4H<> LIMACK.K. (l.lI.Y KAMII.V.) 



from ft sIimkUt nnpiii;; rlii/.oina. Stom simple, slii-ailicd at llic l)as(', leafy at 

 the summit. Lciivcs 4-6, nltoriuito, ohloiiKconlate, 5- 9-ril)lH'd. rcdundcs 

 few-flowered. Flowers small, greenish, on jointed nodding pedieels, which aro 

 thickened upward. 



I. C. pauciflora, Torr. — Shady woods, Florida, Goor«:ia, and Alabama. 

 April. — Stem 6' - l:i' high. Leaves 2' - 4' long, thin, sj)reading. 



Ohdkr lol. LILIACEiE. (Lily Family.) 



Chiefly herb.s, with sessile or sheathing parallel-nerved leaves, and per- 

 fect flowers. — Perianth corolla-like, G- (rarely 4-) leaved or lobed, free 

 from the 2 - 3-celled ovary. Stamens 6 (rarely 4), hypo;jrynous or peripy- 

 nous : anthers introrse (except in No. 0). Styles united. Stigmas 3, 

 distinct or united. Fruit a capsule or berry, few - many-seeded. Seeds 

 anatropous or amphitropous. Embryo small, in fleshy or hard albumen. 



Synopsis. 



Tribe I. ASPARAGE^. Fruit a berry. Divisions of t' c perianth more or less 

 united (except No. 4). — Leaves broad 

 1 rOLYGON.\TUM Flowers axillary. Perianth tubular. Stems leafy. 

 2. SMILACINA. Flowers in a terminal rareme. Perianth spreading. Stems leafy. 

 .S. rONVALLAKIA. Flowers racemed. Perianth C- lobed. Scape naked. 

 4. CLINXOXIA. Flowers umbellcd. Perianth 6-leaved. Scape naked. 



Tribe II. ASPHODELiE^E. Fruit a capsule. Divisions of the perianth united at 

 the base. — Stems scape-like. Leaves linear, rarely lanceolate. 

 * Root a coated bulb. 



5- ALLIUM. Flowers umbelled, froA a scarious spathe. Seeds smooth and black. 



6- NOLINA. Flowers racemed, white. Stigmas 3. Seeds roughened, brown. 



* » Root a tuberous rhizoma. 



7. SCIKENOLIRIOX. Flowers racemed, white. Seeds smooth and black. Leaves equitant. 



Tribe III. TUL1IPACE.E. Fruit a capsule. Divisions of the perianth distinct, de- 

 ciduous. — Stems leafy. 



• Bulbous-rooted herbs. Seeds pale. 



8. ERYTHROXIUM. Seeds ovoid, with a membranaceous appendage at the apex. Stem 



2 -leayed. 



9. LILIL'M. Seed flat, winged, not appendaged- Stem many-leaved. 



« * Palm-like arborescent plants. Seeds black. 

 10. YUCCA Stigmas 3, nearly sessile. Capsule dry or pulpy. Leaves spiny-pointed. 



1. POLYGONATUM, Desf. 



Perianth tul)ular, 6-elcft. Stamens 6, inserted on the middle of the tube, in- 

 cluded : anthers sagittate, fixed at the base. Ovary 3-eeIled, with 3-6 ovules 

 in each cell. Style slender: stigma obtuse. Berry few-seeded. — Rhizoma 

 creeping. Stem simple, leafy. Leaves oval or oblong. Peduncles axillary, 

 1 - few-flowered. Flowers drooping, on bractless pedicels. 



