710 ORDER 148. 



margin rough-seifulate ; segm. oblong, acutish. Thickets, near the sea-coast, S. 

 Car. to Fla. A shrubby, palm-like plant, of singular and forbidding aspect when 

 not in flower. Leaves a foot or more long, sharp and rigid like daggers. Fls. 

 white, with a violet base and violet spots. Jn. Aug. (Y. Draconis L.) 



6. NOLFNA, L. C. Rich. (For P. C, NoUn, an American botan- 

 ist.) Dicecio-polygamous ; perianth (small) of C, ovate, spreading:, sub- 

 equal segments ; stamens 6, shorter than the perianth ; ovary free, 3- 

 cornered, 3-celled ; stigmas 3, recurved, with a very short style ; cap- 

 sule 3-winged, 3 (or by abortion 2 or l)--seeded. -Root bearing a coated 

 bulb. St. scape-like, branched into several long, simple, nearly bract- 

 less racemes of very small, white fls. 



N. Georgiaiia MX. Dry sand hills, S. Car. and Ga, (Mettauer). Bulb very 

 large (Elliott). Scape 2 to 3f high, with a few short Ivs. at its base, which dimin- 

 ish to scales upwards. Root Ivs. linear, 1 to 2f long, numerous, recurved, their 

 bases much dilated and imbricated. Panicle large. R'V. loose, ]f or more long. 

 Pedicels 5 to 6" long. Perianth spreading 3". 



7. SCIL'LA, L. SQCILL. Perianth 6-parted, petals and sepals simi- 

 lar, spreading (blue or purple) ; filaments 6, subulate or filiform, smooth, 

 hypogynous', style filitbrm-clavellatc ; capsule free, 3-celled, 3-valvcd, 

 obtusely 3-angled ; cells with 1 or several roundish, black seeds. Bulb 

 coated, bearing several linear Ivs. and a, scape with a raceme. 



1 S. esculenta Ker. QUASIASII. Lvs. linear, carinate, flaccid and recurved, 

 tapering to both ends, shorter than the scape ; bracts solitary, subulate, scarious, 

 longer than the pedicels, which are about the length of the flowers pfll. filiform ; 

 stig. 3-toothed. Grassy, wet prairies, along the rivers, Wis. to Ohio, the uplands 

 of Ga., and westward. Bulb nutritious, about 1' diam., resembling a small 

 onion. Scape 1 to 2f high. Lvs. nearly as long, grass-like. Rac. 2 to .T.long. 

 Pet. and sep. linear-lanceolate, 4 to 6" long. Arith. oblong, yellow. May. 

 (Phalangium, Nutt. Camassia, Lindl. C. Fraseri Torr) 'Improves by cultiva- 

 tion as to the size both of the bulbs and flowers. 



2 S preebracteata Haw. SQUILL. Lvs, broad-linear, longer than the 

 scape ; bracts as long as the pedicels j flowers in a largo conical panicle ; perianth 

 spreading, persistent. Bulb large, white. Fls. blue, f S. Kur. 



8. ORNITHOG'ALUM, L. STAR-OF-BETHLEHEM. (Gr. 6pviOo$, of n 

 bird, yaAa, milk ; why so-called is not obvious.) Perianth deeply G- 

 parted, regular, persistent, segments many (3 to 7) veined, spreading, 

 (white, green or yellow) ; filaments 6, dilated at base, scarcely perigy- 

 nous, ovary free ; style erect, tapering or subtrilobate ; capsule 3-lobcd, 

 3'Cellcd, 3-valvcd above ; seeds few or many in each cell, shining, 

 black. Bulbous plants, scarcely differing from vScilla except in the 

 color of the fls. 



1 O. crdceum Ell. YELIOW STAR-OF-BETITLEHEM. Lvs. narrowly linear, radi- 

 ical, longer ihan the slender scape which bears an oblong raceme of sa/ron-yeUnm 

 flowers at top ; bracts ecarious at apex, obtuse, sheathing, many times shorter 

 than the slender pedicel ; segm. lance-ovate, obtuse, 3-veined, erect after flower- 

 ing, with a greenish- orange stripe on the back ; sty. and stain, subulate, shorter 

 than the segments. Mid. Ga.. rare. (On Stone Mt, 16m. from Atlanta ! Also 

 at Macon, Dr. Mettauer.) Scape 10 to 20' high, almost filiform. Rac. 10 to 15- 

 flowered. Ped. 8 to 12 " long, fls. half as long. Apr., May. (Phalangium MX., 

 Nutt.) 



2 O. umbellatum L. WHITE STAR-OF-EETHLEHEM. Lvs. linear, channeled, as 

 long as the scape, emarginate ; scape bearing a few whiff, green-striped fls. in a 

 loose corymb ; pedicels longer than the bracts; filaments lanceolate-subulate. 

 Gardens, and naturalized in many localities. Scape near If high. Segm. of the 

 star-ljke perianth beautifully marked with a longitudinal stripe on the outside. May. 



