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III. NOTHOSCORDUM. % 



(Gr., nothos, false; skordion, garlic.) 



Similar to Allium, but without the smell of onions. Flowers greenish 

 yellow in rather loose umbels. Ovules, several in each cell of the 

 ovary. 



i. Nothoscordum striatum, Kunth. (L., striatus, furrowed; from stria, a 

 furrow.) Scape usually less than i foot high ; leaves narrowly linear, thick, scarcely 

 equaling the scape; bracts of the umbel 2, lanceolate, persistent; pedicels filiform, 

 becoming i to 2 inches long. Flowers about \ inch long, with oblong-lanceolate, 

 thin segments. Open woods and prairies. 



IV. CAMASSIA. 



(From native Indian name, quamash or cantass.} 



Linear leaves and naked scape from a coated bulb. Flowers on 

 jointed pedicels in bracted racemes. Divisions of the perianth parted 

 almost or quite to the base, blue or purple. Ovary oblong or obovate, 

 with a filiform style. Several seeds in each cell. 



i. Camassia Fraseri, Torr. (L. genitive, of Fraser.) WILD HYACINTH. 

 Scapes from i to 2 feet tall. Bulb ovoid ; leaves narrowly linear. Racemes 3 to 8 

 inches long. Flowers on filiform pedicels ; parts of the perianth narrowly oblong, 

 longer than the stamens ; blue to almost white. In rich and moist ground. 



V. HYACINTHUS. Hyacinth. 

 (Gr., hyakinthos.') 



Perianth united into a tube below ; stamens inserted at the throat, 

 which is open and spreading. Flowers in spicate racemes, varying in 

 color from white through various shades of blue and purple. 



Here belong the cultivated varieties of hyacinth. 



VI. TULIPA. Tulip. 

 (Per., dulband, a turban.) 



Stem i- or 2-leaved near the ground, bearing a large, erect flower; 

 perianth bell-shaped, of 6 separate segments, which are broad and 

 erect ; stigmas 3, sessile ; ovary triangular ; seeds many. 



Here belong the various kinds of cultivated tulips. 



