482 LILIACE.E. (MLY rAMil.V.) 



ing leaves, and an innbcl of white or greenish flowers terminating the naked 

 scape. Berries bhie. 



1. C. umbellata, Torr. Leaves 2-4, oblong, filiate on the keel and 

 margins; sc-ape pubesecnt ; umbel many-flowered ; flowers small (3" -4" long), 

 white spotted with green or purple ; ovules 2 in each eell. (Smilacina umbel- 

 lata, /Vs/".) — Shady woods on the mountains, Georgia, and northward. June. 



— Sc'ai)e 8' - 12' higli, rather longer than the leaves. 



2 C. borealis, Raf. Leaves obovatc-oblong, ciliatc on the margins, acute ; 

 scape and 2 - 7-flowered umbel pubescent; flowers (6" -9" long) greenish yel- 

 low ; ovules nunierous. — Cold swamps on the high mountains of North Caro- 

 lina, and northward. June. — Scape and leaves 8'- 10' high. 



5. ALLIUM, L. Omox. 



Perianth 6-parted, spreading, persistent. Stamens 6, inserted on the base of 

 the perianth. Filaments subulate, the interior ones more or less dilated at the 

 base. Ovaiy 3-celled. Style filiform : stigma entire. Capsule loculicidally 

 3-valved. Seeds anatropous or campylotropous," single or few in each cell, 

 angled, black. — Strong-scented stemless herbs, witli bulbous roots, and a naked 

 scape, ending in an umbel of small flowers, from a 2 - 3-leaved sjjathe. — Flow- 

 ers sometimes changed into bulblcts. 



* Ovules solitari/ in the cells. 



1 . A. tricoccum, Ait. Leaves lanceolate-oblong, aoute, flat, long-tapcr- 

 ing toward tlic base, early withering ; umbel small, dense, many-flowered, erect ; 

 leaves of the perianth oblong, obtuse, longer than the stamens. — ^Mountains of 

 North Carolina, and northward. July. — Bulbs clustered. ScajjC 1° Iiigh. 

 Flowers white. 



* * Otntles 2 in each cell. 



2. A. cernuum, Roth. Leaves linear, cliannelled; scape onglcd ; umbel 

 many-flowered, nodding ; leaves of the perianth acute; stamens cxscrf d ; ovary 

 6-toothed — Mountains of South Carolina, and northward. Jii!v. — Seapo 

 1°- l.>° high. Flowers rose-color, on slender pedicels. 



•'5. A. Canadense, Kalm. Leaves narrowly linear, concave ; scape terete ; 

 umbel erect, bearing a cluster of bulbets, intermingled with a.fv w stalked rose- 

 colored flowers; spathe 1-2-leaved; leaves of tlie jieriantli obtuse, as long as 

 the stamens ; ovary 6-toothed. — Banks of rivers, Florida, and norihward June. 



— Scajjc 1° bigli. Outer coats of tlie bulb white and scarious. 



4. A. mutabile, Midix. Leaves very narrow, concave; scape terete, 

 umbel erect, many-flowered; sj)atbe 3-leaved; leaves of the ])erianth acute, as 

 long as the stamens, white changing to rose-color. — Dry snnily soil. Florida to 

 North CaroHiia May and June. — ScajjC 1° liigli. Outer coats ol the bulb 

 composed of a network of fine fibres. 



* * * Ovules seijfrnl i» each cell. 



5. A. striatum, Jacq. Leaves linear, concave ; Jimbel erect, 3-10-flow- 

 cred ; si)ati)e 2-lcavid , perianth longer than the stamens, white, the exterior 



