5^2 tlLlACE^. (lily family.) 



* * Leaves linear ; ovules a pair in each cell. 



2. A. Schoenoprasum, L. (Chives.) Scape naked or leafy at base 

 {6-12' high), bearing a globular capitate umbel of many rose-purple flowers; 

 sepals lanceolate, pointed, longer than the simple downwardly dilated filaments ; 

 leaves awl-sJiaped, hollow; capsule not crested. — From X. Brunswick and the 

 Great Lakes to the Pacific. (Eu., Asia.) 



•3. A. cernuum, Roth. (Wild Onion.) Scape naked, angular {^-2° 

 high), nodding at the apex, bearing a loose or drooping few - man >i-flowered 

 umbel; leaves linear, flattened, shar pi ij keeled (1° long); sepals oblong-ovate, 

 acute (rose-color), shorter than the slender filaments and style; capsule 6- 

 crested. — In the Alleghanies to S. C, west to Minn., Mo., Tex., and westward. 

 § 2. Bulbs mostlji solitary , not rhizomatous ; coats often fibrous ; leaves narrowly 

 linear, flat or channelled (terete in A. viueale). 



4. A. Stellatum, Fras. Scape terete (6-18' high), slender, bearing an 

 erect umbel; bulb-coats membranous; sepals broad , acute ; stamens and style 

 exserted ; capsule prominently ^-crested. — Rocky slopes, Minn, to W. 111. and 

 Mo., and westward. 



5. A. reticulatum, Fraser. Scape 3 - 8' high ; bulbs densely and coarsely 

 fibrous-coated ; spathe 2-valved; umbel rarely bulbiferous; sepals ovate- to 

 narrowly lanceolate, thin and lax in fruit, a third longer than the stamens ; cap- 

 sule crested. — Sask. to Iowa and N. Mex. 



6. A. Nuttallii, Watson. Scape 4-6' high, from a very fibrous-coated 

 bulb; spathe usually 3-valved ; sepals usually broader, rather rigid in fruit; 

 capsule not crested. — Central Kan. to Tex., and westward. 



7. A. Canadense, Kalm. (Wild Garlic.) Scape 1° high or more; 

 bulb-coats somewhat fibrous ; umbel densely bulbiferous or few-flowered ; sepals 

 narrowly lanceolate, obtusish, equalling or exceeding the stamens ; capsule not 

 crested. — Moist meadows, N. Eng. to Minn., south to the Gulf. May, June. 



A. vineXle, L. (Field Garlic.) Scape slender, clothed with the sheath- 

 ing bases of the leaves below the middle (1-3"^ high) ; leaves terete and hollow, 

 slender, channelled above; umbel often densely bulbiferous ; filaments much di- 

 lated, the alternate ones cuspidate on each side of the anther. — Moist meadows 

 and fields ; a vile weed eastward. June. (Nat. from p]u.) 



3. NOTHOSCORDUM, Kunth. 



Flowers greenish • or yellowish white. Capsule oblong-obovate, somewhat 

 lobed, obtuse, with the style obscurely jointed on the summit ; cells several- 

 ovuled and -seeded. Filaments filiform, distinct, adnate at base. Bulb tuni- 

 cated, not alliaceous. Otherwise as in Allium. (Name from v'jOos, false, and 

 (TKopZiov, garlic.) 



1. N. striatum, Kunth. Scape 1° high or less; bulb small, often bulbi- 

 ferous at base ; leaves narrowly linear ; flowers few, on slender pedicels, the 

 segments narrowly oblong, 4-6" long; ovules 4-7 in each cell. (Allium 

 striatum, Jacq.) — Prairies and open woods, Va. to Ind., Neb., and southward. 



4. ANDROSTEPHIUM, Torr. 



Perianth funnel-form, the cylindrical tube equalling the somewhat spreading 

 limb or shorter; segments 1-nerved. Stamens 6, in one row upon tlie throat; 



