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1. A. muscaetoxicum, Gray. Fly Poison. Bulb ovoid or oblong. 

 Stem somewhat angled below, 1-3 ft. high. Lower leaves strap- 

 shaped, channeled, the upper small and bract-like. Raceme dense, 

 cylindrical, pedicels from the axils of minute ovate bracts. Peri- 

 anth segments ovate, white, becoming greenish, nearly as long as 

 the slender stamens. Styles spreading. Capsule with divergent 

 lobes ; seeds ovoid, red. In rich woods.* 



IV. UVULARIA, L. 



E-ather low plants with short rootstocks. Leaves alternate, 

 broad, and parallel-veined. Flowers yellow or yellowish, 

 drooping, borne singly at the end of the forking stem. 

 Perianth of 6 similar and separate narrow spatulate sepals, 

 each grooved and nectar-bearing inside toward the base. 

 Stamens 6, with linear anthers, which are much longer than 

 the filaments. Style 3-cleft. Pod 3-lobed, 3-celled, few- 

 seeded. 



1 . U. grandiflora. Larger Bellwort. Leaves oblong, with the 

 base clasping the stem so as to make it appear to run through the 

 leaf a little way from the base ; flowers greenish-yellow, 1^ in. long, 

 anthers obtuse. A leafy plant, 1-2 ft. high. 



2. U. perfoliata. Mealy Bellwort. Leaves much as in the 

 preceding species ; flowers very pale yellow, with shining grains on 

 the inner sm-faces of the twisted sepals ; anthers sharp-pointed ; 

 plant about | the size of the preceding, 



V. OAKESIA, Watson. 



Plants with much the aspect of the preceding genus, but 

 with merely sessile leaves, triangular winged pods, and slen- 

 der creeping rootstocks. 



1. 0. sessilifolia. Wild Oats, Straw Lilies. Stem slender, 

 zigzag. Leaves lance-oval, thin, smooth, pale beneath, 1-1 1- in. 

 long. Flower cream-color, nearly 1 in. long. 



VI. HEMEROCALLIS, L. 



Perennial, from a fascicle of fleshy roots. Stem erect, 

 branched, smooth. Leaves mostly basal and linear. Flowers 

 on branching scapes, large, yellow or orange, solitary or 



