LILY FAMILY 38 



1. C. luteum Gray. Unicorn Root, Devil's Bit. Stem furrowed, 

 stamiiiate plants 1-2 ft. high, pistillate taller, often 3 ft. or more. 

 Lower leaves obovate, clustered, the upper small and bract-like. Stam- 

 inate racemes slender and drooping, the pistillate erect. Flowers short- 

 pediceled. Capsule 3-valved, seeds linear-oblong, winged at the ends- 

 On low ground.* 



II. AMIANTHIUM Gray. (CHROSPERMA) 



Stem simple, glabrous, erect from a bulbous base. Leaves 

 long and slender. Flowers Avhite, in a simple terminal raceme, 

 bisexual. Perianth of 6 segments which are sessile and gland- 

 less. Stamens 6, somewhat perigynous. Ovary 3-lobed, 3-celled; 

 fruit a dehiscent, 3-lobed capsule, the lobes becoming awl- 

 shaped by the persistent style bases ; cells few-seeded.* 



1. A. muscaetoxicum Gray. Fly Poison. Bulb ovoid or oblong. 

 Stem somewhat angled below, 1-3 ft. high. Lower leaves strap-shaped, 

 channeled, the upper small and bract-like. Raceme dense, cylin- 

 drical, pedicels from the axils of minute ovate bracts. Perianth seg- 

 ments ovate, white, becoming greenish, nearly as long as the slender 

 stamens. Styles spreading. Capsule with divergent lobes ; seeds ovoid, 

 red. In rich woods.* 



III. VERATRUM L. 



Simple-stemmed perennials. Roots fibrous, from the thick- 

 ened base of the stem, poisonous, emetic. Leaves 3-ranked, 

 plaited, and veiny. Flowers panicled, greenish or brownish. 

 Sepals 6, spreading, nearly hypogynous. Stamens shorter than 

 the perianth, and somewhat perigynous. Ovary of 3 carpels 

 united at base. Fruit a few-seeded capsule, splitting into 

 3 parts. 



1. V. viride Ait. White Hellebore, Indian Poke. Stem stout, 

 2-7 ft. high, very leafy. Flowers very numerous, in a panicle, com- 

 posed of spike-like racemes. Sepals yellowish-green. Wet meadows 

 and brooksides. 



2. V. Woodii Robbins. Stem slender, 2-5 ft. high, not very leafy. 

 Flowers in a long, narrow panicle. Sepals greenish-purple or almost 

 black. Woods and dry hillsides. 



IV. UVULARIA L. 



Rather low plants with short rootstocks. Leaves alternate, 

 broad, and parallel-veined. Flowers yellow or yellowish. 



