a membranaceous appendage at the apex. Stem 



2 l.-.ived. 



9. LILIL'M. Seed flat, winged, not appendaged. Stem many-leaved. 



• • Palm-like arborescent plants. Seeds black. 

 10. YUCCA Stigmas 3, nearly sessile. Capsule dry or pulpy. Leaves epiny-pointod. 



1. POLYGONATUM, Dcsf. 



Perianth tubular, 6-cleft. Stamens 6, inserted on the middle of the tube, in- 

 cluded : anthers sagittate, fixed at the base. Ovary 3-celled, with 3-6 ovules 

 in each coll. Style slender: stigma obtuse. Berry few-seeded. — Rhizoma 

 creeping. Stem simple, leafy. Leaves oval or oblong. Peduncles axillary, 

 1 - few-flowered. Flowers drooping, on braetlcss pedicels. 



