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berous or fibrous rts. ; no bulb except in 2 last. 1. Hemerocillis, 

 Day-Lily. Lvs. grass-like ; scape with a few large yellow fls. Sev. 

 spec. Common. E. Eur., Asia. 2. Phbrmium tenax, only species, 

 New Zealand Flax. Lvs. sword-shaped, 6° long ; scape 16° high, 

 with branching spikes of orange-red fls. Lvs. yield the fibre which 

 gives the English name. New Z. 8. Agap&nthus. Lvs. linear. Scape 

 with a large 2-bracted umbel of large blue fls. Sev. spec. S. Af. 

 4. Poliinthes, Tttbekose. Ova. half-adh. Lvs. linear. Plower-stalk 

 few-leaved, 2°-4° high, bearing a spike of fragrant white fls. E. Ind. 

 Many double varieties. Fls. phosphorescent. 5. Funkia, Japan 

 Day-Lily. Lvs. large, ovate or cordate, petiolate, ribbed with cross- 

 venules. Scape racemose, fls. large, blue or white. Sds. winged ; sev. 

 spec. ; Japan, China. 6. Brodiaea. Bulb. Sev. spec. ; scape with 

 umbels of large blue or red fls. ; 3 stamens abortive. West N, Am. to 

 Cal. 7. Triteleia. Bulb. Scape with umbels of white or blue fls., 

 rarely sol. Stamens all perfect. West N. Am., Chili. Sev. species. 

 Tribe 4. Tulipaceae. — Perianth segments distinct or coherent at 

 base. Stamens hypogynous or perigynous. Er. 'capsule, rarely a 

 berry. Sds. usually compressed. Testa pale brown, spongy or hard. 

 Bulbs ; or rarely arborescent, with fascicled rts. 1. Yucca. Fls. often 

 cf S^ $. Stem arborescent, l''-20° high, crowned with rigid pungent- 

 pointed sword-shaped lvs. and a compound panicle of large white or 

 whitish fls. Leaf-fibre used as hemp and fiax. Many fine species. N. 

 and S. Am. Y. filamentbsa, Adam's Needle, Beak-Gkass, Eye's 

 Thread. Leaf-margin bearing long threads. Stem l°-2° high. E. 

 Va., Ky., South. Y. gloriosa, coasts S. States. Y. aloifblia, Span- 

 ish Dagger, Dagger-Tree. Stem 8°-20° high. Lvs. serrulate. S. 

 Am., Mex., Tex. 



Bulbs. Fls. of ten phosphorescent. 



2. Calochbrtus. Lvs. rigid, ensiform. Stem leafy, with a raceme 

 of large showy fls. with the 3 outer divisions linear and calycine, the 3 

 inner large, bearded, richly colored, maculate. Pew species, Mex., 

 Cal., N. W. Am. 3. Cyclobothra, similar, but with all the segments 

 bearded. Sev. spec, Mex. and Cal. ; some umbellate, resembling 

 4. Fritillaria, fl. divisions equal. . F. Meledgris, Gttinba-Hbn Fl. 

 Leafy stem 1° high, fl. sol., terminal, chequered with blue, purple, 

 white. S. Eur. F. imperidlis, Crown Imperial, leafy stem, 2°-3° 

 high, large nodding orange-crimson fls. in an umbel under a terminal 

 tuft of lvs. ; segments of fl. each with a round gland at base. Asia. 

 6. Lilium, Lily. Stem leafy, bearing several large flowers with re- 

 curving divisions. Species considerable, mainly in northern hemi- 

 sphere. L. cdndidum, Common "White L., Anntinciation L. Pal- 

 estine, "the lilies of the field." Ova., Fig. 5; If., vert, sec. Fig. 232. 

 L. Mdrtagon, Turk's-Cap, fls. spotted, S. E. Eur. ; L. iigrinum, Ti- 

 ger L., China, Japan. Many fine foreign species, white and colored. 

 Native: Orange-red, spotted. L. carolinidnum, st. 3° high, S. ; L. 

 superbum, 7° high, paniculate. Can., Mid. and W. States ; 'L,.pHladHphi- 

 cuin, 2° high, fls. few, N. and W. ; not spotted. L. Catesbaei, 2° high, 

 fl. sol., red, 8. 6. Erythrbnium. Lvs. 2,.tongue-like, maculate, at base 

 of scape, which bears 1 large nodding fl. E. Dems-cdnis, Dog-tooth 

 Violet (misnomer). Fls. purple. Eur. E. ameriedna, fls. yellow. 

 U. S. 7. Tiilipa, Tulip. Stem 1-2-leaved, bearing 1 large erect fl., 



