LILY FAMILY. 441 



1- -•- -1- Peduncle ncarli/ erect; leaves rounded at the base and short- 

 pet wled. 



T. niv^le, Hiddell. Dwakk White T. From W. Penn., N. W.; veiy 

 early-tlowcring, 2'-4' high ; leaves oval or ovate, obtuse ; petals oblong, 

 obtuse, pure white, 1' long; styles slender. 



T. erythrocarpum, Michx. Paintkd T, Low woods or bogs N.; 

 leaves ovale, taper-puintcd ; petals lance-ovate, jjointed, wavy, white with 

 pink stripes at the base; berry bright red. 



14. MEDEOLA, INDIAN CUCUMBER (from the taste of the tuber- 

 ous white and horizontal rootstock ; the Latin name from Medea, the 

 sorceress). Flowers early summer. 



M. Virglnica, Linn. The only species ; simple stem, I'^-S^ high, cot- 

 tony when young, bearing near the middle a whorl of 5-9 obovate-lanceo- 

 late, thin and veiny, but also parallel-ribbed leaves, and another of 3 

 (rarely 4 or 5) nmch smaller ovate ones at the top, around an umbel of 

 a few small recurved-stalked flowers, N. Eng,, W. and IS. 



15. COLCHICUM. (The country, CoZc/iis, in Asia Minor. ) Flowers 

 in autumn ; sentls up the lanceolate root leaves the next spring. Spar- 

 ingly cult, from Eu. for ornament. 



C. autumnale; Linn. Common C. Mostly with rose-purple or lilac 

 flowers ; leaves 6'-12' long, lanceolate. 



C. variegatum, Linn. Has shorter and wavy leaves, and perianth 

 variegated with small purple squares, as if tessellated, 



16. HELONIAS. (Probably from the Greek for swamp, in which the 

 species grows.) Flowers spring. 



H. buUita, Linn. Rare and local plant, from N. J. to E. Va., but 



sometimes cult.; very smooth, the tuberous rootstock producing a tuft of 

 oblong or lance-spatulate, evergreen leaves, from the center of which 

 rises in spring a leafless scape l°-2° high, bearing the rather handsome 

 flowers. 



17. TOFIELDIA, FALSE ASPHODEL. {Tofield was a Yorkshire 

 botanist of last century.) 



« Glabrous; pedicels solitanj or in pairs, in a raceme. 



T. glibra, Nutt. Stem l^-S" high, 2-3 leaved ; raceme '2'-8' long, the 

 pedicels sometimes in pairs ; flowers whitish, small. N. Car., S. 



* * Pubescent, at least above ; pedicels mostly in iVs. 



T. glutin6sa. Willd. Stem 1.1° or less high, that and the pedicels very 

 glutinous with dark glands; leaves broad-linear but short; perianth re- 

 maining soft in withering. Me. to Minn., and S. in the mountains, in 

 moist grounds. 



T. pilbens. Ait. Taller, rough onod with minute glands; leaves narrow 

 and longer; perianth becoming; rii^id about the capsule. Pine barrens, 

 N. J., S.' 



18. CHAMiELIRIUM. DEVIL'S BIT. (Greek: Ground Lily, the 

 geiuis having been founded upon an undeveloped specimen.) Flowers 

 summer. 



C. Carolininum, Willd. Blazixg Star. Low grounds. N. Eng., S. 

 and S. W. Rootstock short and abrupt, sending up a stem l°-3° high, 



