LILIACE^ 



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1. jtJNCUS. Rush. 



Stamens mostly 3, opposite the sepals; capsule 3-celled, but fre-, 

 quently apparently 1-ceUed, the divisions not reaching the centre. 

 Rush-like perennials. 



1. J. noddsus, L. 



Stem erect, 6-18 in. high, from a very slender tuber-bearing rootstock; 

 usually with 2 or 3 slender leaves. Common in wet, sandy places, Man.- 

 Alta. 



2. J. baiticus, Willd. 



Stem erect, 6 in.-3 ft. high, stout, rising at intervals from a creeping root- 

 stock; leaves reduced to bladeleas sheaths; panicle appearing lateral; 

 divisions of the perianth sharp, brown with green midrib. Sandy and 

 alkaline shores, Man.-Alta., 



XIV. LILlACE.ffi; (Lily Family). 



Herbs, with regular symmetrical flowers; their parts — except 

 in Maianthemum — always in 3's or 6's; leaves parallel-veined 

 except in Trillium and Smilax; divisions of the perianth similarly 

 colored — except in Trillium and Calochortus — and free from the 

 3-celled ovary; stamens 6; fruit a pod or berry. 



1. LILIUM. Lilt. 



. Perianth bell-shaped, of 6 similarly colored 

 parts, deciduous, the 6 stamens adhering to the 

 base; anthers linear, attached to the filament 

 near the middle; style club-shaped; stigma 

 3-lobed ; capsule oblong with seeds densely packed 

 in 2 rows in each cell. Herbs with simple stems 

 springing from bulbs, and bearing showy flowers, 



1. L. philadelphicum, L. Wild Orange Lily. 



Stem 6-18 in. high; leaves linear to lanceolate; 



flowers erect, showy, reddish-orange with purplish 



spots inside. Moist prairie and edges of thickets, philadelphicum. 

 Man.-Alta. 



2. FRITILLARIA 



Perianth bell-shaped, of 6 deciduous segments each with a pit or 

 gland at the base ; stamens 6, hypogenous, the filaments fiattened and 

 the anthers hnear ; ovary cleft at the top with 3 sj;igmatic lobes ; 



