ORDER 147. LILIACE^E 343 



late, with a broad base and nectariferous cavity above the claw of each 

 segment. Stamens as long as the petals. Stig. trifid. Caps, coriaceous, 3- 

 celled, septifragal. 1C With coated bulbs, simple, leafy stems, bearing 1 

 or more nodding flowers in Spring. 



1 F. IMPERIALIS. Crmsn Imperial. Stem 3f, at base invested with long, narrow Ivs., 



the middle naked, the summit bearing a raceme of large drooping red flowers beneath 

 a crown of bracts. Var. PLAVA has yellow flowers. Persia. 



2 F. MELEAGRIS. Chequered L. Stem 1-flowered, with alternate, linear, channelled 



letves ; flower large, nodding, chequered with purple and yellow. Europe. If. 



3 F. PERSICA. Fie. brownish-purple, in a pyramidal, naked raceme. Persia. 3f. 



5. OALOCHORTUS, Ph. Perianth twisted in aestivation. Sepals 3, 

 smaller than the 3 petals, which are bearded within except a central gla- 

 brous spot. Style very short, anth. recurved. Seeds 1-rowed in each cell 

 of the capsule. V Californian, bulbous. Leaves narrow. Stem erect. 



C. SPLENDKNS. Stem with 35 l:irge, open, lilac flowers ; pet. each with a brown-yellow 

 eye in the middle. 1 2f. June. A splendid flower, yet rare in cultivation. 



C'. PULCHELLUS and C. ALBUS, with the petals connivent into pendent globes, the one 

 jrolden yellow, the other satin white, are very beautiful. 



6. NOLINA, Rich. Perianth small, of 6 equal ovate spreading parts, 

 longer than the 6 stamens. Stigmas 3, recurved, with a very short style. 

 Cups. 3-winged, 3-(or l-3-)seeded. U Bulb coated. Scape widely branched. 

 Flowers racemed, white, nearly bractless. 



N. Georglana MX. Sand hills, S. Car. to Fla. Scape 2 3f, from a large bulb. Leaves 

 long, narrow, all radical, recurved and channelled, rough-edged. 



7. SCLLLA, L. SQUILL. Sepals and petals similar, spreading (blue or 

 purple). Filaments 6, slender, style thread-club-shaped. Caps. 3-angled, 

 3-celled, cells with 1 or several black seeds. 11 Bulb coated, bearing sev 

 eral linear leaves and a scape with a raceme. 



1 S. eaciilenta Ker. Quamash. Lvs. keeled, flaccid, shorter than the scape ; bracts 

 subulate, longer than the pedicels ; filaments filiform ; stigmas 3-toothed ; sepals 

 widely spreading, pale blue. Bottoms, W. 1 2f. May. (Camassia, Liudl.) 



1 S. PERDVIANA. Leaves ciliate on the edges, longer than the scape ; flowers stellate, 

 in a dense conical corymb, violet-blue, rarely white. Spain. 



8. ORNITHOGALUM, L. STAR OF BETHLEHEM. Stem n coated 

 bulb. Sep. and pet. similar, white, spreading, 3-7-veined. Fil. 6, subulate. 

 Style slender, stigma 3-angled. Caps, roundish, 3-augled. Sds. few, black. 

 u Scape with a corymb of bracted flowers, and linear leaves. 



O. ii in Ix-llat ii in L. Leaves channelled, as long as the scape (If) ; flower*" few, on 

 long pedicels, the white sepals each with a green band outside. June. Europe. 



9. ALLIUM, L. GARLIC. ONION. Flowers in a dense umbel, with a 

 membranous 2-(l-4-)leaved spathe. Perianth deeply 6-parted. Seg. mostly 

 spreading, ovate, the 3 inner somewhat smaller. Ovary angular, stigma 

 acute. Caps. 3-iobed. Seeds few, black. Strong-seen ted, bulbous plants. 

 Leaves mostly radical 



