296 THE FLORA. 
g Stem leafy, bearing a cluster. Flowers 6-parted. Solomon’s Seal. Survaci’na. 5 
g Scape leafless, bearing an umbel. Berry 2-seeded. Clintonia, Ciinto’NIA. 6 
g Stem leafy, bearing a cluster. Flowers 4-parted. Tway-leaf. Masan’THEMUM. 
h Stems branching. Flowers small, axillary. Berry red. ASPAR’AGUS, 
k Filaments flat, as long as the sagittate anthers. Twist-foot, Srrepto’Pus. 
k Filaments filiform, much longer than the anthers. Prosartes, PRosar’TEs. 
k Filaments shorter than the long, linear anthers. Bellwort. Uvura’/pia. 7 
1. ERYTHRO’NIUM. Dog-tooth Violet. 
Perianth bell-form, se- a7? 
pals recurved, the 8 inner Vye~ 
ones usually with a callous 
tooth each side near the 
base, and a groove in the 
middle. Pod a little 
stalked. Seeds egg-shap- 
ed.—Stem a bulb deep in 
the ground. Scape bear- 
ing a single flower, its 
pase sheathed by the base 
of the two smooth leaves. 
Apr., May. 
Fig. 657. The Dog-tooth Vio- 
let (Z. Americanum). 8. The > 
bulb. 9. The fluwer spread open, 
showing the 2 teeth in each petal. 
also the position of all the parts. 
660. The ovary, style, and stigma. 
1. A cross-section of the ovary. 
2. The plan of the flower: a, the 
8 sepals in the outer circle; 0, 
the 3 petals next; ¢, the 6 sta- 
mens; and d, the 8-celled ovary. 
E. America’num. Yellow E£. Flower yellow. Scape without u bract. Petals 
toothed. Leaves spotted, nearly equal. Common. 
E. bractea’tum. Bracted #. Flower greenish-yellow. Scape bearing a bract, 
Leaves very unequal. Mountains. Vt. 
E. albi’dum. White #. Flower white. Scape without a bract. Petals not toothed. 
Rare in N. Y. and W. 
