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leaves green on the keel. — Low pine barrens, Florida to North Carolina. March 

 and April. — Scape fi'- 12' high. Pedicels 1'- 2' long. Flowers 5" long. Leaves 

 streaked on the haek. 



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

 Bpathe 2-leaved; ambel fastigiate; leaves of the perianth oblong, obtuse; sta- 

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

 lina. — Bulbs clustered. Flowers white, rose-color without. ( # ) 



6. NOLINA, Michx. 



Perianth 6-parted, spreading, withering-persistent ; the divisions similar, obloncr- 

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

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

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

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

 ,1-seeded. Seed oblong-obovate, dull brown and roughish, slightly incurved; 

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

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

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

 ing above. Flowers small, white, crowded iu long bractod racemes. Pedicels 

 jointed, reflexed in fruit. 



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

 Georgia and South Carolina. April and May. — Bulb very large, tunieatcd. 

 Scape 2° -3° high, with a few scales near the base. Leaves 1°-2 Q long, dry 

 and harsh. 



7. SCHCENOLIRION, Torr. 



Perianth 6-parted, spreading, withering-persistent; the divisions 3-5-nerved. 

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

 date-sagittate, introrse. Style subulate, persistent: stigma minutely 3-lobed. 

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

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

 1-6-secded. Seeds globose or angular, smooth, black, and shining. Embryo 

 Btraight, as long as the fleshy albumen. — Perennial herbs. Root a tuberous 

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

 linear, concave, rounded on the back, the others small and bract-like. Flowers 

 small, white, in loose bracted racemes. Pedicels spreading, jointed. 



1. S. Michauxii, Torr. Pedicels 2 -4 times the length of the bracts; divis- 

 ions of the perianth oblong, the nerves somewhat distant. (Phalangium croeeum, 

 Michx. Ornithogalum croeeum, Ell.) — Swamps, chiefly in the pine barrens, 

 Georgia, Florida, and westward. May and June. — Rhizoma cylindrical. Seape 

 2° high, slender. Leaves 1° long. 



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



Perianth corolla-like, with six spreading or rceurved deciduous separate 

 leaves; the three inner oues grooved and 2-toothed at the base. Stamens 6, 



