LILIACE.f^. (LILY lAMII.V.) .021 



margins often somewhat hristly-ciliate or spinulose. (S. tamnoides, Man.; 

 probably not A.) — Thickets; Nantucket, Mass. {L. />. Dame); N. J. to Fla., 

 west to 111., Mo., and Tex. 

 ■«- H- •»- Peduncle 2-4 times the Jenfjth of the petiole ; leaves ample (3-5' lonr/), 



thin or thinnish, f/reen both sides; berries black; stem terete and branchlets 



nrarli/ so. 



8. S. hispida, Muhl. Ixootstock cvlindrical, elongated; stem (cliinhing 

 liiVh) below densely beset with lonrj and weak blackish bristli/ jtrickhs, the flow- 

 ering branchlets mostly naked ; leaves ovate and the larger heart-shajjed, 

 pointed, slightly rough-margined, membranaceous and deciduous ; peduncles 

 1^-2' long; sepals lanceolate, almost 3" long. — Moist thickets. Conn, to Va., 

 west to Minn, and Tex. .June. 



9. S. Pseudo-China, J^. Rootstock tuberous ; stems and branches un- 

 armed, or with very few weak prickles ; leaves ovate-heart-shaped, or on the 

 branchlets ovate-oblong, cuspidate-pointed, often rough-ciliate, becoming firm 

 in texture; peduncles flat (2-3' long). — Dry or sandy soil, N.J. to Fla., 

 west to S. lud. and ]Mo. July. 



* * Leaves varjjing from oblong -lanceolate to linear, narrowed at base into a short 

 petiole, 3-5-nervcd, shining above, paler or glaucous beneath, inani/ without 

 tendrils; peduncles short, seldom exceeding the petioles, terete; the umbels 

 sometimes panicled ; branches terete, unarmed. 



10. S. lanceol^ta, L. Leaves thinnish, rather deciduous, ovate-lanceo- 

 late or lance-oblong ; stigiyias 3 ; berries dull red. — Kich woods and margins 

 of swamps, Va. to Fla., west to Ark. and Tex. June. 



11. S. laurifblia, L. Leaves thick and coriaceous, evergreen, varying from 

 oblong-lanceolate to linear (2|-5' long) ; stigmas solitari/ and ovari/ \-celled ; 

 berries black when ripe, 1-seeded, maturing in tlie second year. — Pine-barrens, 

 N. J. to Fla., west to Ark. and La. July, Aug. 



2. ALLIUM, L. Onion. Garlic. 



Perianth of 6 entirely colored sepals, which are distinct, or united at the very 

 base, 1-nerved, often becoming dry and scarious and more or le.ss persistent ; 

 the 6 filaments awl-shaped or dilated at base. Style persistent, but jointed upon 

 the very short axis of the ovary, thread-like ; stigma simple. Capsule lol>ed. 

 loculicidal, 3-valved, with 1-2 ovoid-kidney-shaped amphitropous or canipvlo- 

 tropous l)lack seeds in each cell. — Strong-scented and pungent stemless herbs ; 

 the leaves and scape from a coated bulb; flowers in a simple umbel, some of 

 them frequently changed to bulldets; spathe scarious, 1-2-valved. (The 

 ancient Latin name of the Garlic.) 



§ 1. Bulbs cespitose, narrowltj oblong and crowning a rhizome ; coats membranous. 

 * Leaves (2 or 3) elliptic-lanceolate; ovules solitarg in each cell. 



1. A. tricoccum. Ait. (Wild Leek.) Scape naked (4- 12' high from 

 clustered pointed Ijulbs, 2' long), bearing an erect many-flowered umbel ; leaves 

 5 -9' long, 1-2' wide; sepals oblong (greenish white), equalling the nearlv 

 distinct filaments ; capsule strongly 3-lol)ed. — Rich woods, W. N. Kng. to Minn, 

 and Iowa, south in the; mountains to N. C. Leaves appearing in early spring 

 and dying before the flowers are developed. 



