482 LILIACE^E. (LILY FAMILY.) 



ing leaves, and an umbel of white or greenish flowers terminating the naked 

 scape. Berries blue. 



1. C. umbellata, Torr. Leaves 2-4, oblong, ciliate on the keel and 

 margins; scape pubescent ; umbel many-flowered ; flowers small (3" -4" long), 

 white spotted with green or purple ; ovules 2 in each cell. (Smilacina urnbel- 

 lata, Desf.) Shady woods on the mountains, Georgia, and northward. June. 



Scape 8' - 12' high, rather longer than the leaves. 



2. C. borealis, Raf. Leaves obovate-oblong, ciliate on the margins, acute ; 

 scape and 2 - 7-flowered umbel pubescent; flowers (6" -9" long) greenish yel- 

 low ; ovules numerous. Cold swamps on the high mountains of North Caro- 

 lina, and northward. June. Scape and leaves 8'- 10' high. 



5. ALLIUM, L. OXION. 



Perianth 6-parted, spreading, persistent. Stamens 6, inserted on the base of 

 the perianth. Filaments subulate, the interior ones more or less dilated at the 

 base. Ovary 3-celled. Style filiform : stigma entire. Capsule loculicidally 

 3-valved. Seeds anatropous or campylotropous, single or few in each cell, 

 angled, black. Strong-scented stemless herbs, with bulbous roots, and a naked 

 scape, ending in an umbel of small flowers, from a 2 - 3-leaved spathe. Flow- 

 ers sometimes changed into bulblets. 



* Ovules solitary in the cells. 



1. A. tricoccum, Ait. Leaves lanceolate-oblong, acute, flat, long-taper- 

 ing toward the base, early withering ; umbel small, dense, many-flowered, erect ; 

 leaves of the perianth oblong, obtuse, longer than the stamens. Mountains of 

 North Carolina, and northward. July. Bulbs clustered. Scape 1 high. 

 Flowers white. 



* * Ovules 2 in each cell. 



2. A. cernuum, Roth. Leaves linear, channelled; scape angled; umbel 

 many-flowered, nodding ; leaves of the perianth acute ; stamens exserted ; ovary 

 6-toothed. Mountains of South Carolina, and northward. July. Scape 

 l-lhigh. Flowers rose-color, on slender pedicels. , 



3. A. Canadense, Kalm. Leaves narrowly linear, concave ; scape terete ; 

 umbel erect, bearing a cluster of bulbets, intermingled with a few stalked rose- 

 colored flowers ; spathe 1 - 2-le^ved ; leaves of the perianth obtuse, as long as 

 the stamens ; ovary 6-toothed. Banks of rivers, Florida, and northward. June. 



Scape 1, high. Outer coats of the bulb white and scarious. 



4. A. mutabile, Michx. Leaves very narrow, concave; scape terete, 

 umbel erect, many-flowered ; spathe 3-leaved ; leaves of the perianth acute, as 

 long as the stamens, white changing to rose-color. Dry sandy soil, Florida to 

 North Carolina. May and June. Scape 1 high. Outer coats uf the bulb 

 composed of a network of fine fibres. 



* * * Ovules several in each cell. 



5. A. striatum, Jacq. Leaves linear, concave; umbel erect, 3-10-flow- 

 ered; spathe 2-leaved; perianth longer than the stamens, white, the exterior 



