•534 LiLiACE^. (lily family.) 



coatcil bulb flowers in a simple umbel, some of them frequently changed to 

 bulblcts ; spatlie 1 - 2-valved. (The ancient Latin name of the Garlic.) 

 » Ovules and seeds stnyle in each cell: leaves broad and flat, appearing in cirli/ 

 spring, and dying befl}re die flowers are developed. 



1. A. tricOGCUm, Ait. (Wild Lkek.) Scape naked (9' high from 

 clustered j)ointcd bulbs, 2' long), bearing an erect many-flowered umbel ; ]ca\^ 

 lance-oblong (.5'-9' long, l'-2' wide); sepals oblong (white), equalling tne 

 simple filaments; pod strongly 3-lobcd. — Kich woods, W. New England to 

 Wisconsin, Kentucky, and southward in the Alleghanies. July. 



* * Orults mostly 2 in each cell: orarg crested with 6 teeth: leaves long and narrow. 



■t- Umhel bearing onlg flmvers and ripening jiods. 



2. A. c6rnuum, Roth. (Wild O.vio.n.) Scape naked, angular (I°-2° 

 high), often nodding at the apex, bearing a loose or drooping mani/-flowered umbel; 

 leaves linear, sharplij keeled (1° long); sepals oblong-ovate, acute (rose-color), 

 shorter than the simj)le slender filaments. — Steep banks, Western New York 

 to Wisconsin and southward. July, Aug. 



■3. A. Stellatum, Nutt. 5c«/je /«•«>/&, slender, bearing an er^cOonW,- leaves 

 flat; sepals equalling the stamens: otherwise resembling the last, but usually 

 not so tall ; the pod more crested. Aug. — Eocky sl«pcs, Illinois (Engthnann), 

 and nortlnvestward. 



4. A. Schoenoprasum, L. (Chives.) Scape naked or leafy at the 

 base (6' - 12' high) bearing a globular capitate umbel of many rose-purple flowers ; 

 sepals lanceolate, pointed, longer than the simple downwardly dilated filaments ; 

 leaves awl-shaped, hollow. Var. with recurved tips to the sepals (A. Sibiricum, 

 L.) — Shore of Lakes Huron, Superior, and northward. (Eu.) 



-(- -I- Umbel often densely bulb-bearing, with or ivitliout flowers. 



5. A. vine.Vle, L. (Field Garlic.) Scape slender, clothed with the 

 sheathing bases of the leaves below the middle (l°-3° high); leaves terete and 

 hollow, slender, channelled above; filaments much dilated, the alternate ones 3-cle/l, 

 the middle division anther-bearing. — Moist meadows and fields: a vile weed 

 eastward. June. — Flowers rose-color and green. (Nat. from Eu.) 



6. A. Canadense, Kalm. (Wild Garlic.) Scape leafy only at the 

 base (1° hi.yli); leai-x-s narroivly linear, flutti.sh ; umbel fcAV-flowered ; ^/iVawp/z^s 

 simple, dilated below. — Moist meadows. May, June. — Flowers pale rose-color, 

 pedicclled ; or a head of bulbs in their place. 



* * * Ovules several in each ceJl : leaves long and linear. (Nothdscordum, A'i<»?/(.) 



7. A. striatum, Jacq. Leaves narrowly linear, often convolute, striate on 

 the back, about the length of the obscurely 3-angled naked scape (6' - 12' long) ; 

 filaments dilated below, shorter than the narrowly oblong sepals (which are 

 white with a reddish keel) ; ovules 4 - 7 in each cell. — Prairies and open woods, 

 Virginia to Illinois and southward. May. 



25. MUSCARI, Tourn. Grape-Hyacixth. 



Perianth globular or ovoid, minutely 6-toothcd (blue). Stamens 6, included : 

 ^inthcrs short, introrse- Style short. Pod loculicidal, with 2 black angular 



