ORDER 147. LILIACE^E 343 



late, with a broad base and nectariferous cavity above the claw of each 

 segment. Stamens as long as the petals. Stig. trifid. Caps, coriaceous, 3- 

 celled, septifragal. U With coated bulbs, simple, leafy stems, bearing 1 

 or more nodding flowers in Spring. 



1 F. IMFEKIALIS. Croivn Imperial, Stem 3f, at ba?e invested with long, narrow lv?., 



the middle naked, the summit bearing a raceme of large drooping red flowers beneath 

 a crown of bract?. Var. FLAYA has yellow flowers. Persia. 



2 F. MET.EAGKIS. Chequered L. Stem 1-flowered, with alternate, linear, channelled 



letves ; flower large, nodding, chequered with purple and yellow. Europe. If. 



3 F. PERSICA. * Fls. brownish-purple, in a pyramidal, naked raceme. Persia. 3f. 



5. CALOCHORTUS, Ph. Perianth twisted in aestivation. Sepals 3, 

 smaller than the 3 petals, which are bearded within except a central gla- 

 brous spot. Style very short, anth. recurved. Seeds 1 -rowed in each cell 

 of the capsule. U California!!, bulbous. Leaves narrow. Stem erect. 



C. 8PLENDEX8. Stem with 35 large, open, lilac flowers ; pet. each with a brown-yellow 

 eye in the middle. 1 2f. June. A splendid flower, yet rare in cultivation. 



C'. FCLCHELLUS and C. ALBUS, with the petals comment into pendent globes, the one 

 golden yellow, the other satin white, are very beautiful. 



6. NOLINA, Rich. Perianth small, of 6 equal ovate spreading parts, 

 longer than the 6 stamens. Stigmas 3, recurved, with a very short style. 

 Caps. 3-winged, 3-(or l-3-)seeded. if Bulb coated. Scape widely branched. 

 Flowers racemed, white, nearly bractless. 



N. Georsfiana MX. Sand hills, S. Car. to Fla. Scape 2 3f, from a large bulb. Leaves 

 long, narrow, all radical, recurved and channelled, rough-edged. 



7. SCILLA, L. SQUILL. Sepals and petals similar, spreading (blue or 

 purple). Filaments 6, slender, style thread-club-shaped. Caps. 3-angled, 

 3-celled, cells with 1 or several black seeds. U Bulb coated, bearing sev 

 eral linear leaves and a scape with a raceme. 



1 S. esciilenta Kcr. Quamash. Lvs. keeled, flaccid, shorter than the scape ; bracts 



subulate, longer than the pedicels; filaments filiform; stigmas 3-toothed ; sepals 

 widely spreading, pale blue. Bottoms, W. 1 2f. May. (Camassia, Lindl.) 



2 S. PEKUVIANA. Leaves ci Hate on the edges, longer than the scape ; flowers stellate, 



in a dense conical corymb, violet-blue, rarely white. Spain. 



8. ORNITHOGALUM, L. STAR OP BETHLEHEM. Stem a coated 

 bulb. Sep. and pet. similar, white, spreading, 3-7-veincd. Fil. 0, subulate. 

 Style slender, stigma 3-angled. Caps, roundish, 3-angled. Sds. few, black. 

 "U Scape with a corymb of bracted flowers, and linear leaves. 



O. umbellatum L. Leaves channelled, as long as the scape (If) ; flowers few, on t 

 long pedicels, the white sepals each with a green band outside. June. Europe. 



9. ALLIUM, L. GARLIC. ONION. Flowers in a dense umbel, with a 

 membranous 2-(l-4-)leaved spathe. Perianth deeply 6-parted. Seg. mostly 

 spreading, ovate, the 3 inner somewhat smaller. Ovary angular, stigma 

 acute. Caps. 3-Iobed. Seeds few, black. Strong-scented, bulbous plants. 

 Leaves mostly radical. 



