448 LILY FAMILY. 



pointed, long ; filaments simple. Cult, for flavoring, and also wild on our 

 northern borders. 



■i- +- Bulbs distinct, the plant not tufted. 



A. irine&le, Linn. Field or Crow Gaelic. A weed from Eu. in gar- 

 dens and waste low grounds ; slender scape sheathed to the middle by 

 the hollow thread-shaped leaves, which are grooved down the upper side ; 

 flowers greenish-rose-color ; often their place is occupied by bulblets. 



A. Ascaldnicum, Linn. Shallot. Bulb with oblong offsets; leaves 

 awl-shaped ; flowers lilac-purple ; 3 of the filaments 3-forked. Old 

 World. 



A. Cepa, Linn. Onion. Bulb depressed, large, sometimes making 

 offsets ; leaves much shorter than the hollow, inflated scape ; flowers 

 white, or bulblets in their place. Persia. 



A. fistuldsum, Linn. Welsh Onion, Ciboule. Differs from the last 

 in forming no distinct bulb, the numerous glaucous leaves somewhat 

 clustered. The leaves are used for soups and flavoring. Siberia. 



33. NOTHOSCORDTJM. (Greek : false garlic. ) 



N. striatum, Kunth. Low pine barrens and prairies, Va. to 111., and 

 S.; scape and leaves 6'-12' high, the latter involute and striate on the 

 back ; flowers 3-10 in the umbel ; ovules and seeds several in each cell; 

 flowers nearly white, in spring. 



34. OHNITHOGALUM, STAR-OF-BETHLEHEM. (Name in Greek 

 means bird's-milk, a current expression for some marvelous thing.) 

 Flowers early summer. 



* Flowers nodding in a loose unilateral raceme. 



0. ndtans, Linn. Scape 8-16' high ; flowers 6 or 6, 1' long, on very 

 short pedicels, white with green on the under side. Cult., and sparingly 

 escaped E. S. Eu. 



* * Flowers erect in racemes or corymbs. 



0. umbellatum, Linn. Common S. or Ten-o'clock. From Eu. ; in old 

 gardens and escaped into some low meadows ; leaves long and grass-like ; 

 flowers bright white within, green outside, opening in the sun, on slender 

 stalks. 



0. Ardbicum, Linn. Mediterranean region, now frequent in green- 

 houses ; scape stout, l°-2°, with a 6-12-flowered, rounded or deltoid 

 raceme ; leaves flat, 1' or less broad ; flowers large, white, with a black 

 center, odorous. 



0. cau datum, Ait. Sea Onion. Scape terete and often 3' high, with 

 30-100 small, greenish-white flowers in a long raceme ; leaves few, fleshy, 

 flat, strap-shaped and long-pointed. Cape of Good Hope. Conservato- 

 ries and window gardens. 



35. SCILLA, SQUILL. (The ancient name.) Several species are in 

 cultivation ; the commonest is 



S. Siblrica, Andr. Scapes several from each bulb, 3'-8' high, 2 to 3- 

 flowered in earliest spring ; leaves 2 to 4, narrow-strap-shaped and finely 

 striate ; flowers deep blue, J' or less long, often slightly drooping, on 

 short stalks, the acute segments widely spreading. Russia and Siberia. 



36. CAMASSIA, CAMASS. (From the Indian name.) 



C. Fr4Beri, Torr. Wild Hyacinth, Quamash. Moist banks and 

 prairies from W. Penn., W. and S. W.; scape and linear-keeled leaves 1° 

 high ; flowers pale blue, in a long loose raceme, in spring. 



