MLi.vcr.-K. (lily family.) 4S3 



leaves green on tlie Urt 1. — Low pine barrens, Floriila to Nortli rnrolina. March 

 and April. — Seape6'-12'liig!i. Pedicels 1' -2' long. Flowers 5" long. Leaves 

 streaked on Uie back. 



6. A. Carolinianum, Ked. Scape naked ; leaves linear, even beneath ; 

 spathe 2-leavcd ; umi)el fastigiate ; leaves of tlie perianth oblong, obtuse ; sta- 

 mens subulate, twice as long as the perianth ; capsule many-seeded. — In Caro- 

 lina. — Bulbs elusii-rcd. Flowers white, rose-color without. ( ♦ ) 



6. NOLINA, Michx. 



Perianth 6-parted, spreading, withering-persistent ; the divisions similar, oMon"'- 

 lanceolate, 1-nerved. Stamens 6, inserted on the base of the perianth ; filaments 

 subulate . anthers cordate. Style veiy short, persistent : stigmas 3, recurved. 

 Ovary 3-angled, 3-cclled, with two anatropous collateral ascending ovules in 

 each celL Capsule membranaceous, obovatc, wing-angled, 3-valved, mostly 

 1-seedcd. Seed oblong-obovate, dull brown and rougliish, slightly incurved; 

 longituilinally grooved on the inner face. Embryo slender, straight, shorter 

 than the fleshy albumen. — Eoot large, bulbous. Leaves numerous, all radical, 

 very long and narrow, recurved, keeled, rough on the margins. Scape branch- 

 ing above. Flowers small, white, crowded in long bracted racemes. Pedicels 

 jointed, reflexed in fruit. 



1. N. Georgiana, Michx. — Dry sand-hills in the middle districts of 

 Georgia and South Carolina. April and INIay. — Bulb very large, tunicated. 

 Scape 2° -3° high, with a f^'W scales near the base. Leaves 1°-:^'-' loii^, dry 

 and harsh. 



7. SCHCENOLIEION, Torr. 



Perianth 6-partod, spreading, withering-persistent; the divisions 3-.5-nervcd. 

 Stamens 6, inserted on the base of the perianth : filaments subulate : anthers cor- 

 date-sagittate, iutrorsc. Style subulate, persistent: stigma minutely 3-iobed. 

 Ovary globose, 3-celled, with two anatropous ascending ovules in each cell. 

 Capsule coriaceous, broadly obovate, obtusely 3-lobed, loculicidally 3-valved, 

 1-G-seeded. Seeds globose or angular, smooth, black, and shining. Embryo 

 straight, as long as tlie fleshy albumen. — Perennial herbs. Boot a tuberous 

 rhizoma. Scape branching above. Radical leaves smooth, equitant, sheathing, 

 lin'. .n-, concave, rounded on the back, the others small and bract-like. Flowers 

 small, w^hite, in loose bracted racemes. Pedicels spreading, jointed. 



l.S. Miehauxii, Torr. Pedicels 2-4 times the length of the bracts; divis- 

 ions of the i>crianth oblong, the nerves somewhat distant. (Phalangium croccuin, 

 Micfix. Ornithogalum croeeum, E!l.) — Sv.-amns, chiefly in the pine barrens, 

 Georcria, Florida, and westward. May and June. — lihizoma cylindrical. Scape 

 2° high, slender. Leaves 1° long. 



8. ERYTHRONIUM, L. Dog's-tooth Violet. 



Perianth corolla-like, -with six spreading or rccur\'cd deciduous c'^nnrnte 

 leaves; the three inner ones grooved and 2-toothed at the buae. btumens 6, 



