ORDER 14?. LILIACE^E. 



Leaves (none at flowering-time) flat, lanceolate. Ovary only 3-ovuled No. 1 



Leaves present, flat. a Ovary 6-ovuled, often with a 6-toothed crest. . . (y) 



a Ovary GO-ovuled, not crested. Leaves linear No. 5 



Leaves terete and hollow. x Scape or stem slender, not inflated NOB. 8, 9 



x Scape inflated in the midst. Cultivated . . ..Nos. 10, 11 



y Wild native species. Leaves linear and very narrow No?. 2 4 



y Exotics cultivated. Leaves lance-linear or broadly linear Nos. 6, 7 



1 A . tricoccum Ait. Lvs. 58', fugacious, mostly gone in June, when the scape, with 



its rounded umbel of 1012 white fls., appears. Woods, N. Eng. to N. C., and W. If. 



2 %. cernuum Roth. Lvs. very long; umbel cernvous, with 12 20 bright roseate fls. ; 



sepals oblong-obovate, acute : nlam. filiform, exserted. N. Y., W. and S. '.} if. Jl. 

 /3. sltllaluni. Umbel mostly erect ; stain, not exserted. Dry, 111., and W. j IJf- 



3 A. Canadense Kalm. Scape terete; leaves shorter than the scape ; ninbtl erect, 



capitate, consisting of both (whitish) fls. and bulblets mixed. Shades. If. June. 



4 A. in lit a bile MX. Lvs. lin. -filiform, thin, shorter than the terete scape; \imb. 20- 



40-flwd., erect; spathe 3-leaved, purplish ; sep. ovate-lanceolate, longer than the sta., 

 white or roseate ; capsule 3-lobed, 3-seeded. Woods, S. 1 l^f. March Muy. 



5 A. Ntriiktimi Jacq. Lvs. linear, nearly equalling the teretish scape; spitho 2-lvd. , 



fls. 3 7, sep. lance-ovate, green-striped outside ; not garlic-scented. W. and B. 8 12'. 



6 A. SATIVUM. Common Garlic. Bulb consisting of many small ones in a common 



sheath ; stem leafy to the middle ; umbel bulb-bearing ; flowers white. Sicily. July. 



7 A. POKRUM. Leek. St. compressed, sheathed at base by the channelled leaves ; umb. 



globous, white ; stamens a little longer than the rough-keeled sepals. Europe. July. 



8 A. vlneile L. Crow Garlic. Stem and few flstnlous Ivs. very slender ; imb. bulh- 



bearing; stamens alternately 3-cuspidate. Fields, June. It spoils the cow ' milk. 



9 A. schaeiioprastim L. Gives. Scape equalling the terete, filiform, fistulons Ivs. ; 



umb. capitate ; sep. longer than the simple stamens, rose-purple. Lake shores, N. J 



10 A. FISTULOSUM. Welsh, Onion. Scape inflated in the midst, not taller than the flu- 

 tulous leaves ; umbel dense, globular ; stamens exserted. Asia. 18'. $ 



1 1 A. CEPA. Common O. Scape inflated near the base, much taller than the flstulotw 

 leaves. @ Universally cultivated, and of many varieties. 



ft. PROLIPERUM. Top O. Umbel producing bulblets instead of flowers. 



10. HYAOINTHUS, L. HYACINTH. Perianth tubular-be,l-form, seg- 

 ment spreading-recurved. Stam. straight, perigynous. Ovary free. Seeds 

 few. U Bulb coated. Scape racemous. 



H. ORIENTALIS. Lvs. thick, lance-linear, half as long as the scape ; flowe :s many, hall 

 S-cleft, tumid at the base, blue, varying to purple, red, white, &c. ; stimens deeply 

 included. Levant. March, April. Fine for the bulb-glass. 



11. MUSCARI, Tourn. GRAPE HYACINTH. Perianth-tube ventricous, 

 ovoid, globular or urceolate, limb of 6 very short blunt teeth. Otherwise 

 as in Hyacinthus. 



1 HI. botryoides L. Fls. scentless, globular, nodding, bine (&c.), 2"; Ivs. broad-Uu , 



obtuse, lonsrer than the scapes (100. Gardens and fields. May. | Europe. 



2 HI. MOSCHATUM. Fls. musk-scented, oval, nodding, 3", greenish-blue, or livid, with a 



little b-toothed crown in the throat ; leaves lance-linear, erect. Europe. April. 



3 M. RACEMOSUM. Flowers fragrant, nodding, dense, ovoid-cylindric, blue with a white 



limb : leaves linear, flaccid, channelled, recurved. Rare in gardens. 



4 HI. COMOSUM occurs in gardens as a monstrosity, with the tall (If) raceme changed to 



a sterile, diffuse, feathery panicle of blue filaments. Showy. 



12. SOHCENOLlRION, Torr. Stem a tuberous rhizome. Periantli 



