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F. Flowers fuiinel-fonii, throat open: 

 lobes spreading: or recurved, as 



long as the tube 4. Eyacinthns 



FF. Flowers urn-shaped, constricted at 

 throat: lobes much shorter than 



tube 5. Muxcari 



EE. Perianth parted nearly to base 6. Ornifhogahiiii 



cc. Plant with a rootstock, and large clumps of 

 leaves. 

 D. Flowers yellow and paniculate on a some- 

 what branching scape 7. Remerocallis 



Di). Flowers white or bkie, mostly in a simple 



raceme 8. Fioikia 



BB. Style 1 at base, but 3-cleft or S-parted: liowers 



bell-like, drooping, yellow 9. UrnUtria 



AA. Fruit an angled berry: styles or stigmas 3: leaves 



broad and netted-veined 10. Trillium 



AAA. Fruit a globular berry: style 1: fls. small, white, or 

 greenish. 

 B. Foliage made up of cladophylls, the true leaves 

 being mere scales: stamens borne on the base 



of the small corolla 11. Asparagus 



BE. Foliage of ordinary leaves: stamens borne on the 

 corolla-tube. 



c. Perianth of 6 parts, separate 12. Smilavina 



cc. Perianth of 4 parts 13. Maiunthcmion 



occ. Periantli gamosepalous, with 6 lobes. 



D. Flowers racemose on a scape 14. Cotivallaria 



DD. Flowers hanging from the axils of the leaves. 15. Polygonal urn 



1. LlLIUM. Lily. 



Strong-growing bulbous herbs, with leafy stems usually bearing sev- 

 eral or many flowers: perianth bell-shaped or funnelform, the 6 divisions 

 nearly or quite separate and spreading or recurving and having a honey- 

 l)earing groove at the base: anthers attached by the middle (versatile). 



a. Flowers white. 



L. longifldrum, Thunb. Faster lily. One to 4 ft., with scattered long- 

 lanceolate pointed leaves: flowers 5-8 in. long, horizontal, scarcely widened 

 from the base to the middle, fragrant. Japan and China, now much cul- 

 tivated under glass. Many of the bulbs are grown in the Bermuda Islands, 

 whence the name "Bermuda lily." 



L. cAndidum, Linn. Common white lily. Leaves broad-lanceolate, 

 scattered: flowers numerous, 5 in. or less long, widening gradually from 

 the base. Europe. Common in gardens. 



