THE UUNCII-FLOWER FAMILY. 45 



THE BUNCH=FLOWER FAMILY. 



JMclaiilhacca'. 



Including in our species leafy stcvuned herbs which arise from root- 

 stocks^ or /ess often from bulbs. Their leaTCS are /in ear, or broader, par- 

 a/Ie/-7'eined and entire. F/owers : perfect ; regu/ar ; groiv'ug in various 

 forms of inf/orescejice, atid having a perianth of six usua//y separate 

 s^gnunts. Fruit: a capsu/e. 



TOFIELDIA. 



7\>Jie/d/a glabra. 



Flowers : small ; expanding from the Ijase upward in a raceme at the end of a 

 scape-like stem ; the pedicels having minute bracts at their l)ases. /'cruuit/i: with 

 six oblong rounded segments; withering and persisting for some time. Stamens: 

 six; exserted; filaments, thread-like. Pistil: one. Basal leases: clustered and 

 sheathing the base; the few on the stem sessile; linear; pointed at the apex. 

 Stem: one to two feet high ; simple ; smooth. 



In low pine barrens or wbere there is sandy soil this plant is seen rearing- 

 its liis^ht, fluffy looking cluster of bloom. While it does not much matter to 

 botanists that the genus has no very pertinent common name, the fact is 

 significant of how little known to the people are its fair members. Tofieldia 

 palustris, which, however, does not occur through our range is called the 

 Scottish asphodel. 



T. g/utinbsa, glutinous tofieldia, grows in swamps and bogs and besides 

 being an inhabitant of the extreme north and west occurs also in the south- 

 ern Alleghanies, where it chooses often such high peaks as that of Mount 

 Pisgah for its habitation. Its stem and pedicels are very viscid and covered 

 with black glands which give the plant a rather disagreeable appearance. 

 From the beginning of May it blooms through July. 



TURKEY=BEARD. 



Zerop/iyllu m asph odc/o Ides. 



FAMILY COLOUR ODOUR RANGE TIME OF BLOOM 



Bunch-jto-iver. White. Scentless. Ceon^ia and J'ennessee May-July. 



to soutliern Neiv Jersey . 



/^^^m'^Tj ; growing compactly in a long, terminal raceme, with thread-like ]iedi- 

 cels. Perianth: with six ovate or oblong spreading segments; withering-persis- 

 tent. Stamens: rather short; the filaments subulate. Styles: three; stigmatic 

 along the inner side, thread-like, reflexed. Leaves : those about the base thickly 

 clustered; those on the stem narrowly linear; spreading ; very long; rough and 



