286 LEUCOJACEAE 



1. Aletris aurea Walt. Stems 3-8 dm. tall : basal leaves often yellow ; blades ob- 

 long to elliptic, 3-8 cm. long, acute or acuminate : raceme 10-40 cm. long : perianth 

 campanulate, yellow, 5-7 mm. long ; lobes triangular, broader than long, erect, thick- 

 tipped : style very short : capsules ovoid, 5 mm. long, very short-beaked. 



In sandy pine woods, Virginia to Florida and Texas. Spring and summer. 



2. Aletris lutea Small. Stems 3-9 dm. tall : leaf-blades linear to linear-lanceolate, 

 or sometimes broadest above the middle, 4-12 cm. long, acuminate, entire, dilated at the 

 base : raceme 4-20 cm. long : perianth yellow, cylindric or contracted above the middle, 

 8-9 mm. long ; lobes triangular, erect, spreading : style elongated : capsules conic-ovoid, 

 each gradually narrowed into a beak about 5 as long as the body. 



In low pine lands, Florida to Louisiana. Spring and summer. 



3. Aletris farinosa L. Stems 3-10 dm. tall : leaf-blades green, narrowly oblong, 

 elliptic or broadly linear and elongated, 5-30 cm. long, acute or acuminate, persistent : 

 raceme 11-30 cm. long, or elongating in fruit : perianth white or light cream-colored, 

 cylindric, sometimes constricted above the middle, 7-9 mm. long ; lobes ovate, spreading : 

 style elongated : capsules ovoid, each abruptly narrowed into a slender beak about as long 

 as the body. 



In sandy soil, Maine to Ontario, Minnesota, Florida and Louisiana. Spring and summer. ALOE. 



4. Aletris obovata Nash. Stems 5-7 dm. tall, striately ridged : basal leaves crowded ; 

 blades narrowly elliptic to obovate-oblanceolate, 6-8 cm. long, 9-11 -nerved, the margins 

 translucent : racemes slender, 2-4 dm. long : perianth white, obovoid, 5-6 mm. long ; 

 lobes ovate, converging : filaments adnate to a little above the middle of the perianth : 

 style very short. 



In pine lands, Jacksonsville, Florida. Spring and summer. 



2. LOFHIOLA Ker. 



Caulescent herbs, with slender rootstocks and more or less pubescent foliage. Leaves 

 mostly basal : blades narrow, entire. Flowers in terminal dichotomous cymes. Perianth yel- 

 lowish, persistent, pubescent : sepals and petals 3 each, relatively long, nearly equal. 

 Stamens 6 : filaments adnate to the base of the perianth : anthers not versatile. Ovary 

 3-celled, half-inferior : style subulate, partly seperated at maturity. Ovules numerous, in 

 2 rows in each cavity. Capsule ovoid, loculicidally 5-valved at the apex. Seeds ribbed. 



1. Lophiola Americana (Pursh) Wood. Foliage glabrous below, woolly above. Stems 

 5-8 dm. tall, terete, corymbose above : leaves equitant ; blades linear, much shorter than 

 the stem, glabrous or nearly so, the upper reduced to narrow scales : cymes dichotomous : 

 perianth yellow and glabrous within except a tuft of hairs near the base : sepals and petals 

 linear-lanceolate, 4-5 mm. long, acute, woolly without : capsules 2 mm. long, included in the 

 perianth, about as long as the persistent style. [Lophiola aurea Ker.] 



In pine lands, New Jersey to Florida. Spring and summer. 



3. HYPOXIS L. ! 



Acaulescent herbs, with corm-like rootstocks and usually pubescent foliage. Leaves 

 basal : blades narrow, grass-like. Scapes solitary or tufted, terete or flattened. Flowers 

 solitary or in umbel-like clusters. Perianth often yellow within, withering-persistent : 

 members 6, equal or nearly so. Stamens 6 : filaments short, adnate to the base of the 

 perianth : anthers erect. Ovary 3-celled : stigmas 3. Ovules numerous, in 2 rows in each 

 cavity. Capsule subglobose or elongated, circumscissile. Seeds laterally short-beaked. 

 STAR-GRASS. STAR OF BETHLEHEM. 



Leaf-blades filiform or narrowly linear, less than 2 mm. broad. 



Leaves conspicuously sheathed at the base. 1. H.juncea. 



Leaves only slightly sheathed at the base. 2. H. micrantha. 



Leaf-blades linear, more than 2 mm. broad. 



Leaves glabrous. 3. H. Curtissii. 



Leaves more or less pubescent. 



Plants densely clustered. 4. H. grandis. 



Plants usually solitary. 5. //. hirsuta. 



Contributed by Dr. J. N. Rose and Mr. C. L. Pollard. 



