1. 1 1 A' FAMILY. 



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i. Hemcrocallis fulva L. 

 (Fig. 990.) 



Hemrrocallis/lt* U ftp. PL Kd. f. 



Scapes 3-6 high, stotii 

 than the leave*. Leave* 4"-$" wide, dun- 

 neled, tapering to an acute Up; cape bearing 

 several short bract* above; flo. 

 short-pedicelled, tawny orangr. panklcd. 4'- 

 5' long, opening for day; tube of the peri- 

 anth i'-i>i' long, the lobe* oblong. *ame< 

 what spreading, l; . -|, e thffW 



outer nearly flat, acutMi; thr ; inner undo- 

 late and blunt. 



In in 



wiok ami ( mt.iri.. t.. \ IT,- 

 1 -. .il .1 frnin i u!t!\ .ttiMii N*Uw of Ramp* 

 and Asia. Jinx 



Hemerocallis fliva I., thr \.'.'... [., 

 with 1>ri|;ht yi-llnw r' 

 vfim-d, is occasiunally f<iiunl n- 



2. LEUCOCRINUM Nutt; A. Gray, Ann. Lye. X. V. 4 no. 18; 



A low acaulescent rather fleshy herb, from a short rootstm-k, the root thick, fibnma. 

 Outer leaves membranous, acute, short; inner leaves lim-ar, elongated, the innemoat re- 

 duced to bracts. Flowers large, white, umbellate from tin- subterranean .ixil- ] 

 form. Perianth with a very narrow tube and a salverfonn limb, persistent, tin- '> lmcarob- 

 long lobes spreading, nerved, shorter than the tul>e. Stanu-ns fwrne near the top of the 

 perianth-tube, shorter than the lobes; filaments filiform; anthers linear, their sac* iiitrondy 

 dehiscent. Ovary ovoid, 3-celled; style filiform 

 stigma small. Capsule oval or obovoid, 3-angled, 

 sessile, obtuse, loculicidal. Seeds several in each 

 cavity, angled. [Greek, meaning white lily.] 



A monotypic genus of northwestern North America 



i. Leucocrinum montanum Nutt. 



Leucocrinum. (Fig. 991.) 



J.tiinifiinnni montanum Nutt.; A. Gray, Ann. I.yc. 

 N. Y. 4: no. 1837. 



Root-fibres very thick, numerous. Inner leaves 

 2 / -io / long, 1"-$" wide; flowers 3-8; pedicels y*'- 

 2 f long; perianth-limb about l / z ' broad, the lobes 

 acute; perianth -tube i / -2 / long, less than \" in di- 

 ameter; filaments 3 // -4 // long; anthers coiled, at 

 least when dry; capsule 3 // -4 // long, erect, leath- 

 ery; seeds 4-6 in each cavity, black. 



In sandy soil, South Dakota and western Nebraska 

 to California. Ascends to 5500 ft. in the Black Hills. 

 April-June. 



3. ALLIUM L. Sp. PI. 294. 1753- 

 Bulbous herbs, characteristically odorous (alliai-emiM. tlu- bulbs solitary, or 



short rootstocks. Leaves narrowly linear, or rarely lamo-LiU- or ..bl.mg.ihMt 



sometimes also on the stem. Stem (usually a scape simple, erert. 



pink orTgreen, in a terminal simple umbel, subtended by j ..i .; nu-mbraiio 



united bracts. Pedicels slender, not jointed. Perianth persistent, tl 



or united by their very bases. Stamens inserted on the basi- 



ments filiform or dilated, sometimes toothed; anther-sacs intro: 



sile or nearly so, completely or incompletely 3 -celled; style filiform, j 



ous; stigmas small; ovules i-5 in each cavity. Capsule loculicidal. 



AboutT2 75 species of wide distribution. Besides the following some 40 others c 



western United States. 



