Order 148.— LILIACE^E. ?07 



d Perianth limb revolute, as long as the tube Htacintiius. 11 



d Perianth limb spreading, much shorter than tube Muscabi. 12 



e Perianth segments distinct Base of the stamens valve-like.. . .Asphodki.us. 13 



e Perianth segments half-united. — Stamens perigynons Hemep.ocali.18. 14 



— Stamens hypogynous Funkia. 15 



(Tbibe CONYALLARINI^E. P.hizomc. Fruit a berry. Seed-coat thin, pale.) 



f Perianth tubular-oblong, greenish. Peduncles axillary Polygonatum. 1<S 



f Perianth broad-campanulate, white. Itaccme leafless Convallaria. 17 



g Scape leafless, bearing an umbel. Cerry 2-cellcd Clintonia. 18 



g Stem leafy, bearing a cluster. — Flowers 6-parted S.milacina. 19 



— Flowers 4-parted Majantiikmum. 20 



h Stems branching. Flowers small, axillary. Berry red Asparagus. 21 



(Tbibe UYULABIEJS. Boot fibrous. Anthers mostly innate and opening outwards.) 



k Filaments flat, as long as the sagittate anthers. Berry many-seeded. . .Stp.eptophus. 23 

 k Filaments filiform, much longer than the anthers. Berry 3 to G-seeded. . .Prosartes. 23 

 k Filaments shorter than the long, linear anthers. Capsule G to CO -seeded.. Uvulaeia. 24 



1. ERYTHRO'NIUM, L. (Or. ipvdpog, red; the color of some 

 species.) Perianth campanulatc, segments recurved, the 3 inner ones 

 (petals) usually with a callous tooth attached to each side at base, and 

 a groove in the middle ; style long ; capsule somewhat stipulate, seeds 

 ovate. — 2T. Leaves 2, subradical. Scape 1-flowered. Fls. nodding, 

 liliaceous. 



1 E. Americanum Smith. Yellow Erythroniu&i. Scape naked; lvs. spotted, 

 lanceolate and involute at the point ; segments yellow, oblong-lanceolate, obtuse, 

 inner ones bidentate near the base; sty. clavate; stig. undivided. — A beautiful little 

 plant, among the earliest of our vernal flowers, found in rich, open grounds, or in 

 thin woods, U. S. and Can. The bulb is deep in the ground. Scape slender, 3 — 

 4/ high. The 2 leaves aro of equal length (5'), one of them nearly twice as wide 

 as the other, both clouded with brown spots. Flower drooping, yellow, revolut© 

 in the sunshine. May. (E. Dens-canis Mx.) 



2 E. albidum Nutt. "White Erytiironium. Scape naked; lvs. elliptic-lanceo- 

 late; segments of white, linear-lanceolate, rather obtuse, inner ones without dentures 

 at base, subunguiculate ; stig. 3-cleft, lobes reflexed. — About the size of the last, 

 in wet meadows, near Albany, N. Y. (Storrs) to Wis. (Lapham). Leaves without 

 an acumination, tapering to the base, of equal length including the petiole (4: — 5'), 

 one of them twice as wide as the other. Scape a little longer than the leaves, 

 bearing a single, white, nodding flower. Segments 1£' long. April, May. 



3 E. bracteatum Bw. Scape bracted ; lvs. lanceolate, very unequal; segm. 

 greenish-yellow. — An alpine species, found in Vt., Boott. It is a smaller plant, 

 distinguishable by the inequality of the leaves, one of which is 3 or 4 times as 

 large as the other. Scape shorter than tho leaves, with a narrow, lanceolate 

 bract, W long, a little below tho flower. Flower greenish-yellow. Segments, 

 about 9' 7 long, gibbous at base. Jn. 



2. TU'LIPA, Tourn. Tulip. (Persian thouliban, a turban ; allud- 

 ing to the form of these magnificent flowers.) Perianth campanulatc ; 

 stamens short, subulate ; anthers broad-linear, deeply emarginate at 

 base; style very short ; stigma thick ; capsule oblong, triangular. — % 

 Herbs acaulesccnt, with coated bulbs, sessile lvs., and a simple scapa 

 bearing a solitary, erect flower. 



T. Gesneriana L. Scape 1-flowered, smooth; lvs. ovate-lanceolato ; fls. 

 erect, segments obtuse, smooth. — Named for Gesner, a Zurich botanist. Its varie- 

 ties are endless, and may be produced by first planting the seed in a rich soil, 

 then transplanting the bulbs into a poorer soil. Thus at length the flowers be- 

 come broken or variegated with colors in that exquisite manner so much admired. 

 More than 700 varieties are described ia florists' catalogues. Apr., May, Jn. 

 f From Persia; 



3. LIL'IUM, L. Lily. (Gr. Xlptov, Celtic li, white ; one species 



