210 POPULAR FLORA. 



Fruit a few-seeded beny : flowers sm.ill. Herbs from rootstocks: no bulbs. 



Stems much branched: leaves fine and thread-shaped, in clusters, {Asparagus) *AsrAnAGUS. 

 Stems simple above ground and leafy. Leaves oblong or lance-oblong. 



Flowers axillarj-, nodding, greenish; perianth tubular, 6-lobed: stamens above 

 the middle, on very short filaments. Rootstock thick, markeil with 

 broad round scars on the upper side (Fig. 63), {Polygonatum) Solomon's-Seal. 

 Flowers in a terminal raceme, white: perianth 6-parted, in one case 4-parted, 

 the divisions narrow and widely spreading, the stamens on its base : 

 filaments slender, (Smiladna) Smilacina. 



Stems or scape simple and leafless above ground; the broad leaves all from its base 

 or from the slender rootstock. 

 Flowers small, in a slender raceme, white; perianth bell-shaped, 6-lobed (Fig. 3): 



leaves very smooth, ( Convullaria) *LiLY-oi--TnE- Valley. 



Flowers rather large, in an umbel, greenish-yellow or whitish: perianth 6-leaved : 



leaves of the plant ciliate, {Clintonia) Clintonia. 



Fruit a 3-celled pod, splitting into 3 valves when ripe. 



Perianth wheel-shaped, or sometimes erect or bell-shaped, 6-leaved: flowers on a 

 scape or nearly naked stem, rising from a coated bulb: seeds round 

 t and black, few. 

 Flowers in a corymb, white: style 3-sided, {Ornithdgalum) *Star-of-Bethlehem. 



Flowers in a raceme, blue or purple: style thread-like, [Siilln) Squill. 



Flowers in an umbel from a scaly bract or involucre, {Allium} Omon. 



Perianth funnel-shaped, bell-shaped, or globe-shaped, more or less united into a tube 

 or cup, bearing the 6 stamens, except in some Day-Lilies. 

 Scape and leaves from a coated bulb : flowers in a raceme. Leaves narrow. 



Perianth globular, blue, small, {Muscari) *Grape-Hyacinth. 



Perianth short, funnel-shaped or bell-shaped, 6-cleft, {Hyacintlius) *Hyacinth. 



Scape or stem leafy towards the bottom, from fibrous roots (no bulb), bearing a 

 few large flowers in a cluster at the top: stamens curved to one side. 

 Flower opening for only one day, {ffemerocdlUs} *Day-Lily. 



Perianth bell-shaped or funnel-shaped, &c., but of 6 separate petal-like divisions: 

 seeds many, mostly flat, pale. 

 Simple-stemmed herbs from a scaly or coated bulb : stamens on the receptacle 

 or attached to the very base of the deciduous perianth. 

 Anthers fixed by their middle and swinging free : stems leafy to the top. 

 No honey-bearing spots, or merely a groove at the bottom of each divis- 

 ion of the perianth. Bulb scaly, (Lillum) Lily. 

 A round and large honey-bearing spot near the bottom of each division 



of the perianth, {PctUhmi) * Crown-Imperial. 



Anthers erect on the filament, appearing to be fixed by their base: stem or 

 scape leafy only at or towards the bottom. 

 Style none or hardly any: stigmas 3 on the long 3-sided ovary, ( TkUpa) *Tulip. 

 Style long: ovary roundish: leaves 2, spotted, {Erythronlum) Dogtooth-Violet. 

 Stems woody, palm-like, or not rising above the ground, from roots or rootstocks 

 (no bulbs): leaves evergreen, sword-shaped. Flowers white, tulip- 

 shaped, in a large, terminal, compound panicle, ( Yucca) Yucca, 



