49G lI.KMOnORACK.F, (l{r,(»<il)\V(»l:T FAMII.V.) 



ilivisioiiji (if tlio jicriiiiitli nhlonp, hairy witlunit ; socils lilack, iiiiimtely pitted. 

 Low jiint' liiiiTi'iis, in the lower districts. Miircli - April. — Sc'aj)0 4' - iK 

 long, at length pruiiunhent. Flowers 9" - 12" wide. 



Oin>EK 147. H.l!:31()I)()UACE^K. (Uloodwokt Family.) 



Perennial liliroii.s-rooted herb.s, with leafy or scape-like .stems, 

 mostly eqiiitant and sword-shaped leaves, and regular woolly or scurfy 

 flowers. — Perianth tubular, G-cleft, more or less cohering with the 3- 

 celled ovary. Stamens 3 or 6: anthers adnate, introrse, 2-celled. 

 Ovuli'S mostly few, anatropous or anijthitropous, attached to the cen- 

 tral ]dacenta3. Styles ''). united, det-idiiou.'^, or persi.stent and separat- 

 ing : stigma entire. Capsule enclosed in the persistent jierianth, 

 loculicidally 3-valved at the apex. Embryo small, in hard albumen. 



Synopsis. 



1. LACHNANTHES. Periantli woolly: stamens 3: style deciduous: flowers cymose : 



stem leafy. 



2. LOPHIOLA. Perianth woolly : stamens G : style persistent : flowers corymbose : stem 



leafy. 



3. ALETRIS. Perianth scurfy ; stamens G : style persistent : flowers spiked : stem scape- 



Uke. 



1. LACHNANTHES, EU. 



Perianth woolly without, Globed ; with the exterior lobes smaller; the tube 

 adnate to the ovary. Stamens 3, slender, exserted : anthers linear. Style 

 filiform, declined, deciduous : stigma entire. Capsule globu.se, .3-angled. 

 Seeds aniphitropous, few, thin, orbicular, concave, fixed by the middle to the 

 thick globose placenta;. — A leafy-stemmed perennial, with orange colored 

 juice. 



1. L. tinctoria, T-ll. Root red, fibrous; stem mostly simple, villous 

 above ; leaves linear-sword-shaped, smooth, the lower ones crowded and equi- 

 tant, the others smaller and remote ; flowers 2-ranked, crowded in lateral and 

 terminal compound woolly cymes, yellow within ; exterior lobes of the perianth 

 linear; valves of the capsule separating from the placentJE ; seeds l)lack. — 

 I'ouds and ditches. July -Sept. — Stem 2° -3° high. Leaves 1°- 1^° long. 

 Flowers Y lo"g 



2. LOPHIOLA, Ker. 



Perianth woolly without, and at the throat within, nearly equally 6-lobed, 

 spreading ; the tube adnate to the lower half of the ovary. Stamens 6, slender : 

 anthers oblong. Style subulate, erect, persistent and separable : stigma entire. 

 Capsule ovate, coriaceous, 3-ribbed and 3-furrowed. Seeds anatropous, few, 

 linear-oblong, curved, fixed at the base. 



1. L. auroa, Ker. Stem erect, finely pubescent above, mostly simple; 

 lowest leaves linear-sword-shaped, acute, equitant, the others diminishing up- 

 ward, remote; flowers small, yellow within, in corymbose woolly racemes. — 

 Wet pine barrens, Florida, and northward. July. — Stem 2° liigh, creeping 

 at the base. Leaves 4'- 12' long. Flowers 3" long, nodding in the bud. 



