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crown, beneath which the flowers hang. In gardens, 2-3 feet high. April- 

 May. 



6. Erythronium. Perianth campanulate ; segments 6, distinct, 

 recurved, deciduous, the 3 inner usually with a groove at base. Fila- 

 ments 6, subulate. Style elongated. Capsule obovate, 3-valved, 

 Seeds ovate. 



E. AMERICANUM (Dog-tooth Violet}. Nearly stemless ; scape about 2- 

 leaved near the base, i -flowered ; leaves oval-lanceolate or lanceolate, green, 

 spotted with brownish purple, nearly equal in length ; flower nodding, pale 

 yellow, spotted at base inside ; style clavate ; stigma undivided. Common 

 on rich hill-sides, 3'-6' high. May. 



7. Hemerocallis. Perianth funnel-form ; tube short ; limb 

 spreading, 6-parted. Stamens 6, inserted at the throat. Filaments 

 long and filiform. Stigma simple. 



H. FULVA {Day Lily). Scape erect, smooth, corymbosely branching 

 above ; leaves long-linear ; flowers large, erect, bracted, of a tawny red on 

 the inside, in a corymb ; outer sepals with branching veins, inner wavy, ob- 

 tuse. In gardens, 2-4 feet high. July. 



8. Allium. Flowers in an umbel, with a spathe at base. Perianth 

 of 6 distinct sepals. Stamens 6. Capsule 3-lobed. Seed black. 



1. A. TRICOCCUM (Wild Leek}. Scape naked, leaves oval-lanceolate, 

 flat, thin, smooth, tapering to a petiole, withering before the appearance of 

 the flowers ; umbel not bulb-bearing, many-flowered, globose ; flowers 

 white ; filaments undivided ; pod deeply 3-lobed. In damp, rich woods, 

 8'- 15' high. June- July. 



2. A CEPA (Onion). Scape stout, hollow, swelling below the middle, 

 glaucous ; leaves round, hollow, swelling below the middle, glaucous, 

 shorter than the scape ; umbel globose, many-flowered ; flowers greenish 

 white. 3-4 feet high. July. 



3. A. SATIVUM (Garlic). Bulb compound, consisting of several smaller 

 ones united, and included in one covering membrane ; stem leafy, bulbifer- 

 ous ; leaves linear ; flowers small, white ; stamens 3-cleft. Scape 2-feet 

 high. July. 



9. Ornithogalum. Perianth leafy, 6-parted ; segments spreading 

 above the middle. Filaments 6, dilated at base. Stigma 3-angled. 

 Capsule roundish, angled. Seeds roundish. 



O. UMBELLATUM (Star of Bethlehem}. Scape naked ; leaves narrow- 

 linear, channeled, as long as the scape ; flowers few, loosely corymbose, 

 pedicellate, bracted ; sepals white, marked with a green stripe on the outside. 

 Cultivated, 5 '-8' high. May. 



10. Hyacinthus. Perianth varying from funnel-form to campanu- 

 late, subglobose ; segments 6, similar. Stamens 6, inserted near the 

 middle of the segments. Ovary with 3 honey-bearing pores. 



