162 COMMON CANADIAN WILD PLANTS. 



strongly recurved. Flowers nodding, often numerous, in a pyra- 

 midal raceme, bright orange, dark-purple-spotted within. Lower 

 leaves whorled, 3-ribbed or nerved. Stem taller than eitlu-r of 

 the first two, 3-7 feet. Rich low grounds, commoner southward 

 and south-westward. 



12. ERYTHRO'NIUM, L. DOG'S-TOOTH VIOLET. 

 E. America'num, Smith. (YELLOW ADDER'S TON<;I T K.) 

 Perianth light yellow, sometimes spotted at the base. Copses 

 and rich meadows. 



13. ALLIUM, L. ONION. LEEK. 



1. A. tricoc'cum, Ait. (WILD LEEK.) Leaves flat, lance- 

 oblong, 5-9 inches long, 1-2 inches wide, appearing in early 

 spring and withering before the flowers are developed. Sepals 

 white. Pod strongly 3-lobed. Scape 9 inches high. Rich woods. 



2. A. Canadense, Kalm. (WILD GARLIC. ) Leaves narrowly 

 linear. Ovary crested with 6 teeth. Umbel few-flowered, often 

 bearing a head of bulbs instead of floicers. Sepals pale rose- 

 colour. Eastward, in moist meadows. 



ORDER OIL JUNCA'CEJE. (Rusn FAMILY.) 



Grass-like or sedge-like plants, with, however, flowers similar 

 in structure to those of the last Order. Perianth greenish ami 

 glumaceous, of 6 divisions in 2 sets of 3 each. Stamens (> 

 (occasionally 3). Styte 1. Stigmas 3. Pod 3-celled, or 1- 

 celled with 3 placentae on the walls. The plants of the Order 

 are not of any very great interest to the young student, and the 

 determination of the species is rather difficult. A brief descrip- 

 tion of a few of the most common is given here, as an easy 

 introduction to the study of the Order with the aid of more 

 advanced text-books. ^ 



Synopsis of the Genera. 



1. LiU'zula. Plant less than a foot high. Leaves linear or lance-linear, flat, 



usually hairy. P^d 1 -celled, 3-seeded. Flowers in umbels or in spikes. 

 Plants usually growing in dry ground. 



2. Juncus. Plants always smooth, growing in water or wet soil. Flowers 



small, greenish or brownish, panieled or clustered. Pod 3-celled, many- 

 Seeded. 



