11Q Order 148.— LILIACE^E. 



margin rough-serrulate ; segm. oblong, acutish. — Thickets, near the se3-coast, S. 

 Car. to Fla. A shrubby, palm-like plant, of singular and forbidding aspect when 

 not in flower. Leaves a foot or more long, sharp and rigid like daggers. Fla. 

 white, with a violet base and violet spots. Jn. — Aug. (Y. Draconis L.) 



6. NOLFNA, L. C. Rich. (For P. C. NoUn, an American botan- 

 ist.) Dioecio-polvgamous ; perianth (small) of G, ovate, spreading, sub- 

 equal segments ; "stamens 6, shorter than the perianth ; ovary free, 3- 

 cornered, 3-celled; stigmas 3, recurved, with a very short style; cap- 

 sule 3-winged, 3 (or by abortion 2 or l)-seeded. — Root hearing a coated 

 bulb. St. scape-like, branched into several long, simple, nearly bract- 

 less racemes of very small, white fls. 



N. Georgiana Mx. Dry sand hills, S. Car. and Ga. (Mettauer). Bulb very 

 large (Elliott). Scape 2 to 3f high, with a few short Its: at its base, which dimin- 

 ish to scales upwards. Root lvs. linear, 1 to 2f long, numerous, recurved, their 

 bases much dilated and imbricated. Panicle large. Rr>c. loose, If or more long, 

 Pedicel3 5 to 6" long. Perianth spreading 3". 



7. SCIL'LA, L. Squill. Perianth 6-parted, petals and sepals simi- 

 lar, spreading (blue or purple) ; filaments 6, subulate or filiform, smooth, 

 hypogynous ; style filitbrm-clavellate ; capsule free, 3-ceIIed, 3-valved, 

 obtusely 3-angle'd ; cells with 1 or several roundish, black seeds. — Bulb 

 coated, bearing several linear lvs. and a scape with a raceme. 



1 S. esculenta Ker. Quamash. Lvs. linear, carinate, flaccid and recurved, 

 tapering to both ends, shorter than the scape ; bracts solitary, subulate, scarioua, 

 longer than tlio pedicels, which are about the length of the flowers ; fil. filiform ; 

 Btig. 3-toothed. — Grassy, wet prairies, along the rivers, Wis. to Ohio, the uplands 

 of Ga., and westward. Bulb nutritious, about 1' diam., resembling a small 

 onion.' Scapo 1 to 2f high. Lvs. nearly as loug, grass-like. Rac. 2 to 3' long. 

 Pet and sep. linear-lanceolate, 4 to 6" long. Anth. oblong, yellow. May. 

 (Phalangium, Nutt. Camassia, Lindl. C. Fraseri Torr) — Improves by cultiva- 

 tion as to the size both of tho bulbs and flowers. 



2 S praebracteata Haw. Squill. Lvs. broad-linear, longer than tho 

 scape ; bracts as long as the pedicels ; flowers in a large conical panicle ; perianth 

 spreading, persistent.— Bulb large, white. Fls. blue, f S. Eur. 



8. ORNITHOG'ALUM, L. Star-of-Bethlehem. (Gr. opviBog, of & 

 bird, ydXa, milk ; why so-called is not obvious.) Perianth deeply G- 



wted, regular, persistent, segments many (3 to *7) veined, spreading, 

 'white, green or yellow) ; filaments 6, dilated at base, scarcely perigy- 

 nous, ovary free ; style erect, tapering or subtrilobate ; capsule 3-lobed, 

 3-celled, 3-valved above ; seeds few or many in each cell, shining, 

 black. — Bulbous plants, scarcely differing from Scilla except in tho 

 color of the fls. 



1 O. croceum Ell. Yellow Star-of-Bethlehem. Lvs. narrowly linear, radi- 

 ical, longer than the slender scape which bears an oblong raceme of saffron-yeUow 

 flowers at top ; bracts Bcarious at apex, obtuse, sheathing, many times shorter 

 than tho slender pedicel ; segm. lance-ovate, obtuse, 3-veined, erect after flower- 

 ing, with a greenish-orange stripe on tho back ; sty. and stam. subulate, shorter 

 than the segments. — Mid. Ga., rare. (On Stone Mt, 16m. from Atlanta! Also 

 at Macon, Dr. Mettauer.) Scape 10 to 20' high, almost filiform. Rac. 10 to 15- 

 flowered. Ped. 8 to 12" long, fls. half as long. Apr., May. (Phalangium Mx, 

 Nutt.) 



2 O. umbellatum L. White Star-of-Eethlehem. Lvs. linear, channeled, as 

 long as tiie scape, emarginate ; scape bearing a few white, green-striped fls. in a 

 loose corymb ; pedicels longer than tho bracts ; filaments lanceolate-subulate. — 

 Gardens, and naturalized in many localities. Scape near If high. Segm. of the 

 Ktar-likc perianth beautifully marked with a longitudinal stripe on the outside. May. 



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