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1. A tric6ccum Ait. (Wild Leek.) Scape (1.5-4 dm. high, from clustered 

 pomted bulbs 3.5-5 cm. long) bearing au erect many-flowered umbel • have) 

 10-23 cm. long and 3-6 cm. wide; segments ot the perianth obloii<r (.'rcenish 

 white), equaling the nearly distinct filaments ; capsule strongly -.Uohed— Kich 

 woods, N. B. to Minn, and la., s. in the mts. to N. C — Leaves appearing in 

 early spring and dying before the flowers are developed. 



2. A. Schoen6prasum L., var. sibiricum (L.) Hartm. Scape (2-4 dm. liigh) 

 bearing a globular capitate 2imbel of many rose-purple flowers ; segments of the 

 perianth lanceolate, pointed, longer than the simple downwardly dilated fila- 

 ments ; leaves awl-shaped, hollow; capsule not crested. — Ledgy shores, Nfd. to 

 Alaska, s. to N. S., n. N. E., the Great Lake region, etc. (Eurasia.) — Tlie typi- 

 cal form of the species (the Chives of vegetable gardens) is a lower and more 

 slender but not sharply separable plant. 



3. A. cernuum Roth. (Wild Onion.) Scape angular (2.5-6 dm. high), 

 nodding at the apex, bearing a loose or drooping few-many-Jloicered xmhel • 

 leaves linear, flattened, sharply keeled (3 dm. long); segments of the perianth 

 oblong-ovate, acute, rose-color to purple, shorter than the slender filaments 

 and style ; capsule 6-crested. (? A. allegheniense Small.) — N. Y. to 8. C, and 

 westw. 



4. A. stellatum Ker. Scape terete (3-5 dm. high), slender, bearing an erect 

 umbel ; bulb-coats membranous ; capsule prominently Q-crested. — Rocky slopes, 

 Minn, to w. 111., Mo., and westw. 



5. A. reticulatum Don. Scape 1-1.8 dm. high ; bulbs densely and coarsely 

 fibrous-coated; spathe 2-valved ; umbel rarely bulbiferous ; sepals ovate to 

 narrowly lanceolate, thin and lax in fruit, a third longer than the stamens; 

 capsule crested. — Sask. to la. and N. Mex. 



6. A. canadense L. (Wild Garlic.) Scape 3 dm. high or more ; bulb 

 small (1.2-1.8 cm. in diameter); bulb-coats somewhat fibrous; umbel densely 

 bidbiferous, the flowers few or often none; segments of the periantli narrowly 

 lanceolate, equaling or exceeding the stamens ; capsule not crested. — Moist 

 meadows, N. B. to Ont., s. to Fla. and Tex. May, June. 



7. A. mutabile Michx. Similar in stature, habit, and flowers to preceding ; 

 umbels not normally bidbiferous, many(16-43)-flowered ; bulbs 2-3 cm. in 

 diameter. — Prairies and borders of woods, Mo. (Bush.) to Fla., Tex., and Neb, 



8. A. "VineXle L. (Field Garlic.) Stem slender (3-9 dm. high), clothed 

 with the sheathing bases of the leaves below the middle ; leaves terete and 

 hollow, slender, channeled above ; umbel often densely bulbiferous ; filaments 

 much dilated, the alternate ones cuspidate on each side of the anther. — Moist 

 meadows and fields, locally abundant, Mass. to Mo., and Va. June. (Nat. from 

 Eu.) 



14. N0TH0SC6rDUM Kunth. 



Flowers greenish or yellowish white. Capsule obovoid, somewhat lobed, 

 obtuse, with the style obscurely jointed on the summit; cells several-ovuled 

 and -seeded. Filaments filiform, distinct, adnate at base. — Bulb tunicated, 

 not alliaceous. Otherwise as in Allium. (Name from p6dos, false, and <xK6p5iov, 

 garlic. ) 



1. N. bivalve (L.) Britton. Scape 1.5-3.5 dm. high; bulb small, often 

 bulbiferous at base ; leaves narrowly linear ; flowers few, on slender jiedicels, 

 the segments narrowly oblong, about 1 cm. long ; ovules 4-7 in each cell. (iV. 

 striatum Kunth.) — Prairies and open woods, Va. to O., Neb., and southw. 



15. HEMEROCAlLIS L. Day Lilt 



Perianth funnel-form, lily-like ; the short tube inclosing the ovary, the 

 spreading limb 6-parted ; the 6 stamens inserted on its throat. Anthers as in 

 Lilium, but introrse. Filaments and style long and thread-like, declined and 

 ascending ; stigma simple. Capsule (at first rather fleshy) 3-angled, locull- 

 cidallv 3-valved, with several black spherical seeds in each cell. — Show^ 



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