IP FEND IX. 1069 



broadly obovoid, or globose-obovoid, often nearly as thick as long, sur- 

 passing the sepals or sometimes about equalling them. [Luzula campestris 

 var. buibosa Wood.] In woods, thickets and open sandy places, Va. to 

 Kans., Ga. and Tex. Spring. 



P. 263, after Allium vineale, add : 



6a. Allium carinatum L. KEELED GARLIC. Similar to A. vineale. BuPj 

 ovoid, its coats membranous; stem terete, leafy to about the middle, 2.5 

 dm. tall or less; leaves linear, channeled below, flat toward the apex, 2-3 

 mm. wide, prominently 3~5-nerved; bracts of the umbel 2, narrowly linear, 

 one much longer than the other; umbel erect, bearing either bulbs or cap- 

 sules; pedicels filiform, 2-4 cm. long, filaments simple, not toothed. 

 Bucks Co., Penn. Fugitive from Europe. 



P. 263, after Allium Nuttallii, insert: 



pa. Allium H^lleri Small. HELLER'S WILD ONION. Bulbs ovoid, 

 usually two together, fibrous-coated. Scape 2 dm. high or less, equalling 

 or longer than the leaves; leaves basal, linear, about 2 mm. wide; bracts 

 ovate to ovate-lanceolate, acute; pedicels slender, 815 mm. long; peri- 

 anth white or rose, 6-7 mm. long, its segments oblong-lanceolate to 

 elliptic, obtuse; bases of the filaments broadened; capsule crestless, 

 much shorter than the perianth. Dry soil, Neb. to Kans. and Texas. 

 April-June. 



P. 266, insert: 



7 a. TULIPA L. 



Bulbous herbs with erect leaf-bearing stems and large solitary (rarely 

 2) erect flowers. Perianth campanulate, the segments distinct, erect or 

 erect-spreading, deciduous, usually with a spot at the base, but without a 

 nectar-gland; stamens 6, hypogynous, shorter than the perianth; anthers 

 erect, basifixed; ovary nearly or quite sessile, 3-celled; ovules numerous; 

 capsule oblong or globose; seeds numerous, flat. [Ancient name.] Fifty 

 species or more, natives of Europe and Asia. 



x. Tulipa sylvestris L. WILD TULIP. Bulb ovoid, 2.5 cm. long or 

 less; stem about 3 dm. high, with 1-3 linear-lanceolate acuminate leaves; 

 flower yellow, 7-9 cm. broad; inner perianth-segments rather broader 

 than the outer, acute; filaments pubescent at the base. In meadows, Bucks 

 Co., Penn. Adventive from Europe. 



P. 274, after Trillium viride, insert: 



2a. Trillium viride*scens Nutt. Stem 4-6 dm. tall, slender, usually pu- 

 bescent at the top; leaves ovate, orbicular-ovate or broadly elliptic, 1015 

 cm. long, acuminate, sometimes abruptly so, 5-nerved, sessile ; flower sessile ; 

 sepals linear-lanceolate or almost linear, 4-5 cm. long, acute, green; 

 petals conspicuously narrow, the claw-like base linear, 1.5-2 cm. long, 

 greenish, the blade narrowly linear-lanceolate or nearly linear, fully twice 

 as long as the claw-like base, pale purple; filaments 2.5-5 mm. long; 

 anthers 12-15 mm. long; stigmas 6-8 mm. long, straight, or recurved only 

 near the tip. On hillsides and rich woods, Kans. and Ark. Spring. Dif- 

 fers from T. viride in its acuminate leaves and pale purple narrower petals. 



P. 283, after Iris Caroliniana, insert: 



3a. Iris folibsa Mackenzie & Bush. LEAFY BLUE FLAG. Stems 

 rather stout, 6 10 dm. tall, flexuous. Leaves broadly linear, green, not 

 glaucous, 1.5-2.5 cm. wide, often 6 dm. long, exceeding the flowers, 

 which are thus partly hidden among them; flowers about 3, their pedicels 

 2-3 cm. long; perianth-segments bluish, spreading, crestless, about 

 6 cm. long; capsule strongly 6-angled. Meadows and borders of low 

 woods, Mo. June. 



