SiO LiLiAcfe^;. (LILY FAMILY.) 



leaves greeii on the keel. Low pine barrens, Florida to North Carolina. 

 March- April. Scape 6'- 12' high. Pedicels 1'- 2' long. Flowers 5" long. 

 Nearly inodorous. 



6. NOLINA, Michx. 



Perianth 6-parted, withering-persistent; the divisions oblong-lanceolate, 1 

 nerved. Stamens 6, inserted on the base of the perianth ; filaments subulate . 

 anthers cordate. Style very short, persistent : stigmas 3, recurved. Ovarv 

 3-augled, 3-celled, with two anatropous collateral ascending ovules in each 

 cell. Capsule obovate, wing-angled, 3-valved, mostly 1 -seeded. Seed oblong- 

 obovate, longitudinally grooved on the inner face. Kmbrvo straight, shorter 

 than the fleshy albumen. Root tuberous. Leaves numerous, all radical, 

 very long and narrow, recurved, keeled, rough on the margins. Scape branch- 

 ing above. Flowers polygamous, small, white, crowded in long bracted ra- 

 cemes. Pedicels jointed, reflexed in fruit. 



1. N. Georgiana, Michx. Dry pine barrens in the middle districts of 

 Georgia and South Carolina. April - May. Scape 2-3 high. Leaves 1- 

 2 long, dry and harsh. 



7. CAMASSIA, Lin.ll. 



Periautli bell-shaped, 6-leaved, deciduous. Stamens 6, inserted on the base 

 of the perianth. Style filiform. Capsule 3-angled, 3-celled, loculicidally 3- 

 valved, several-seeded. Scape from a coated bulb. Leaves radical. Flowers 

 racemose, blue or purple. 



1. C. Fraseri, Torr. (WiLD HYACINTH.) Leaves linear; scape 1 

 High ; raceme many-flowered ; flowers showy, pale blue ; cells of the ovary 6 - 

 9-ovuled. Rich valleys of the mountains of Georgia, and northward. April. 



8. SCHCENOLIRION, Torr. 



Perianth 6-parted, withering-persistent ; the divisions 3 - 5-nerved. Stamens 

 6, inserted on the base of the perianth : filaments subulate. Style subulate, 

 persistent . stigma minutely 3-lobecl. Ovary globose, 3-celled, with two auat- 

 ropous ascending ovules in each cell. Capsule coriaceous, obtusely 3-augled, 

 loculicidally 3-valved, 1 - 6 seeded. Seeds globose or angular, smooth, black, 

 and shining. Embryo straight, as long as the fleshy albumen. Perennial 

 herbs. Root a tuberous rhi/oma. Scape simple, or branching above. Radi- 

 cal leaves smooth, equitaut, linear, the others small and bract-like. Flowers 

 small, white, in loose bracted racemes. Pedicels spreading, jointed. 



1. S. Elliottii, Feay. Scape often sparingly branched (l-2 High); 

 leaves concave, the upper ones small and distant , racemes loosely many- 

 flowered, bracts thick, subulate, appressed ; leaves of the perianth oblong-oval, 

 5-nerved, whitish ; filaments subulate. (S. Michauxii, 1st edit.) Wet pine 

 barrens, Georgia and Florida. May -June. 



2. S. croceum, Gray. Scape simple (12'- 15' high), leafless; leaves 

 narrow-linear, flat, sis long as the scape ; raceme 3' -4' long ; bracts thin and 

 scarious, oval, obtuse ; leaves of the perianth saffron-yellow, lance-oblong, 

 3-uerved. (Phalangium croceum, Michx.) Low ground, Southern Georgia 

 to Tennessee. June. 



