520 LiLiACE-«. (lily family.) 



without tendrils: peduticles short, seldom exceeding tiie pedicels, terete j the umbels 

 soimiljiKS paiiic/id : branches tcrtle, iiitanned. 



7. S. lauceol^ta, L. Leaves thiiinish, ratlicr deciduous, ovate-lanccohite 

 or lancL'-ol)long ; slujinus 3 ; berrits dull ral. — Southcustcru Virginia and south- 

 ward. Juno. 



8. S. laurifdlia, L. Tjeaces thick and coriaceous, evergreen, varying from 

 oblong-lanecolatu to linear (:?^'-5' long) ; stigma solitarj ; berries black when ripe, 

 1-secded. — Tine barrens of New Jersey to Virginia and southward. July, Aug, 



§ 2. COPKOSMANTHUS, Torr. Stem herbaceous, nevei- prickhj : Jloioers 

 carrion-sccnttd : ovuUs mostly in pairs in each ctll: leaves long-petiulid, mem- 

 braiiuceous, mucronute-tipptd: berries bluish-black with a bloom. 



9. S. herb^oea, L. (Carrion-Flower.) Stem erect and recurving, 

 or climbing ; leaves ocatc-obloivj or rounded, iitoslly heart-shaped, 7 - 9-nerved, 

 smooth; tendrils sometimes wanting; peduncles elongated (3' -4' long, or 

 sometimes even 6' -8', and much longer than the leaves), 20-40-flowered. — 

 Var. iHLVERULENTA (S. pulvcruicnta, Michr. &. S. peduncularis, Mahl.) has 

 the leaves more or less soft-downy underneath. A shorter-peduncled state 

 of this appears to be S. lasioueuron, Ilouk. — Moist meadows and river-banks : 

 common. June. — Very variable, l°-3°, or even 6° -8° high: petioles I' -3' 

 long. Seeds 6. 



10. S. tamnif61ia, Michx. Stem upright or climbing ; leaves htart-hulberd- 

 shaped, 5-nervtd, smooth; peduncles longer than the petioles. (S. tamnoides, 

 Pursh, not of Z.) — Pine barrens, New Jersey to Virginia and southward. — 

 Leaves abruptly narrowed above the dilated heart-shaped base, tapering to the 

 apex. Berry 2-3-seeded. 



Order 121. LILIACE^. (Lily Family.) 



Herbs, or rarely woody plants, with regular and symmetrical almost always 

 C-androus /lowers ; the perianth not glumaceous, free from the chiefly 3- 

 celled ovary ; the stamens one before each of its divisions or lobes (i. e. 6, in 

 one instance 4), icilh 2-celled anthers ; fruit a few -many-seeded pod or 

 berry ; the small embryo enclosed in copious albumen. Seeds anatropous or 

 ampliitropous. Flowers not from a spathe, except in Allium ; the outer 

 and inner ranks of the perianth colored alike (or nearly so) and generally 

 similar, except in Trillium. — A large fiimily, as here extended, the prin- 

 cipal divisions commonly received as orders, but not well limited. For 

 the present purpose they are best regarded as tribes. 



Tribe I. TRIIjL.1DEjE. Styles or se=sile stigmas 3, sep.irate down to the ovary. 

 Fruit a sevenl -many -seeded berry. Divisicms or leaves of the perianth distinct, the 3 

 outer often folinccous. Simple stem from a rootstock, naked below ; leaves all in one or 

 two whorls above, broad, more or less conspicuously nettod-veined! 



1. Trillium. Perianth of two sorts, 3 folinceous persistent sepals and 3 colored pctils. 



Anthers adnate, introrse. Leaves (3) in a single whorl. Flower single. 



2. Metleola. Teriauth of 6 similar colored divisions, deciduous. Anthers fixed by thu 



middle, «:itrorse. Leaves la two whorls. Ftowers.several. - 



