712 Order, 148.— LILTACE..E. 



channeled and keeled : umbel of fls. globous ; stam. tricuspidate, a Utile longer than 

 the rough-keeled sepals. — Gardens. Rt. bearing a scaly, cylindrical bulb. Stem 2f 

 high, bearing long, linear, alternate, sheatliing lvs., and at the top a largo umbel, 

 of small white fls. Jl. f Switzerland. 



9 A. vineale Ij. Crow Garlic. St. slender, with a few leaves ; caulino lvs. 

 terete, fistulous; umbel bulbiferous; sta. exsert ; fil. alternately tricuspidate, tbo 

 middle point bearing the anther. — % Meadows, Mid. and W. States. Leaves 

 6 — 12' long. Scape 1 — 2f high, bearing a spat ho- of 2 small bracts at top, and 

 an umbel of flowers with which bulb3 are sometimes intermixed. Perianth pur- 

 ple. June, July. § 



10 A. schcenoprasum L. Cites. /Scape somewhat leafy at base, equaling the 

 terete, filiform, fisiulotis lvs. ; spatho of 2 bracts, nearly as long as the capitato 

 umbel ; segm. lanceolate, acuminate, longer than, the filam. which are toothless 

 and dilated at base. — Lake shores, Can. Common in gardens, growing in tufts. 

 Bulbs small. Scape less than If high. Umbel 1' diam. Fls. purple. Jl. 



11 A. fistulosum L. Welsh Oxiox. Scap?. leafy at base, inflated in the 

 midst; lvs. fistulous throughout, terete, about the length of the scape; umbel dense, 

 globular, fruitful ; sep. acuminate, with a green keel ; stam. exserted, with simplo 

 filaments ; OV3. 3-lobed, green. — Gardens. Scape and lvs. forming dense tufts, 

 18' high. \ Asia. 



12 A. Cepa L. Common Oxiox. Scape fistulous, swelling towards the bast 

 much longer than the ttrete, fistulous lvs. — (D Gardens. Bulb compressed, or 

 round, or oblong in figure. The scape, which appears the second year, is 3 to 4f 

 high, straight, smooth, stout, bearing at top a large, round umbel of greenish- 

 white fls. Universally cultivated for the kitchen. 



ji. proliferum. Top Oxiox. Umbels bulbiferous and proliferous, i.e., pro- 

 ducing secondary bulbs and plants at top, with few flowers or none. 



10. AGAPAPTTHUS, L'llcrit. (Gr. dyairT], love, avQog ; a flower to 

 be loved.) Perianth funnel-form, regular, G -parted ; stamens 6, adnato 

 to the base of the tube, curved upwards ; ovary free ; style filiform, 

 curved at the end ; stigma entire ; capsule 3-lobed, 3-celled, many- 

 seeded. — Rt. tuberous. Lvs. radical, thick, linear. Scape thick, bear- 

 ing an umbel with a 2-leaved involucre. 



A. timbellatus L'Her. Lvs. linear ; umbel many-flowered ; pedicels as long 

 as the perianth. — A fine, showy plant for the parlor or greenhouse, easily reared 

 in pots. Scapo 2f or more high, with an umbel of numerous fls. of a rich blue. 

 \ S. Africa. 



11. HYACINTHUS, L. Hyacinth. (Hyacinthus of Grecian fable, 

 was killed by Zephyrus, and transformed into this flower.) Perianth 

 tubular campanulate, regular, 6-cleft, segments spreading-recurved ; 

 stamens G, adherent to the tube, free at apex ; ovary free ; cells of the 

 capsule about 2-seeded. — Herbs acaulescent, from a coated bulb. Fls. 

 racemed. 



H. orientalis L. Perianth funnel-form, half G-eleft, ventricous at the base. — 

 If. A well-known flower, long prized and cultivated. Lvs. thick, linear-lance- 

 olate, 3 to 5' long. Scape twice as long as the leaves, thick, bearing a raceme of 

 numerous blue flowers which are often double. The tube is enlarged at base by 

 the roundish ovary within it. Stam. adherent a third the length of the tube, 

 deeply included. Segments oblong, obtuse, recurved, rather shorter than the 

 tube. Mar., Apr. f Levant. — Varies with fls. white, pink, red, etc. 



12. MUSCA'RI, Tourn. Grape IIyacinth. Perianth tube ventri- 

 cous, ovoid or campanulate, throat constricted, limb of 6 very short, 

 obtuse, spreading segments, sometimes with a crown. Otherwise as in 

 Hyacinth us. 



1 M. racemosum L. Pis. fragrant, roundish-ovoid, nodding; lvs. linear, 

 channeled, arcuate-recurved, flaccid. — Gardens. Scape terete, 4 to 6' high, shorter 



