3 i2 LILY ORDER 



1-2 glands at the base, stamens 6, ovary 3-celled, styles 3, capsule 3-lobed ; 

 flowers perfect or polygamous, in a terminal raceme or panicle; leaves 

 alternate, linear ; leafy-stemmed perennial from a bulb or root-stalk. 



1. Perianth grown together with the base of the 



ovary ; gland heart-shaped Z. elegans 



2. Perianth free from the ovary; gland ovate to 



rounded 



a. Parts of the perianth with a claw ; stamen fila- 



ments attached to the base of the perianth 



(1) Flowers 4-6 mm. long; leaves 4-6 mm. 



wide Z. venenosus 



(2) Flowers 5-8 mm. long; leaves 5-9 mm. 



wide Z. intermedius 



b. Parts of the perianth without a claw, 6-10 mm. 



long ; stamen filaments free from the perianth Z. Nuttdllii 



SMILACACEAE SMILAX FAMILY 



Sepals and petals 3 each, greenish, similar, stamens 6, ovary 3-celled, 

 stigmas 1-3, fruit a berry ; flowers dioecious in axillary umbels ; leaves alter- 

 nate, net-veined, several-ribbed ; vines with woody or herbaceous, usually 

 prickly stems. 



SMILAX Linne 1753 GREENBRIER 

 (Gr. name of the bindweed) 



Characters of the family. 

 Stems 3-6 ft. high ; leaves ovate or lance-ovate, 7-9- 



ribbed, 2-5 in. long ; berries blue-black S. herbdcea 



JUNCACEAE RUSH FAMILY 



Perianth of 6 parts, in 2 rows, stamens 3 or 6, pistil 1- or 3-celled, stig- 

 mas 3, fruit a capsule ; flowers small, regular, greenish, mostly in compound 

 umbels, panicles or corymbs, or densely crowded into spikes or heads ; 

 grass-like perennials, rarely annuals. 



1. Sheaths of the leaves closed; capsule 3-seeded JUNCODES 



2. Sheaths of the leaves open ; capsule many-seeded JUNCUS 



JUNCODES Adanson 1763 WOOD RUSH 

 (Lat. juncus, rush, Gr. eidos, like) 



Perianth of 6 similar, greenish-brown parts, stamens 6, ovary 1 -celled, 

 seeds 3 ; flowers with bracts, in open or spike-like clusters ; leaver grass-like ; 

 perennial. 



