512 LILIACK.K. (lily KAMII.V.) 



^■ar. Carolinianum. (L. riiroliniuuum, Mirli.r.) Leaves often all 

 si'atleruil, luoaiU'r, iiioru taiieiing at tlio liasc, faintly nerved; tinwcrs 1 -."J; 

 leaves of tlie perianth acute. — Swamps in tiiu lower ilistrieis. .Inly. — Stem 

 2^-3^ lii,i;li. 



5. L. Grayi, Watson. Loaves lanceolate {'2' or less lonj^), in wliorl.s of 

 4-8, not aenniiuale ; lUnvers often solitary, horizontal (l^'-2i' lonj;), the 

 sofjinents oManceolate, spreailing Imt not recurved, deep reddish orange, 

 purple-s]iolted. — Summit of Hoan Mountain, North Carolina. 



11. YUCCA, L. Spanish Bayonet. 



Perianth cup-shaped, corolla-like, G-leaved. Sepals and petals nearly alike, 

 late deciduous. Stamens G, with thick granular club-shaped lilameuts : an- 

 thers small, oval. Ovary 3-celled, 3-sided, gi-ooved at the angles. Stigmas 3, 

 nearly .sessile, oblong, concave, 2-cleft. Ovules numerous, in two rows, the 

 rows separated by a false partition. Capsule oblong, 6-celled, pulpy and in- 

 dehiscent, or dry and loculicidally 3-valved at the apex. Seeds numerous, 

 flat, horizontal, smooth antl itlack. — Plants with a thick palm-like leafy stem 

 (caudex), numerous rigid and s])ine-poiuted leaves, and white showy jjanided 

 flowers. 



* Stem short: capsule dry, S-valred. 



1. Y. filamentosa, L. (Bear-grass.) Stem short and leafy ; leaves 

 from linear to broad-lanceolate, green or glaucous, with threadlike filaments 

 on the margins ; scape branching and pubescent above ; capsule with 3 rounded 

 angles, at length separating at the inflexed sutures into tliree 2-celled carpels. 

 — Light or sandy soil. June. — Stem rarely more than a foot above the 

 ground. Leaves l°-2° long. Scape 4°- 6" high. 



* * Stem tall : capsule coriaceous or pulpij, 6-angled, indekisceiit. 



2. Y. gloriosa, L. Stem mostly simple, leafy at the summit ; leaves 

 linear-lanceolate, riii^id, smooth on the margins; panicle large, smooth, py- 

 ramidal, short-peduncled ; flowers single or clustered ; leaves of the perianth 

 white, lanceolate, acute ; capsule coriaceous. — Dry sandy coast, Florida to 

 North Carolina. May- June. — Stem 2°-4° high. Leaves r-H^ long. 

 Panicle 2" -3° long. 



3. Y. aloifolia, L. Stem mostly branching, leafy above ; leaves linear- 

 lanceolate, very rigid, strongly spine-pointed, very rough on the margins, the 

 lower ones reflexed ; panicle short, smooth, densely flowered, nearly sessile ; 

 divisions of the ])erianth ovate-lanceolate, white tinged with purple ; capsule 

 pulpy. — With the preceding. May - June. — Stem 4° - 8° high. Leaves and 

 jianicle 1°-U° long. 



The Grape Hyacixtm (Muscari), Star op Bethlehem (Orxithoga- 

 i.vsi), Asparagus, and Day Lily (Hemerocallis), which have escaped 

 from cultivation, are occasionally found spontaneous near homesteads, and 

 along roadsides. 



