Obdeb 148.— LILIACB^ 707 



d Pertantb limb revolute, as long as the tube HYACiNTntre. 11 



d Perianth limb spreading, much shorter than tube Muscaei. 12 



e Perianth segments distinct. Ease of the stamens valve-like Aspiiodelub. IS 



e Perianth sci^ments half-united. — Stamens perigyoous Hbmekogallis. 14 



— Stamens bypogynous Funxia. 15 



(Tbibb OONVALLARINK^. Ehlzome. Fruit a berry. Seed-coat thin, palo.) 



f Perianth tubular -oblong, greenish. Pedunolea axillary Polygonatum. 16 



f Perianth broad-campanulate, white. Eaceme leafless Cunvallaria. 17 



g Scape leafless, bearing an umbel. Berry 2-celled Clintonia. 18 



g Stem leafy, bearing a cluster. — Flowers 6-parted Smilacina. 19 



— Flowers 4-parted Majantiikmum. 20 



h Stems branching. Flowers small, axillary. Berry red Aspakaoub. 21 



<T»iBZ UVULARIEjE. Root fibrous. Anthers mostly innate and opening outwards.) 



k Filaments flat, as long as the sagittate anthers. Berry many-seeded. . .STBEPxopnuB. 23 

 k Filaments filiform, much longer than the anthers. Berry 8 to 6-seeded. . .Prosaktbs. 23 

 k Filaments shorter than the long, linear anthers. Capsule 6 to oo -seeded.. Uvularia. 24 



1. ERYTHRO'HIUM, L. (Gr. ipv&pog, red; the color of some 

 species.) Perianth cainpanulate, segments recurved, the 3 inner ones 

 (petals) usually with a callous tooth attached to each side at base, and 

 a groove in the middle ; style long ; capsule somewhat stipulate, seeds 

 ovate. — 2f Leaves 2, subradical. Scape l-flowered. Fls. nodding, 

 liliaceous. 



1 B. Americ^um Smith. Yellow EETTFraoKiuir. Scape naked; Ivs. spotted, 

 lanceolata and involute at the point ; segments yellow, oblong-lanceolate, obtuse, 

 inner ones bidentate near the hase; sty. clavate; stig. undivided. — A beautiful little 

 plant, among the earliest of our vernal flowers, found in rich, open grounds, or in 

 thin woods, U. S. and Can. The bulb is deep in the ground. Scape slender, 3 — 

 4' high. The 2 leaves are of equal length (5'), one of them nearly twice as wide 

 as the other, both clouded with brown spots. Flower drooping, yellow, revolute 

 in the sunshine. May. (E. Dens-canis Mx.) 



2 Ii. dlbidum Wutt. "Wiutb Erytheonium. Sca^e naked; Ivs. elliptic-lanceo- 

 late; segments of white, linear-lanceolate, rather obtuse, inner ones without dentures 

 at base, subunguiculate ; stig. 3-cleft, lobes reflexed. — About the size of the last, 

 in wet meadows, near Albany, N. Y. (Storrs) to Wis. (Lapham). Leaves without 

 an acuinination, tapering to the base, of equal length including the petiole (4 — 5'), 

 one of them twice as wide as the other. Scape a little longer than the leaves, 

 bearing a single, white, nodding flower. Segments IJ' long. April, May. 



3 E. bractektum Bw. Scape bracted; Ivs. lanceolate, very unequal; segm. 

 greenish-yellow. — An alpine species, found in Vt., Boott. It is a smaller plant 

 distinguishable by the inequality of the leaves, one of which is 3 or 4 times as 

 large as the other. Scape shorter than the leaves, with a narrow, lanceolate 

 bract, li' long, a little below the flower. Flower greenish-yellow. Segments 

 about 9 long, gibbous at base. Jn. 



2. TU^LIPA, Tourn. Tnup. (Persian thouUban, a turban ; allud- 

 fng to the form of these magnificent flowers.) Perianth campanulate ; 

 stamens short, subulate ; anthers broad-linear, deeply emarginate at 

 base ; style very short ; stigma thick ; capsule oblong, triangular. — 2t 

 Herbs aeaulescent, with coated bulbs, sessile Us., and a simple scape 

 bearing a solitary, erect flower. 



T. GeaneriJlna L. Scape l-flowered, smooth; Ivs. ovate-lanceolate; Jis. 

 erect, segments obtuse, smooth. — Named for Gesner, a Zurich botanist. Its varie- 

 ties are endless, and may be produced by first planting the seed in a rich soil, 

 then transplanting the bulbs into a poorer soil. Thus at length the flowers be- 

 come broken or variegated with colors in that exquisite manner so much admired. 

 More tliau 700 varieties are described in florists' catalogues. Apr., May, Jn. 

 f From Persia. 



3. LIL'IUM, L. Lilt. (Gr. Xipiov, Celtic //', white ; one species 



