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1 1 Perianth-lobes and stamens 4 ; leaves mostly 2. 



3. S. bifulia, Ker. Stem low, with 2 (rarely 3) leaves near the 

 summit, which are cordate-oblong, acute and subsessile; raceme 

 simple, rather crowded. 

 TWO-LEAVED SMILACINA. 



Stem 3 to 6 inches high. Leaves about 2 inches long. Raceme oblong, about an. 

 inch in length ; pedicels mostly in pairs, J^ of an inch long ; flowers white. Berry 

 small, globose, mucronate. 

 Hob. Shaded rivulets, on the slaty hills : rare. Fl. May. Fr. Aug. 



TRIBE 2. ASPHODFLEAE. 



Roots fascicled, or bulb-bearing; perianth-lobes more or less united below; fruit a 

 3-celled loculicidal capsule, mostly few-seeded. 



f Roots fascicled; perianth-lobes united into a tube below. 



44O. HEMEROCAI/MS, Z. 



[Gr. Hemera, a day and Kallos, beauty ; the flower lasting but a day.] 

 Perianth funnel-form, the short tube including the ovary, the 6- 

 parted border spreading and lily-like, withering at the close of the 

 day. Stamens inserted in the throat ; filaments and style long and 

 slender, declined and ascending. Capsule trigonous, rather fleshy ; 

 seeds several, subglobose, black. Smooth showy perennials : leaves 

 radical, long, linear and keeled ; flowers large, somewhat corymbose, 

 on a leafy scape. 



1. H. fulva, L. Perianth copper-colored or orange-tawny, the 

 inner lobes obtuse, wavy on the margin. 

 TAWNY HEMEKOCALLIS. Day Lily. 



Leaves about two feet long, and an inch wide, acute. Scape 3 to 4 feet high, corym- 

 bosely branched at summit, the branches bracteate at base. Perianth about 4 

 inches long, the tube contracted, about an inch in length. 

 nab. About houses. Nat. of China. Fl. July. Fr. Sept. 



Obs. This has strayed from gardens, and become naturalized in 

 many places. The H. flava, L. a yellow flowered species, of smaller 

 growth, is often seen in gardens. 



ft Roots bulb-bearing; perianth-lobes sligMy united below. 



441. ORWITHOG'AMJM, Tournef. 

 [Gr. Ornis, ornithos, a bird, and gala, milk ; an ancient whimsical name.] 

 Perianth-lobes almost distinct, partly colored (white), spreading, 

 several-nerved. Filaments dilated, subulate. Style triquetrous; 

 stigma obtuse. Capsule membranous, obtusely trigonous ; seeds few, 

 subglobose. Perennials? bulbs coated; leaves linear, channelled; 

 flowers racemose, or corymbose, on a naked scape. 



1. 0. umbelldtum, L. Racemes corymbose; peduncles longer than 

 the bracts ; perianth-lobes white within, green outside, with white 

 margins ; filaments simple. 

 UMBELLATE ORNITHOGALUM. Ten o'clock. 



Bulbs small, white. Leaves 6 to 12 inches long, numerous, very smooth. Scape 

 6 to 9 inches high, terete ; peduncles 1 to 2 inches long, alternate and rather corym- 

 bose than umbellate, each with a skinny acuminate bract at base. 

 Hob. Pastures, Ac. Nat. of Europe. Fl May. Fr. July. 



