056 LIU ACE JE. 



Order SMILACE.E. 



SMILAX, Tourn. 



S. Havanensis, Jacq. Prickly ; leaves rigid, ovate or roundish, emar- 

 ginate, 5-nerved (3'-4' long), the margins prickly. — Keys of South Florida 

 ( Curtiss). 



TRILLIUM, L. 



T. recurvation, Beck. Stem (1° high) erect from a horizontal tuber, 

 Leaves oblong-ovate, acute, contracted into a short petiole, faintly mottled; 

 petals purplish brown, erect (li' long), linear-spatulate, twice as long as the 

 lanceolate reflexed sepals ; filaments as long as the incurved anthers and the 

 spreading stigmas. — Rich valleys of the mountains of Georgia. April. 



Var. ? lanceolatum, Watson. Leaves sessile, more narrowly lanceo- 

 late ; sepals less strictly rerlexed; petals almost linear; filaments longer. 

 (T. lanceolatum, Boykin.) — Georgia and Alabama. 



Order LILIACE^E. 



POLYGONATUM, Tourn. 



P. giganteum, Dietrich. Smooth; stem tall (.M°-8° high), curving ; 

 leaves ovate, partly clasping, many-nerved; peduncles 3-5-flowered, the 

 lower ones half as long as the leaves; filaments smooth. (P. canaliculatum, 

 Pursh.) — Rocky cliffs of the mountains of Georgia, and northward. — 

 Flowers f long. 



CAMASSIA, Lindl. 



Perianth bell-shaped, 6 leaved, deciduous. Stamens 6, inserted on the base 

 of the perianth. Style filiform. Capsule 3-angled, 3-celled, loculieidally 

 3-valved, several-seeded. — Scape from a coated bulb. Leaves radical. 

 Flowers racemose, blue or purple. 



C. Fraseri, Torr. (Wild Hyacinth.) Leaves linear; scape 1° high ; 

 raceme many-flowered; flowers showy, pale blue; cells of the ovary 6-9- 

 ovuled. — Rich valleys of the mountains of Georgia, and northward. April. 



ALLIUM, L. 



A. vineale, L. Scape leafy at base (l°-2° high) ; leaves terete, hollow ; 

 umbel often bulb-bearing; alternate filaments 3-cleft. — North Carolina 

 ! Introduced. 



SCHCENOLIRION, Torr. 



S. Elliottii, Feay. Scape often sparingly branched (l°-2° high); 

 leaves linear, concave, the upper oneB small and distant; racemes loosely 



