30 ELEMENTS OF BOTANY. 



of the perianth, filaments filiform or dilated below ; ovary 

 sessile, 3-celled, style filiform, jointed, stigma entire ; fruit 

 a 3-celled, 3-valved, few-seeded capsule. Flowers sometimes 

 changed into bulblets. 



1. A. C ANA DENSE L. Meadow Garlic. Bulbs ovoid, the outer 

 coats of white and scarious reticulating fibers ; leaves narrowly 

 linear, flat, or concave above ; scape terete, 1 ft. high ; bracts of the 

 umbel 2-3, ovate, acuminate ; umbel consisting mostly of sessile 

 bulblets ; the few flowers long-pediceled, rose-colored ; perianth about 

 as long as the stamens, filaments dilated below ; capsule sliorter than 

 the perianth, 6-toothed, seeds 2 in each cell. May-June. On n;oist 

 soil. 



2. A. MUTABiLE Michx. Wild Onion. Bulbs ovoid, solitary, 

 or clustered, outer coat a network of slender fibers ; leaves very nar- 

 row, concave ; scape erect, longer than the leaves, 1 ft. high ; umbel 

 erect, many-flowered, bulblets few, bracts 3 ; perianth white or rose- 

 colored, the segments acute, as long as the stamens ; capsule shorter 

 than the perianth, not toothed, seeds 2 in each cell. Marcli-June. 

 In dry, sandy soil. 



3. A. STRIATUM Jacq. Striped Wild Onion. Bulbs clusterefl, 

 outer coat membranaceous ; leaves linear, concave, striate on the hack ; 

 scape 6-12 in. high; umbel 3-10-flowered, bracts 2, pedicels 1-2 in. 

 long ; perianth nearly white, longer than the stamens, the outer seg- 

 ments green-keeled on the back ; capsule not toothed, seeds several 

 in each cell. March-April. Low pine barrens. 



III. HYACINTHUS. 



Acaulescent herbs from coated bulbs ; leaves linear, fleshy ; 

 flowers in an erect spike, pediceled, bracted, perianth tubular 

 below, lobed and spreading above ; stamens short, included ; 

 style short, stigma capitate, ovary 3-celled, many-ovuled. 



H. orientalis L. Hyacinth. Leaves lance-linear, thick and 

 fleshy, smooth ; scape erect, many-flowered ; segments united about 

 half their length, white, blue, or red ; filaments very short ; ovary 

 rarely maturing seed. January-March. Common in cultivation. 



lY. LILIUM. 



Perennial from scaly bulbs ; stem erect, leafy, usually tall 

 and slender ; leaves sessile, scattered or whorled ; flowers 



