238 ' PRACTIGAL BOTANY. 



Perianth deeply parted; segments 1-nerved, persis- 

 tent, at length dry and scarious. Filaments awl-shaped (di- 

 lated below). Pod lobed, 3-valved. Seeds 1 or a few, oval- 

 reniform. Flowers rather small, some of them changed to 

 bulblets. Scape naked, or sheathed by leaves at or near the 

 base. Allium. 



7^3. Perianth funnel-form, or bell-shaped ; limb 6-cleft 

 down to the middle (or farther) 724 



Perianth of 6 sepals, barely united at the base. 726 

 7S4. Ov ary half superior V48 



Ovary entirely superior. Scapes 725 



725, Perianth funnel-form, lily-like, tubular at the base ; 

 limb campanulately dilated, 6-parted, very wavy. Stamens 

 and curved style long, filiform, ascending, the style longer 

 than the stamens, which are inserted on the throat of the pe- 

 rianth. Ovary oblong. Pod 3-cornered, fleshy, many-seeded. 

 Flowers large, about 3 inches long, orange-color. Leaves 

 long, linear, keeled, 2 -ranked. Hemerocallis fulva, L. 



Perianth ventricose-campanulate ; limb cleft down 

 to the middle. Stamens inserted on the base, included. Ova- 

 ry ovoid, tapering into a short style. Flowers racemed, 

 snow-white. Berry few-seeded, red. Leaves 2, oblong, with 

 long, sheathing petioles. Couvallaria majalis, L. 



726, Style none ; stigmas sessile. Flowers in terminal 

 racemes. Root creeping 727 



Styles 1 or 3, conspicuous 729 



727, Leaves coriaceous, lanceolate, with filaments on 

 their margins, covering the short trunk, which is from a run- 

 ning rhizome and 1 foot high. Flowers large, showy, white, 

 panicled. The 3 inner sepals broader. Pod oblong, 6-sided. 



Yucca filamentosa, L. 

 Leaves not coriaceous, nor ciliate. Flowers small. 



728 



728, The 3 outer of the (greenish) sepals concave, tuber- 

 cled at the base, the 3 inner more straightened. Anthers 

 oval. Ovary 1; stigmas 3-6, downy. Pod linear, acute at 

 the base, dehiscent from below by 3 teeth. Scape with a ter- 

 minal raceme. Leaves rush-like, fleshy. Triglochin. 



