8 General Key to the Families 



like in aspect and texture, regular, hypogynous, persistent; fruit 

 seeds anatropous with a tiny embryo enclosed within the base of 

 fleshy albumen. 



I. JUNCUS. (Tourn.) L. 



1. J. Mertensiamis. Bong. Merten's Bog Rush. 



2. J. triglumis. L. Three-flowered Bog Rush. 



3. J. Drummondii. E. Meyer. Drummond's Bog Rush. 



4. J. Parryi. Engelm. Parry's Bog Rush. 

 II. LUZULA. DC. 



1. L. parviflora. (Ehrh.) Desv. Small-flowered Wood 



Rush. 



2. L. spicata. (L.) DC. Spiked Wood Rush. 



XVI. LILIACE^:. LILY FAMILY 



Herbs or rarely woody plants; leaves at the base, or in whorls, 

 or pairs on the stems; flowers borne singly, or in umbels, or 

 racemes on a usually naked stem; fruit a seeded pod or berry, 

 seeds various, winged or wingless. 



TRIBE VERATRE;E 



I. TOFIELDIA. Huds. 



1. T. glutinosa. (Michx.) Pers. Glutinous Asphodel. 



2. T. palustris. Huds. Scottish Asphodel. 



3. T. occidentalis. Watson Proc. Western Asphodel. 

 II. STENANTHIUM. (Gray.) Kunth. 



i. S. occidentale. Gray. Bronze Bells. 

 HI. ZYGADENUS. Michx. 



1. Z. elegans. Pursh Fl. Green Lily. 



2. Z. venenosus. Wats. Poisonous Green Lily. 

 IV. VERATRUM. (Tourn.) L. 



i. V. viride. Ait. Indian Hellebore. 



TRIBE ALLIED 

 V. ALLIUM. (Tourn.) L. 



1. A. cernuum. Roth. Pink Garlic. 



2. A. Schoenoprasum var. sibiricum. (L.) Hartm. 



Purple Garlic. 



