482 LILIACEiE. (LILY FAMILY.) 



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

 scape. Berries blue, 

 •f l.C. umbellata, Torr. Leaves 2-4, oblong, ciliate on the keel and 

 margins; scape pubescent ; umbel many-flowered ; flowers small (3" -4" long), 

 white spotted with green or purple ; ovules 2 iu each cell. (Smilacina umbel- 

 lata, Deaf.) — Shady woods on the mountains, Georgia, and northward. June. 



— Scape 8'- 12' high, rather longer than the leaves. 



,l 2 C. borealis, Raf. Leaves obovate-oblong, ciliate on the margins, acute ; 

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

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

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



5. ALLIUM, L. Onion. 



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. Ovary 3-celled. Style filiform : stigma entire. Capsule loculieidally 

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

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

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

 ers sometimes changed into bulblets. 



* Ovules solium) in tlie cells. 

 +■1- A. tricoccum, Ait. Leaves lanceolate-oblong, acute, flat, long-taper- 

 ing toward the 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. Scape 1° high. 

 Flowers white. 



* * Ovules 2 in each cell. 

 + 2. A. cernuum, Roth. Leaves linear, channelled; scape angled; umbel 

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

 6-toothed — Mountains of South Carolina, and northward. July. — Scape 

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



4- 3. A. Canadcnse, Kalm. Leaves narrowly linear, concave ; scape terete ; 

 umbel erect, bearing a cluster of bulbets, intermingled with a few stalked rose- 

 colored flowers; spathe 1-2-leaved; leaves of the perianth obtuse, as long as 

 the Stamens; ovary G -toothed. — Banks of rivers, Florida, and northward. June. 



— Scape 1° high. < >uter coats of the bulb white and searious. 



JL. 4. A. mutabile, Miehx. Leaves very narrow, concave; scnj>o terete ; 

 umbel erect, many-flowered; spathe 8-leaved; leaves of the perianth acute, as 

 Ioiilt as the Btamens, white changing to rose-color — Dry sand} soil, Florida to 



North Carolina May : :md June. — Scape 1° high. Outer coats of the bulb 



composed of a network of fine fibres. 



* * * Oralis several m each ceB. 

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

 ered ; spathe 2-leaVed; perianth longer than the .stamens, white, the exterior 



