LILY FA:sriLY. 435 



-I- -I- stem -2 leaved or feio-leave>- at or towards the bri^e. naked above and ordinarih/ 

 \fiowered at sttmmit ; the six pieces of the bell-shaped perianth separate ; sta- 

 mens on the receptacle or nearly so ; anthers erect ; seeds many, pale. 



27. TUHPA. Stem 1-2-leaved abovo the ground, bearing an erect large flower. Division.s 



of the perianth broad, not recurved nor spreading. Ovary and pod trianguhar, colum- 

 nar ; stigmas 8, sessile, tweeds nearly as in Lily. 



28. CALOCIIOKTUS. Stein few-leaved, l-few-flowered. Flowers large and handsome, of 



various colors, erect or pcTidulous, the 3 outer divisions small greenish, and sepal- 

 like, but the 3 inner ones very broad and bearded on the inside and usually blotched 

 at the base, all widely spreading. Capsule oblong, 8-angled. 



29. ERYTIIRONUJM. Scape 2-leaved from the ground, bearing a nodding flower. Divis- 



ions of the j>eriaL6h lanceolate, i-ecurved or spreading above. Ovary and pod obo- 

 vate ; reeds globular. Style long, more or less club-shaped. 



■*-■>-+- Scipe 'linked, l>earing 1 to several or many flowers ; seeds few, globular or 

 angled ; leaves linear or nearly so. 



*+ Fh /vers in umbels (or in Xos. 3(i and 31 sometimes solitary or twin). 



30. BROP^'uEA. Poiianth of various colors, funnel-form or companulatc, the lobes erect 



or soraewhat spreading and equaling or exceeding the length of the tube. Stamens 

 ■^ or 3, with stamlnodia between, the filaments very short. Stigma 3-fid or 3-sulcate. 

 Leaves channeled or flat. 

 Jl. MILLA. Perianth white, greenish outside, salvcr-like, the 6 lobes rotate-spreading; 

 tube long-cam|)anulate. Stamens 6, inserted on the tube, exserted, the anthers long 

 and connivent about the style, but the filaments very short. Stigma 3-p:utod. Leaves 

 very narrow, glaucous, hollow. 



82. ALLIUM. Flowers in a simple umbel, from a 1-2-leaved or scarious spathe, the lobes 



colored; cells of ovary 1-2-seeded, and pod lobed ; style persistent, slender; stigma 

 entire. Plants onion-scented. 

 NOTHOSCORDUM. Difters from Allium in the greenish or yellowish-white flowers, 

 several-seeded cells, .scarcely-lobed pod, and absence of onion odor. 



++ ++ Flowers in racemes or spikes {subcorymbose in No. 34). 



= Perianth parted almost or quite to the base. 



>4. ORMTHOGALUM. Flowers bracted, white, wheel-shaped. Style 3-sided; stigma 

 8-angled. 



J5. SCII-LA. Flowers mostly blue, the divisions 1-nervod. Filaments often bro.idened at 



the base. Stigma capitate. 

 86. CAMASSIA. Flowers blue in ours, the divisions 3- or more-nerved. Filaiiionts fili- 

 form. Stigma 8-fid. 



= = Perianth toith a pronounced tube, the stamens upon the throat. 



37. ClIIONODOXA. Flowers small, mostly blue, stalked in a short raceme, the tube 

 shorter than the recurved-spreading acute segments. Filaments all broadly dilated. 

 Style short, the stigmas small or capitate. Cells 4-6-seeded. 



88. MUSCARL Flowers in a dense raceme; the globular or urn-shaped constricted- 

 mouthed periauth nearly 6-toothed. 



83. IIYACINTIIUS. The short-funnel-shaped or bell-shaped perianth C-cleft, throatopen, 



the lobes spreading. 



» • Plants with tuberous rootstocks or fibrous-rooted crown ; stem always herbaceous ; 

 radical leaves often forming large clumps by the spread of the rootstock. 

 Scape (in ours) leafless. 



-(- Flowers in a 1-bracted umbel. 



40. AGAPANTHITS. Perianth blue, tubular at base, with fi widely spreading divisions 

 nearly regular. Pod triangular, many-seeded. Seeds flat, brownish, winged above. 

 Leaves linear, flat. 



