4G8 LILIACE^E. (LILT FAMILY.) 



1. C. iimjalis, L. High Allcghanics of Virginia, and southward. 

 May. Same as the European plant so common in gardens. (Eu.) 



5. CL.INTON1A, Raf. CLINTONIA. 



Perianth of 6 separate sepals, bell-shaped, lily-like, deciduous; the 6 stamens 

 inserted at their base. Filaments long and thread-like : anthers linear-oblong. 

 Ovary ovoid-oblong, 2-3-celled: style long, columnar-thread-like: stigma de- 

 pressed. Berry ovoid, blue, few -many-seeded. Stemless perennials, with 

 Blender creeping rootstocks, producing a naked scape sheathed at the base by 

 the stalks of 2-4 large oblong or oval ciliate leaves. Flowers rather large, um- 

 belled, rarely single, somewhat downy outside. (Dedicated to De Witt Clinton.) 



1. C. borcalis, Raf. Umbel few- (2-7-) flowered; ovules 20 or more. 

 (Dracsena borealis, Ait.) Cold moist woods, Massachusetts to Wisconsin and 

 northward, and southward in the Alleghanies. June. Scape and leaves 5' -8 

 long. Perianth over ' long, greenish-yellow. 



2. C. nmbellatSl, Torr. Umbel many-flowered', ovules 2 in each cell. 

 (C. multiflora, Beck. Convallaria umbel Itilata, Michx. Smilacina, Desf.) 

 Rich woods, S. W. New York, and southward along the Alleghanies. June. 

 Flowers half the size of the last, white, speckled with green or purplish dots. 



6. HEMEROCAJLLIS, L. DAY-LILY. 



Perianth funnel-form, lily-like ; the short tube enclosing the ovary, the spread- 

 ing limb 6-parted ; the 6 stamens inserted on its throat. Filaments and style 

 long and thread-like, declined and ascending : stigma simple. Pod rather fleshy, 

 3-angled, 3-valvcd, with several black spherical seeds in each cell. Showy pe- 

 rennials, with fleshy-fibrous roots ; the long and linear keeled leaves 2-ranked at 

 the base of the tall scapes, which bear at the summit several bracted Targe yellow 

 flowers : these collapse and decay after expanding for a single day (whence the 

 name, from rjp-fpa, a day, and KaAAos, beauty'). 



1. II. FULVA, L. (COMMON DAY-LILY.) Inner divisions (petals) of the 

 tawny orange perianth wavy and obtuse. Sparingly escaped from gardens, 

 where it is common. July. (Adv. from Eu. ) 



H. FLAVA, L., the YELLOW DAY-LILY, is commonly cultivated. The 

 "White and the Blue Day-Lilies of the gardens are species of FUNKIA, a very 

 different genus. 



7. ORNITHOGAL-UM, Tourn. STAR-OF-BETHLEHJ: w. 



Perianth of G colored (white) spreading sepals, 3 - 7-nervcd. Filaments 6, 

 flattcued-awl-shaped. Style 3-sided: stigma 3-angled. Pod membranous, 

 roundish-angular, Avith few dark and roundish seeds in each cell. Scape :md 

 linear channelled leaves from a coated bulb. Flowers coryrnbed, bracted. (An 

 ancient whimsical name from vpvis, <i bird, and yXa, milk.) 



1. O. UMBELLATUM, L. Flowers 5-8, on long and spreading pedieels ; 

 Sepals green in the middle on the outside. Escaped from gaulens inf mci-^ 

 >, eastward. June. (Nat. from Eu.) 



