ENDOGENOUS PLANTS 



* * Filaments all simple. 



6. A. tricoccum, Ait. Scape naked ; leaves broad, elliptic, or 

 lance-oblong, disappearing early ; spathe 2-valved. 

 THBEE-BERRIED (or LOBED) ALLIUM. Wild Leek. 



Bulbs oblong-ovoid, acuminate. Scape 9 to 12 inches high. Leaves 5 to 8 inches 

 long, and 1% to 3 inches wide, acute, contracted to a petiole at base, membrana- 

 ceous when dried. Umbel globose, 1 to 2 in diameter. Perianth white. 

 Sab. Moist, shaded grounds ; Brandywine : not common- Fl. June. Fr. Aug. 



ft Leaves terete, fistular; filaments all simple. 



1. A. SCHCENOPRASUM, L. Scape naked, or few-leaved at base, 

 about as long as the filiform leaves ; spathe 2-valved. 

 RUSH-LEEK ALLIUM. Chives. 



Growing in bunches. Bulbs small. Scape 6 to 9 inches high. Leaves erect. 

 Umbel subglobose, about an inch in diameter. Spathe nerved, purplish. Perianth 

 purple, with a violet tinge. 

 Hob. Gardens. Nat. of Europe. Fl. July. Fr. Sept. 



Obs. Used as a culinary herb ; and also as a kind of medicinal 

 food for young poultry. 



TRIBE 3. TULIPA V CEAE. 



Hoots bulb-bearing ; perianth-lobes quite distinct, and petal-tike ; fruit a3-celled 

 loculicidal many-seeded capsule. 



443. MI/llJM , L. 



[The Classical Latin name, from the Greek, Leirion, a Lily.] 

 Perianth mostly carnpaimlate, the petals, or petaloid lobes, either 

 clawed, or sessile, often recurved or revolute, with a central groove 

 inside near the base, deciduous. Anthers linear, versatile. Style 

 longer than the stamens, somewhat clavate ; stigma 3-lobed. Cap- 

 sule oblong, trigonous, with the angles grooved ; seeds flat, margined. 

 Perennials ? bulbs scaly ; stems simple, leafy ; leaves sessile, alternate, 

 or subverticillate ; flowers subcorymbose, large. 



! I* Plliladelpliicum, L. Leaves linear-lanceolate, smooth, 

 the upper ones usually verticillate. 

 PHILADELPHIAN LILIUM. 



Stem 2 to 3 feet high. Leaves 2 to 3 inches long, the upper ones in verticils of 

 6 or 8. Flower mostly solitary (sometimes 2 or 3) ; peduncle terminal, 1 to 3 inches 

 in length. Perianth reddish-orange color, with tawney or purplish spots within ; 

 lobes about 3 inches long, the claws % their length. 

 Sab. Clearings and borders of thickets : frequent. FL June. Fr. Sept. 



ft Flowers nodding, -the lobes sessile, recurved (MAETAGONS). 



&. Jj. Canadense, L. Leaves generally and remotely Yerti- 

 oillate, lanceolate, nerves and margins roughish-pubescent. 

 CANADIAN LILIUM. 



Stem 2 to 3 feet high. Leaves 2 to 3 inches long, in rather distant verticils of 4 

 to 6. Flowers usually 3, sometimes 5, 7, or even 10 (rarely solitary), all nodding 



