LILY FAMILY. 4II 
1. Hemerocallis fulva Ll. Day Lily. 
(Fig. 990. ) 
Flemerocallis fulva 1, Sp. Pl. Ed. 2, 462. 1762. 
Scapes 3°-6° high, stout, mostly longer 
than the leaves. Leaves 4/’-6’’ wide, chan- 
neled, tapering to an acute tip; scape bearing 
several short bracts above; flowers 6-15, 
short-pedicelled, tawny orange, panicled, 4/— 
5/ long, opening for a day; tube of the peri- 
anth 1/-114’ long, the lobes oblong, some- 
what spreading, netted-veined; the three 
outer nearly flat, acutish; the 3 inner undu- 
late and blunt. 
In meadows and along streams, New Bruns- 
wick and Ontario to Virginia and Tennessee. 
Escaped from cultivation. Native of Europe 
and Asia. June-Aug. 
Hemerocallis flava I,., the Yellow Day Lily, 
with bright yellow flowers, their lobes parallel- 
veined, is occasionally found near old gardens. 
2. LEUCOCRINUM Nutt.; A. Gray, Ann. Lye: N. ¥: 4: 110: 1837. 
A low acaulescent rather fleshy herb, from a short rootstock, the roots thick, fibrous. 
Outer leaves membranous, acute, short; inner leaves linear, elongated, the innermost re- 
duced to bracts. Flowers large, white, umbellate from the subterranean axils. Pedicels fili- 
form. Perianth with a yery narrow tube and a salverform limb, persistent, the 6 linear-ob- 
long lobes spreading, nerved, shorter than the tube. Stamens borne near the top of the 
perianth-tube, shorter than the lobes; filaments filiform; anthers linear, their sacs introrsely 
dehiscent. Ovary ovoid, 3-celled; style filiform 
stigma small. Capsule oval or obovoid, 3-angled, 
sessile, obtuse, loculicidal. Seeds several in each 
cavity, angled. [Greek, meaning white lily. ] 
A monotypic genus of northwestern North America 
1. Leucocrinum montanum Nutt. 
Leucocrinum. ( Fig. 991.) 
Leucocrinum montanum Nutt.; A. Gray, Ann. Lyc. 
N.Y. 4: 110. 1837. 
Root-fibres very thick, numerous. Inner leaves 
2/-10’ long, 1/’-3/’ wide; flowers 3-8; pedicels %/7— 
2’ long; perianth-limb about 14’ broad, the lobes 
acute; perianth-tube 1/-2’ long, less than 1’ in di- 
ameter; filaments 3/’-4’’ long; anthers coiled, at 
least when dry; capsule 3/’-4’” long, erect, leath- 
ery; seeds 4-6 in each cavity, black. 
In sandy soil, South Dakota and western Nebraska 
to California. Ascends to 5500 ft. inthe Black Hills. 
April-June. 
Be ALLIUM L, Sp. Pl, 204. 17/53. 
Bulbous herbs, characteristically odorous (alliaceous), the bulbs solitary, or clustered on 
short rootstocks. Leaves narrowly linear, or rarely lanceolate or oblong, sheathing, basal, or 
sometimes also on the stem. Stem (usually a scape) simple, erect. Flowers white, purple, 
pink or /green, in a terminal simple umbel, subtended by 2 or 3 membranous separate or 
united bracts. Pedicels slender, not jointed. Perianth persistent, the 6 segments separate, 
or united by their very bases. Stamens inserted on the bases of the perianth-segments; fila- 
ments filiform or dilated, sometimes toothed; anther-sacs introrsely dehiscent. Ovary ses- 
sile or nearly so, completely or incompletely 3-celled; style filiform, jointed, usually decidu- 
ous; stigmas small; ovules 1-6 in each cayity. Capsule loculicidal. [Latin for garlic. ] 
About¥275 species of wide distribution. Besides the following, some 4o others occur in the 
western United States. 
