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leaves green on the keel. Low pine barrens, Florida to North Carolina. March 

 and April. Scape 6' - 12' high. Pedicels 1' - 2' long. Flowers 5" long. Leaves 

 streaked on the back. 



6. A. Carolinianum, Red. Scape naked ; leaves linear, even beneath ; 

 spathe 2-leaved ; umbel fastigiate ; leaves of the perianth oblong, obtuse ; sta- 

 mens subulate, twice as long as the perianth ; capsule many-seeded. In Caro- 

 lina. Bulbs clustered. Flowers white, rose-color without. ( * ) 



6. NOLINA, Michx. 



Perianth 6-parted, spreading, withering-persistent ; the divisions similar, oblong- 

 lanceolate, 1-nerved. Stamens 6, inserted on the base of the perianth ; filaments 

 subulate : anthers cordate. Style very short, persistent : stigmas 3, recurved. 

 Ovary 3-angled, 3-celled, with two anatropous collateral ascending ovules in 

 each cell Capsule mcmbranaceous, obovate, wing-angled, 3-valved, mostly 

 1-seeded. Seed oblong-obovate, dull brown and roughish, slightly incurved; 

 longitudinally grooved on the inner face. Embryo slender, straight, shorter 

 than the fleshy albumen. Root large, bulbous. Leaves numerous, all radical, 

 very long and narrow, recurved, keeled, rough on the margins. Scape branch- 

 ing above. Flowers small, white, crowded in long bracted racemes. Pedicels 

 jointed, reflexed in fruit. 



1. N. Georgiana, Michx. Dry sand-hills in the middle districts of 

 Georgia and South Carolina. April and May. Bulb very large, tunicated. 

 Scape 2 -3 high, with a few scales near the base. Leaves l-2 long, dry 

 and harsh. 



7. SCHCENOLIRION, Torn 



Perianth 6-parted, spreading, withering-persistent ; the divisions 3 - 5-nerved. 

 Stamens 6, inserted on the base of the perianth : filaments subulate : anthers cor- 

 date-sagittate, introrse. Style subulate, persistent: stigma minutely 3-lobed. 

 Ovary globose, 3-celled, with two anatropous ascending ovules in each cell. 

 Capsule coriaceous, broadly obovate, obtusely 3-lobed, loculicidally 3-valved, 

 1-6-seeded. Seeds globose or angular, smooth, black, and shining. Embryo, 

 straight, as long as the fleshy albumen. Perennial herbs. Root a tuberous 

 rhizoma. Scape branching above. Radical leaves smooth, equitant, sheathing, 

 linear, concave, rounded on the back, the others, small and bract-like. Flowers 

 small, white, in loose bracted racemes. Pedicels spreading, jointed. 



1. S. Michauxii, Torr. Pedicels 2 -4 times the length of the bracts; divis- 

 ions of the perianth oblong, the nerves somewhat distant. (Phalangium croceum, 

 Michx. Ornithogalum croceum, Ell.) Swamps, chiefly in the pine barrens, 

 Georgia, Florida, and westward. May and June. Rhizoma cylindrical. Scape 

 2 high, slender. Leaves 1 long. 



8. ERYTHRONIUM, I,. DOG'S-TOOTH VIOLET. 



Perianth corolla-like, with six spreading or recurved deciduous separate 

 leaves; the three inner ones grooved and 2-toothed at the base. Stamens 6, 



