No. 14.] FLOWERING PLANTS AND FERNS. II9 



OAKESIA Wats. 



Oakesia sessilifolia (L.) Wats, (having leaves without leaf- 

 stalks). 

 Uvularia sessilifolia L. 

 Bellwort. 



Frequent to common. Woods, thickets and meadows, in 

 either dry or moist ground. May — June. 



ALLIUM L. Onion. Garlic. 



Allium tricoccum Ait. (having three grains ; referring t6 the 



three-lobed fruit). 

 Wild Leek. 



Occasional or frequent. Woods, usually in rich but some- 

 times in sandy soil. Late June — July. 



If eaten by cows in the spring, the milk and butter are 

 tainted. 



Allium canadense L. 



Wild or Meadow Garlic. 



Frequent. Meadows bordering streams and rivers, some- 

 times also in sandy ground and on dry hillsides. June. 



Rarely used as a substitute for common garlic. 



Allium vineale L. (of vineyards). 

 Field or Wild Garlic. Wild Onion. 



Waste places, grain fields and meadows. Rare in south- 

 eastern Connecticut, occasional to frequent elsewhere. Mid- 

 June — July. Naturalized from Europe. 



A bad weed, both in pastures, where it taints the milk of 

 animals feeding upon it, and in grain fields, where the bulblets 

 mixing with grain injure it for milling. 



HOSTA Tratt. Day Lily. Plantain Lily. 



Hosta caerulea (Andr.) Tratt. (sky-blue). 

 Funkia ovata Spreng. 

 Blue Day Lily. 



Rare. Roadsides near dwellings as an escape from gar- 

 dens : Montville (Graves), Bridgeport and Fairfield (Fames). 

 July. Native of Japan, 



