LiLiACE^. (lily family.) 483 



leaves green on the keci. — Low pine barrens, Florida to North Carolina. Marcli 

 and April. — Scape 6'- 12' high. Pedicels 1'- 2' long. Flowers 5" long. Leaves 

 streaked on tlie back. 



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

 spathe 2-leaved ; umliL-I 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, oblong- 

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

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

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

 each cell. Capsule membranaceous, obovate, 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 

 tlian 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 in long bracted racemes. Pedicels 

 jointed, rcflcxcd in fruit. 



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

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

 Scape 2°-3° high, with a few scales near the base. Leaves l°-2° 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-valved, 

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

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

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

 linear, concave, rounded on tlie 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 i>erianth oblong, the nerves somewhat distant. (Phalangium croceum, 

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

 Georgia, Florida, and westward. May and June. — Rliizoma cylindrical. Scape 

 2° high, slender. Leaves 1° long. 



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



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

 leaves; the three inner ones grooved and 2-toothed at the base. Stamens C, 



