34 FOUNDATIONS OF BOTANY 



corymbed, perianth funnel-form, with a spreading limb much 

 longer than the tube. Stamens 6, inserted in the top of the 

 tube, shorter than the lobes, curved upward. Ovary 3-celled, 

 many-ovuled, style longer than the stamens, curved upward, 

 stigma knobbed. Fruit a 3-celled, 3-angled capsule."* 



1. H. fulva, L. Day Lily. Scapes stout, branched above, with a 

 few bract-like leaves, smooth, 3-5 ft. high. Leaves very long, strap- 

 shaped, acute, channeled. Flowers short-pediceled, tawny-yellow, 

 perianth lobes oblong, netted-veined, lasting only one day. Intro- 

 duced from Asia and common in old gardens.* 



VII. ALLIUM, L. 



Stemless herbs from coated bulbs with the characteristic 

 odor of onions. Bulbs solitary or clustered. Leaves narrowly 

 linear or slender-tubular, with a bloom. Flowers small on 

 slender pedicels, in terminal umbels on naked scapes, the 

 umbels often bracted or enclosed in a spathe. Perianth 

 6-parted, persistent ; stamens 6, inserted on the base of the 

 perianth, filaments filiform or dilated below. Ovary sessile, 

 3-celled. Style thread-like, jointed ; stigma entire. Fruit a 

 3-celled, 3-valved, few-seeded capsule. Flowers sometimes 

 changed into bulblets.* 



1. A. canadense, L. Meadow Garlic. Bulbs ovoid, the outer 

 coats of white and thin, dry, netted fibers. Leaves narrowly linear, 

 flat, or concave above. Scape cylindrical, 1 ft. high. Bracts of the 

 umbel 2-3, ovate, acuminate ; umbel consisting mostly of sessile 

 bulblets. Tlie few flowers long-pediceled, rose-colored. Perianth 

 about as long as the stamens. Filaments dilated below. Capsule 

 shorter than the perianth, 6-toothed, ovules 2 in each cell. On moist 

 soil.* 



2. A. striatum, Jacq. Striped Wild Onion. Bulbs clustered, 

 outer coat membranaceous. Leaves linear, concave, striate on the 

 back. Scape 6-12 in. high. Umbel 3-10-flowered, bracts 2, pedicels 

 1-2 in. long. Perianth nearly white, longer than the stamens, the 

 outer segments green-keeled on the back. Capsule not toothed, 

 seeds several in each cell. Low pine barrens.* 



3. A. vineale, L. Field Garlic. Bulb mostly solitary. Leaves 

 cylindrical, hollow, very slender. Scape slender, sheathed below the 

 middle by the bases of tlie leaves. Umbels often crowded with 

 bulblets. A troublesome weed in moist meadows and fields east- 

 ward, giving milk a strong flavor of onions or garlic. 



