ORDER 148. LILT ACEJE. 



channeled and keeled: umbel of fls. globous ; stam. tricuspidate, a little longer than 

 the rouyh-keeled sepals.' Gardens. Et. bearing a scaly, cylindrical bulb. Stem 2f 

 high, bearing long, linear, alternate, sheathing Ivs., and at the top a large umbel, 

 of'small white fls. JL f Switzerland. 



9 A. vineale L. CROW GARLIC. St. slender, with a few leaves ; cauline Ivs. 

 terete, fistulous ; umbel bulbiferous ; sta. exsert ; fiL alternately tricuspidate, the 

 middle point bearing the anther. U Meadows, Mid. and "VV. States. Leaves 

 6 12' long. Scape 1 2f high, bearing a spathe of 2 small bracts at top, and 

 an umbel of flowers with which bulbs are sometimes intermixed. Perianth pur- 

 ple. June, July. 



10 A. schcenoprasum L. CITES. Scape somewhat leafy at base, equaling the 

 terde, filiform, fistulous Ivs. ; spathe of 2 bracts, nearly as long as the capitate 

 umbel ; segm. lanceolate, acuminate, longer than the JQam. which are toothless 

 and dilated at base. Lake shores, Can. Common in gardens, growing in tufts. 

 Bulbs small. Scape less than If high. Umbel 1' diam. Els. purple. Jl. 



11 A fistulosum L. "WELSH ONION. Scape leafy at base, inflated in the 

 midst; Ivs. fistulous throughout, terete, about the length of the scape; umbel dense, 

 globular, fruitful ; sep. acuminate, with a green keel ; stam. ezserted, with simple 

 filaments ; ova. 3-lobed, green. Gardens. Scape and Ivs. forming dense tufts, 

 18' high, f Asia. 



12 A. Cepa L. COMMON ONION. Scape fistulous, swelling tmoards the lose 

 much longer than the terete, fistulous Ivs. Gardens. Bulb compressed, or 

 round, or oblong in figure. The scape, which appears the second year, is 3 to 4f 

 high, straight, smooth, stout, bearing at top a large, round umbel of greenish- 

 white fls. Universally cultivated for the kitchen. 



ft. PROLIFERUM. TOP ONION. Umbels bulbiferous and proliferous, i.e. t pro- 

 ducing secondary bulbs and plants at top, with few flowers or none. 



10. AGAPAFTTHUS, L'Herit. (Gr.a'yoraj, love, dvOog ; a flower to 

 be loved.) Perianth funnel-form, regular, 6-parted ; stamens 6, adnate 

 to the base of the tube, curved upwards ; ovary free ; style filiform, 

 curved at the end ; stigma entire ; capsule 3-lobed, 3-celled, many- 

 seeded. Rt. tuberous. Lvs. radical, thick, linear. Scape thick, bear- 

 ing an umbel with a 2-leaved involucre. 



A. umbellatus L'Her. Lvs. linear ; umbel many-flowered ; pedicels as long 

 as the perianth. A fine, showy plant for the parlor or greenhouse, easily reared 

 in pots. Scape 2f or more high, with an umbel of numerous fls. of a rich blue, 

 f S. Africa. 



11. HYACINTHUS, L. HYACINTH. (Hyacinthus of Grecian fable, 

 was killed by Zephyrus, and transformed into this flower.) Perianth 

 tubular campanulate, regular, 6-cleft, segments spreading-recurved ; 

 stamens 6, adherent to the tube, free at apex ; ovary free ; cells of the 

 capsule about 2-seeded. Herbs acaulescent, from a coated bulb. Fls. 

 racemed. 



H. orientalis L. Perianth funnel-form, half 6-cleft, ventricous at the base. 

 If A well-known flower, long prized and cultivated. Lvs. thick, linear-lance- 

 olate, 3 to 5' long. Scape twice as long as the leaves, thick, bearing a raceme of 

 numerous blue flowers which are often double. The tube is enlarged at base by 

 the roundish ovary within it. Stam. adherent a third the length of the tube, 

 deeply included. Segments oblong, obtuse, recurved, rather shorter than the 

 tube. Mar., Apr. f Levant. Varies with fls. white, pink, red, etc. 



12. MUSCA^RI, Tourn. GRAPE HYACINTH. Perianth tube ventri- 

 cous, ovoid or campanulate, throat constricted, limb of 6 very short, 

 obtuse, spreading segments, sometimes with a crown. Otherwise as in 

 Hyacinthus. 



1 M. racemosum L. Fls. fragrant, roundish-ovoid, nodding; Ivs. linear, 

 channeled, arcuate-recurved, flaccid. Gardens. Scape terete, 4 to 6' high, shorter 



