364 MONOCOTYLEDONOUS PLANTS. 



5. ALETRIS. Linn. 



Perianth tubular-ovate, 6-cleft, rugose. Stamens 6, in- 

 serted upon the margin of the orifice. Style triquetrous, 3- 

 parted. Capsule 3-celled, many-seeded, opening at the sum- 

 mit. Hexandria. Monogynia. 



1. A. farinosa Linn. : leaves radical, broad-lanceolate, smooth j 

 flowers pedicellate, oblong-tubular ; the perianth when decaying near- 

 ly smooth. A. alba Mich. 



HAB. Sandy woods. N. Eng. to Car. July. 2J.. Scape 2 

 feet high. Flowers white, in a longitudinal spike. The root is 

 intensely bitter. Star Grass. Colic Root. 



. 2. A, aurea Walt. : leaves radical, lanceolate, acuminate ; flowers 

 subsessile, short, subcampanulate ; perianth when decaying rugose 

 and very scabrous. 



HAB. Pine barrens. N. J. to Car. July, Aug. If. ScnpeZ 3 

 feet high. Flowers yellow, in a spike, not so numerous as in the 

 preceding. 



. LILIACE^. Juss. Land. 



Perianth coloured, regular, 6-divided. Stamens 6, perigy- 

 nous, opposite the segments of the perianth. Ovary superi- 

 or, 3-celled ; style 1 ; stigma simple, or 3-lobed. Capsule 3- 

 celled,[3-valved, with a loculicidal dehiscence. Seeds numer- 

 ous, usually flat, packed one above the other in 1 or 2 rows, 

 with a spongy dilated integument ; embryo straight, in the 

 axis of fleshy albumen ; radicle next the hilum. 



Plants with scaly bulbs or arborescent stems. Leaves with 

 parallel veins. 



1. LILIUM. Lime. 



Perianth campanulate, deeply 6-parted ; segments straight 

 or reflexcd, with a longitudinal nectariferous line. Stamens 6. 

 Stigma entire. Hexandria. Monogynia. 



1. L. taitsbca. Wall.: leaves scattered, linear-lanceolate, very acute ; 

 stem 1 -flowered ; perianth erect ; segments with long claws, undulate 

 on the margin, reflexcd at the summit. 



HAB. Sandy meadows. Penn. to Car. W. to Miss. June 

 Aug. ll. Stcm 18 inches high. Flowers large, scarlet, spot- 

 ted with yellow and brown. 



2. L. philadelphicum Linn. : leaves whorled, linear-lanceolate ; stem 

 1 2-flowered ; perianth erect, campanulate, spreading ; segments 

 with claws. 



