512 LILIACE.E. (LILY FAMILY.) 



Var. Carolinianum. (L. Caroliniauuin, Michx.) Leaves often all 

 scattered, broader, more tapering at the base, faintly nerved; flowers 1 -3 ; 

 leaves of the perianth acute. Swamps in the lower districts. Julv. Stem 

 2 - 3 high. 



5. L. Grayi, Watson. Leaves lanceolate (2' or less long), in whorls of 

 4-8, not acuminate; flowers often solitary, horizontal (l^'-2^' long), the 

 segments oblanceolate, spreading but not recurved, deep reddish orange, 

 purple-spotted. Summit of Roan Mountain, Xorth Carolina. 



11. YUCCA, L. SPANISH BAYONET. 



Perianth cup-shaped, corolla-like, 6-leaved. Sepals and petals nearly alike, 

 late deciduous. Stamens 6, with thick granular club-shaped filaments : an- 

 thers small, oval. Ovary 3-celled, 3-sided, grooved at the angles. Stigmas 3, 

 nearly sessile, oblong, concave, 2-clef't. Ovules numerous, in two rows, the 

 rows separated by a false partition. Capsule oblong, 6-celled, pulpv and in- 

 dehisceiit, or dry and loculicidally 3-valved at the apex. Seeds numerous, 

 flat, horizontal, smooth and black. Plants with a thick palm-like leafv stem 

 (caudex), numerous rigid and spine-pointed leaves, and white showv panicled 

 flowers. 



* Stem short: capsule dry, 3-vali-ed. 



1. Y. filamentosa, L. (BEAII-GUASS.) Stem short and leafy ; leaves 

 from linear to broad-lanceolate, green' or glaucous, with thread-like filaments 

 on the margins ; scape branching and pubescent above ; capsule with 3 rounded 

 angles, at length separating at the indexed sutures into three 2-celled carpels. 

 Light or sandy soil. June. Stem rarely more than a foot above the 

 ground. Leaves 1- 2 long. Scape 4 - 6 high. 



* * Stem tall : capsule coriaceous or pulpy, 6-anijlecl, indehiscent. 



2. Y. gloriosa, L. Stem mostly simple, leafy at the summit ; leaves 

 linear-lanceolate, rigid, smooth on the margins ; panicle large, smooth, py- 

 ramidal, short-peduncled ; flowers single or clustered , leaves of the perianth 

 white, lanceolate, acute; capsule coriaceous. Dry sandy coast, Florida to 

 North Carolina. May- June. Stem 2 -4 high. Leaves 1-1| long. 

 Panicle 2 -3 long. 



3. Y. aloifolia, L. Stem mostly branching, leafy above ; leaves linear- 

 lanceolate, very rigid, strongly spine-pointed, very rough on the margins, the 

 lower ones reflexed ; panicle short, smooth, densely flowered, nearly sessile ; 

 divisions of the perianth ovate-lanceolate, white tinged with purple ; capsule 

 pulpy. With the preceding. May- June. Stem 4-8 high. Leaves and 

 panicle 1-H long. 



The GRAPE HYACINTH (MuscARi), STAR OF BETHLEHEM (ORNITHOGA- 

 r.ini), ASPARAGUS, and DAY LILY (HEMEROCALLIS), which have escaped 

 from cultivation, are occasionally found spontaneous near homesteads, and 

 along roadsides. 



