ENDOGENS. 31 



Waok. Small Herbs, with bulbs, or fibrous-fascicled rts. Many 

 genera. 



Bulbs. 



1. Ornithogalum umbellatum, Stae-of-Bbthlehem. Scape 

 umbellate, fls. small, white, green outside. Syria. Sev. species. S. 

 Eur., S. Af., W. Asia. 2. Hyacinthus orientdlis, Hyacinth. Scape 

 and rather small racemose fls. fleshy ; fragrant. Bagdad. Many cul- 

 tivated varieties. 3. Allium, pungent. Lvs. grassy or iistular. 

 Scape umbelled ; fls. usually small. A. cernuum, lvs. grass-like ; um- 

 bel hd.-like, nodding ; fls. pink, handsome. Va., Ky., N. W. Several 

 other wild spec. A. Cepa, Onion, fls. white (bulb. Fig. 94) ; A. Schoe- 

 noprasum, Chive, fls. pink ; A. Ascalonicum, Eschall6t (Shall6t), 

 fls. purple ; these with fistulose lvs. ; A. Porrum, Leek, fls. white, with 

 pink stripes ; A. sativum, G-AKLic, fls. purple ; A. Mbly, Golden Gar- 

 lic, fls. large, yellow, these with flat lvs. All from E. Eur., Asia, Af. 

 A. mdgicum, MUy of Homer. 4. Scilla, Squill, Wild Hyacinth. 

 Scape racemose, fls. blue, hyacinth-like. Many lovely wild spe- 

 cies, Eur.; one in Am., S. Frdseri. Ohio, W. and S.-W. States. 5. 

 Urginea (Scilla) maritima, Sqcjill of pharmacy. Several spec. ; 

 Mediterranean States. 6, Muscari, Grape Hyacinth, fls. racemose, 

 grape-like, deep blue. Sev. spec. M. comosum. Feathered Hya- 

 cinth, fls. a panicled mass of abortive pedicles, bright blue. Medit. 

 States. 7. Lachenalia, lvs. lorate, often spotted, scape with a raceme 

 of pendulous vari-colored fls., yellow the chief tint. Sev. spec, S. Af. 



Rts. fascicled, fleshy. 



8. AnthSricum Lilidstrum, St. Bruno's Lily. Scape 1J° high, 

 with a few large white fragrant fls., each segment or petal with one 

 green dot. S. Eur. Other spec, S. Af , N. Holl. 



Tribe 2. Aloineae. — Stamens as in Hyacinthinese. Fr. capsular, 

 rarely a berry (Sanseviera). Sds. compressed or angular or winged. 

 Testa membranous, pale ; or crustaceous, black. Ets. fibrous-fascicled, 

 often swollen. Stems often frutescent or arborescent. 



1. Lomatophyllum, arborescent, stem crowned with long spiny- 

 sen-ate lvs. and axil., panicled fls. Sds. with black crustaceous testa. 

 Isle of Bourbon. 2. Aloe, arborescent, crowned with fleshy, spiny 

 lvs. (which yield the .medicine Aloes) and spiny spikes of flls. A. 

 dichotoma, Quiver-Trbe, often 90° high, 12° in circumference, 400° 

 round the extremity of the crown of lvs. Cape of Good Hope. Made 

 into quivers by natives. Many spec. S. Af., B. and W. Ind. 3. 

 Sanseviera, Bowstring Hemp. Stemless. Scape spicate, fls. yellow- 

 ish-green. Fr. a berry. Lvs. fleshy, lanceolate, 4° long ; leaf-fibre 

 made into bowstrings. Sev. spec. Guinea, Ind. 4. Tritoma (Kni- 

 pbbfia), Ebdhot-Poker (vile name, but expressive). Stemless. Lvs. 

 long, grass-like. Scape 4°-5° high , bearing a spike of large scarlet or 

 yellow fls. Fr. capsular. Sev. spec. Cape of Good Hope. 5. As- 

 pbddelus, Asphodel. Sacred to the dead among the ancient Greeks. 

 Stemless, lvs. long ; scape with racemes of large white fls. Many 

 species. S. Eur. A. dlbus. Kino's Spear, Fig. 56. 



Tribe 3. Hemerocallidese. — Stamens on perianth. Fr. capsular. 

 Sds. more or less compressed ; testa membranous, usually pale. Tu- 



