362 MONOCOTYLEDONOUS PLANTS. 



2^. Stem 8 12 inches high. Floicers pale yellow, few, soli- 

 tary, axillary, nodding. BcUicort. 



2. U.flava Smith .-"leaves perfoliate, elliptic-oblong, obtuse, undu- 

 late at base ; perianth tapering at base, scabroug within ; anthers 

 awned. 



HAB. Sandy soils. N. J. to Car. May, June. If.- Plover* 

 larger and of a deeper yellow than in the preceding. Pursh. 

 Perhaps only a variety. 



3. U. grandiflora Smith : leaves perfoliate, oblong, acute ; perianth 

 smooth within ; anthers without awns ; nectaries nearly round ; pistil 

 shorter than the stamens, U. perfoliata var. major Mich. V. lanceo- 



HAB. Rocky hills. Can. to Car. W. to Miss. May, June. 

 Z. Whole plant much larger than either of the preceding. 



4. U. scssilifolia Linn.: stem smooth ; leaves sessile, oval-lanceo- 

 late, glaucous beneath ; segments of the perianth flat, smooth within ; 

 capsules ovate, peduncled. 



HAB. Shady woods. Can. to Car. ' May. If. Stem 810 

 inches high, forked near the summit. Flowers 1 2 on a slender 

 axillary peduncle, pale yellow. 



ORDER CXXII. ASPHODELE^E. Brown. Lind. 



Perianth petaloid, 6-parted, regular. Stamens 6, inserted 

 upon the perianth, or hypogynous ; 3 sometimes unlike the 

 others or wanting. Ovary superior, 3-celled ; ovules 2 or 

 many in each cell ; style I ; stigma entire or shortly 3-lobed. 

 Fruit capsular or fleshy. Seeds with a black brittle and crus- 

 taceous integument ; albumen fleshy ; embryo included. 



Herbs or trees with bulbous or fasciculated wots. Leaves 

 with parallel veins. 



1. ORNlTHOGALUM. Linn. 



Perianth G-parted, spreading above. Stamens 6, dilated at 

 base, hypogynous. Hexandria. Monogynia. 



O. umbdlatum Linn. : corymb few-flowered ; peduncles longer than 

 the bracts ; filaments subulate. 



HAB. Wet meadows. N. S. May, June. II. Root bulbous. 

 Leaves radical, linear. Flowers white. Introduced. 



w ';'' Star of Bethlehem. 



2. HEMEROCALLIS. Linn. 



Perianth large, persistent, campanulate, 6-cleft ; tube cy- 

 lindric. Stamens 6, declined. Stigma somewhat villous. 



Hexandria. Monogynia, 



