ORDKK CXXX. LILIACK.E. 535 



1. T. usNEOiDEs, (L.) Ston long, attaclied to the limbs of trees, cov- 

 ered with mcmbraniiceous scales, nearly terete. Leaves similar to the 

 stem. Floicers solitary, axillary ; segments of the calyx lanceolute, 

 membranaceous. Petals linear. Stamens shorter than the tube. — 

 Greenish white. If. Tlirough the summer. Lojig Moss. 



2. T. Bartr.xm'ii, (Ell.) Stem attached to the bark and \<-ood of old 

 trees. Lcaoex subulate, channeled, hoary, covered with whitish s<'ali'S, 

 cartilaginous at the base. Flowrrs in pairs, at the summit of simple 

 leafy scapes; the upi)er leaves tinged with red at the base. — If. June. 

 Middle Geo. 



3. T. recurva'ta, (L.) Stem terete, short. Leaves subulate, terete, 

 recurved. Flowers in pairs, at the summit of the stem, sessile. Petals 

 longer than the calyx. — Purple. If. On old tre*»s. Southern Georgia 

 and Florida. 



II. OVARY SUPERIOR. 



Order CXXX.— LILIA'CE^E. 



Perianth colored, regular, deeply 6-parted. Stamens 6, pe- 

 rigynous, opposite to the segments. Ova7y superior, 3-celled, 

 many-seeded. Sti/le 1. Fruit capsular, 3-celled, 3-valved, 

 many-seeded, dehiscence loculicidal. Seed in 1 — 2 rows. F 

 hryo straight. Plants usually with scaly bulbs. 



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ANALYSIS. 



1. Cauiine leaves none, radical leaves 2 Erythroniiim, 3 



Cauline leaves present, or radical leaves muncrous 2 



2. Flowers white or reddish 8 



Flowers yellow Liliuiii^ 1 



3. Leaves stiff and pointed Yucca, 2 



Leaves mot stiff ♦ 



4. Flowers in spikes Conralaria, 8 



Flowers in panicles Xolhut, 6 



Peduncles axillary Polygonatum, 7 



Flowers ia umbels or racemes 5 



5. Fruit baccate Smilacina, 9 



Fruit capsular 6 



6. Flowers in umbels Allium, 5 



Flowers in racemes O niithogalunu, 10 



Genus L— LIL'IUM. Tourn. 0—1. 

 (From the Celtic word Z/>, whiteness.) 



Perianth campanulate, deeply G-parted. Sernncntft straight 

 or rt'flexed, with a longitudinal, nectariferous line. Stamens 0. 

 Stigma entire. Pod oblong; seeds numerous, 2 rows in each 

 cell. 



1. L. Gates' B.W, (Walt.) Stem erect, simple, glabmus. lyavs >, >. 

 sile, linear-lanceolate, appressed, most numerous near the middh- »»f ih<» 

 stem. Flowers solitary, terminal. Perianth erect, tlie .'^ogm.tit.'* with 

 long claws, undulate at the margin, reflexed at the summit.— Sc.-irlet, 

 spotted with yellow and brown. ^ If . June— Aug. Pine-barrens IS 

 — 24 inches. 



