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Smilacina (or False Solomon's-Seal). Smilaclna. 



1. Raoemed S. Slinutely downy, 2° or 3° high, many-leaved; leaves lance-oblong, tapering abruptly 



at both ends, cihate; flowers many, in compound racemes. Moist grounds. S.racemdsa. 



2. Star-flowei:ed S. Nearly smooth, 1° or 2° high; leaves many, lance-oblong, sHghtly clasping, 



pale beneath; raceme simple and few-flowered. Moist tliickets, &c., N. S. stellata. 



3. Three-leaved S. Smooth, 3' to 6' high; leaves commonly 3, oblong, tapering into a sheathing 



base; flowers several, iu a slender simple raceme. Bogs, N. S. irifolia, 



4. Two-leaved S. Nearly smooth, 3' to 5' high, with commonly 2 heart-shaped leaves, the lower one 



generally petioled; flowers iu a simple short raceme; perianth 4-parted, reflexed; stamens 4. 

 Moist woods, in spring. S. bifblia. 



Onion (Gaelic and Leek). AlUurh. 

 5 1. Okiox proper, with hollow, stem-shaped leaves, and an open, widely spreading, star-shaped blossom. 



1. Garden Oniox. Scape naked, much longer than the leaves, hollow, swollen in the middle; 



flowers ■whitish; umbel often bearing small bulbs (top-onions); the large bulb turnip-shaped. 

 Commonly cultivated. A. Cepa, 



2. Chives 0. Scape naked, about as long as the slender leaves; all growing in tufts, from small 



bulbs; flowere purplish, crowded. Cultivated. A. Schoiiiqpfdsum. 



§ 2. Garlics and Leeks. Leaves flafrgr keeled and not hollow, except in No. 3. 



3. Field Garlic. Leaves thread-shaped, slendef, round, but channelled on the upper side, hollow; 



bulbs small; umbel bearing Jowers with a green-purple erectish perianth, or else only bulblets. 

 Naturalized in low pastures and gardems.i . A. vineale. 



4. True or English Garlic- Bulbs clustered and compound; leaves lance-linear, nearly flat; 



umbel bearing pale purple flowers with an erectish^a.-ianth, or else bulblets. Cultivated in gar- 

 dens ; not common. ' ("'y A. sativum. 



6. Gardes Leek. Bulb single ; leaves- linear-oblong, aouie, somewhat folded or keeled ; flowers 

 crowded in the umbel; perianth ere'ctlsh, violet-purple. Barely cultivated. A. Porrum. 



6. Wild Leek. Bulbs clustered, narrow, oblong, and pointed; leaves lance-oblong, blunt, flat, dying 

 ofl' by midsummer, when the naked scape appears with its loose umbel of white flowers; pod 

 S-lobed. Eich woods, N. and W. ^ tricdccum. 



Day-Iiily. BemerocdlUs. 



* Flowering stems tall, leafy towards the bottom, somewhat branched above: leaves long and linear, 

 keeled, 2-ranked: stamens on the top of the narrow tube of the perianth: seeds black and wingless. 



1. Common Day-Lily. Flower dull orange-yellow; inner divisions wavy, blunt. Gardens. B.fulva. 



2. Yellow D. Flower light yellow ; inner divisions of the perianth acute. Gardens. H.flava. 



* * Flowering stems naked, simple: leaves broad and flat, ovate or oblong, and often heart-shaped, 



with veins springing from the midrib, long-stalked ; stamens on the receptacle: seeds flat and 

 winged {Furikia). 



3. White D. Flower white, funnel-shaped ; leaves more or less heart-shaped. Gardens. H. Japdnica. 

 i. Blue D. Flower blue or bluish, the upper part more bell-shaped than in No. 3; leaves scarcely 



heart-shaped. Gardens. _g; cariUea. 



