GENUS 9. 



BUNCH-FLOWER FAMILY. 



491 



i. Zygadenus glaberrimus Michx. Large- 

 flowered Zygadenus. Fig. 1230. 



Z. glaberrimus Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. i : 214. 1803. 



Rather dark green, slightly glaucous, stem 

 stout, 2-4 tall, from a thick rootstock. Leaves 

 3"-6" wide, long-acuminate, channelled, often 

 i long or more, the upper gradually smaller, 

 appressed, passing into the short ovate bracts of 

 the panicle ; panicle 6'-i2' long, its branches rather 

 stout, stiff, ascending; pedicels stout, longer than 

 the bractlets; flowers white, mostly perfect, i'-ij' 

 broad, perianth-segments lanceolate or oblong- 

 lanceolate, narrowed into a short claw, bearing 

 2 orbicular glands ; styles subulate ; capsule nar- 

 rowly ovoid, shorter than the perianth. 



In swamps, Virginia to Florida, near the coast. 

 July-Sept. 



10. ANTICLEA Kunth, Enum. 4: 191. 1843. 



Glabrous perennial herbs, with membranous-coated bulbs, leafy stems, and rather large 

 greenish or yellowish-white flowers in terminal racemes. Leaves linear. Flowers perfect. 

 Perianth withering-persistent, adnate to the lower part of the ovary, its segments bearing 

 a single obcordate gland. Stamens distinct from the perianth-segments. Capsule 3-celled, 

 the cavities dehiscent to the base. Seeds numerous. [Named for the mother of Ulysses.] 



About 6 species, natives of North America and northern Asia. Type species : A. sibirica (L.) 

 Kunth. 



i. Anticlea elegans (Pursh) Rydb. Glau- 

 cous Anticlea. Fig. 1231. 



Zygadenus elegans Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 241. 1814. 

 Melantliiiim glaucum Nutt. Gen. i : 232. 1818. 

 Zygadenus glaucus Nutt. Journ. Acad. Phila. 7 : 56. 1834. 

 Z. chloranthus Richards. Frank. Journ. 736. 1821. 

 A. chlorantha Rydb. Bull. Torr. Club 30: 273. 1903. 



Plant glaucous; bulb ovoid, about i' long, its 

 coats membranous. Stem slender, 6'-3 tall; leaves 

 2"-7" wide, keeled, the lower 4'-i2' long, the upper 

 much shorter; bracts lanceolate, rather large, green 

 .or purplish ; inflorescence a simple raceme or a large 

 panicle, sometimes i long, open, its branches slender, 

 ascending; flowers greenish or yellowish, 8"-io" 

 broad ; perianth-segments oval or obovate, obtuse, 

 bearing a large obcordate gland just above the short 

 claw; capsule oblong, nearly i' long, exceeding the 

 perianth. 



In moist places, New Brunswick to Alaska, Vermont, 

 New York, Missouri, and in the Rotky Mountains to 

 New Mexico. June-Aug. 



ii. TOXICOSCORDION Rydb. Bull. Torr. Club 30: 272. 1903. 



Glabrous, poisonous perennial herbs, with membranous-coated bulbs, narrowly linear 

 conduplicate leaves and small perfect or polygamous flowers in racemes or panicles. Perianth 

 wholly inferior, free from the ovary, its segments distinct, short-clawed, each bearing an 

 obovate or semi-orbicular gland at or above the base. Stamens mostly adnate to the bases 

 of the perianth-segments; anthers subreniform, confluently i-celled. Ovary 3-celled. Cap- 

 sule 3-beaked, 3-celled, containing numerous seeds. 



About 7 species, natives of North America. Type species: Zygadenus intennedius Rydb. 

 [Greek, poison-onion.] 



Leaves 3"-8" wide; flowers mostly perfect. T. T.Nuttalln. 



Leaves 2" -3" wide; flowers polygamous. 2. T. gramiiictun. 



