656 LILIACE.E. 



ORDER SMILACE.E. 



SMILAX, Tourn. 



S. Havanensis, Jacq. Prickly ; leaves rigid, ovate or roundisli, eniar- 

 ginate, 5-nerved (3' -4' long), the margins prickly. Keys of South Florida 

 (Curtiss). 



TRILLIUM, L. 



T. recurvatum, Beck. Stem (1 high) erect from a horizontal tuber; 

 leaves oblong-ovate, acute, contracted into a short petiole, faintly mottled ; 

 petals purplish brown, erect (!' long), linear-spatulate, twice as long as the 

 lanceolate reflexed sepals ; filaments as long as the incurved anthers and the 

 spreading stigmas. Rich valleys of the mountains of Georgia. April. 



Var. ? lanceolatum, Watson. Leaves sessile, more narrowly lanceo- 

 late ; sepals less strictly reflexed ; petals almost linear ; filaments longer. 

 (T. lanceolatum, Boykin.) Georgia and Alabama. 



ORDER LILIACE.E. 



POLYGONATUM, Tourn. 



P. giganteum, Dietrich. Smooth; stem tall (3 -8 high), curving ; 

 leaves ovate, partly clasping, many-nerved; peduncles 3-5-flowered, the 

 lower ones half as long as the leaves ; filaments smooth. (P. canaliculatum, 

 Pursli.) Rocky cliffs of the mountains of Georgia, and northward. 

 Flowers -f' long. 



CAMASSIA, Lindl. 



Perianth bell-shaped, 6-leaved, deciduous. Stamens 6, inserted on the base 

 of the perianth. Style filiform. Capsule 3-angled, 3-celled, loculicidally 

 3-valved, several-seeded. Scape from a coated bulb. Leaves radical. 

 Flowers racemose, blue or purple. 



C. Fraseri, Torr. (WILD HYACINTH.) Leaves linear; scape 1 high; 

 raceme many -flowered ; flowers showy, pale blue; cells of the ovary 6-9- 

 ovuled. Rich valleys of the mountains of Georgia, and northward. April. 



ALLIUM, L. 



A. vineale, L. Scape leafy at base (1 -2 high) ; leaves terete, hollow ; 

 umbel often bulb-bearing; alternate filaments 3-cleft. North Carolina 

 (Curtis). Introduced. 



SCHCENOLIRION, Torr. 



S. Elliottii, Feay. Scape often sparingly branched (l-2 high); 

 leaves linear, concave, the upper ones small and distant ; racemes loosely 



