710 Oedee 148.— LIUACE^. 



mar^gin rongh-aerrulato ; segm. oblong, acutish. — Thickets, near the soa-ooast, S. 

 Car. to Fla. A shrubby, palm-like plant, of singular and forbidding aspect when 

 not in flower. Leaves a foot or more long, sharp and rigid like daggers. Ka. 

 white, with a violet base and violet spofa. Jn. — Aug. (Y. Draoonis L.) 



6. NOLPNA, L. C. Rich. (For P. C. Nolin^ an American botan- 

 ist.) Dioeoio-polygamous ; periantli (small) of 6, ovate, spreading, sub- 

 equal segments ; stamens 6, shorter than the perianth ; ovary free, 3- 

 cornercd, 3-celled ; stigmas 3, recurved, with a very short stylo ; cap- 

 sule 3-winged, 3 (or by abortion 2 or l)-seeded. — Root bearing a coated 

 bulb. St. scape-like, branched into several long, simple, nearly bract- 

 less racemes of very small, white fls. 



N. Georgidna Mx. Dry sand hills, S. Car. and Ga. (Mettauer). Bulb very 

 large (Elliott). Scapo 2 to 3f high, with a few short Ivs. at its base, which dimin- 

 iah to scales upwards. Root Ivs. linear, 1 to 2f long, numerous, recurved, their 

 bases much dilated and imbricated. Panicle large. Rr^c. loose. If or more long. 

 Pedicels 5 to 6" long. Perianth spreading 3". 



7. SCIL'LA, L. Squill. Perianth 6-parted, petals and sepals simi- 

 lar, spreading (blue or purple) ; filaments 6, subulate or filiform, smooth, 

 hypogynous ; style filiform-olavcllate ; capsule free, 3-celled, 3-valved, 

 obtusely 3-angled ; cells with 1 or several roundish, black seeds. — Bulb 

 coated, bearing several linear Ivs. and a scape with a raceme. 



1 S. esoul^nta Eer. QuAStAStL Lvs. linear, carinate, flaccid and recurved, 

 tapering to both ends, shorter than the scape ; bracts solitary, subulate, scarious, 

 longer than the pedicels, which are about tlie length of the flowers ; fil. filiform ; 

 stig. 3-toothed. — Grassy, wet prairies, along the rivers, "Wis. to Ohio, the uplands 

 of Ga., and westward. Bulb nutritious, about 1' diam., resembling a small 

 onion. Scape 1 to 2f high. Lvs. nearly as long, grass-like. Rae. 2 to 3' long. 

 Pet and Sep. linear-lanceolate, 4 to 6" long. Anth. oblong, yellow. May. 

 (Phalangium, Niitt. Camassia, Lindl. C. Fraseri Torr.) — Improves by cultiva- 

 tion as to the size both of the bulbs and flowers. 



2 S prabraoteata Haw. SQun.L. Lvs. broad-linear, longer than the 

 scape ; bracts as long as the pedicels ; flowers in a large conical panicle ; perianth 

 spreading, persistent. — Bulb large, white. Pis. blue, "f S. Eur. 



8. ORNITHOG'ALUffl, L. Star-of-Bethlehkm. (Gr. opviOog, of a 

 bird, yoAo, milk ; why so-called is not obvious.) Perianth deeply 6- 

 parted, regular,^ persistent, segments many (3 to 7)-veincd, spreading, 

 (white, green or yellow) ; filaments 6, dilated at base, scarcely perigy- 

 nous, ovary free ; style erect, tapering or subtrilobate ; capsule 3-lobed, 

 3-cellod, 3-valvcd above ; seeds few or many in each cell, shining, 

 black.— Bulbous plants, scarcely diff"ering from Scilla except in the 

 color of the fls. 



1 O. crdceum Ell. Yellow Stae-op-Bethlehem. Lvs. narrowly linear, radi- 

 ical, longer than the slender scape which bears an ohlong raceme of saffron-yeOmo 

 flowers at top ; bracts scarious at apex, obtuse, sheathing, many times shorter 

 tlion the slender pedicel ; segm. lance-ovate, obtuse, 3-Teined, erect after flower- 

 ing, with a greenish'Orange stripe on the back ; sty. and stam. subulate, shorter 

 than the segments. — Mid. Ga., rare. (On Stone Mt., 16m. from Atlanta I Also 

 at Macon, Dr. Mettauer.) Scape 10 to 20' high, almost filiform. Rac. 10 to 15- 

 fiowered. Ped. 8 to 12" long, fls. half as long. Apr., May. (Phalangium Ms:., 

 Nutt.) 



2 O. umbell^turu L. "WmiE STAB-OP-EETmiEHEM. Lvs. Unear, channeled, as 

 long as the scape, emarginato ; scape bearing a few white, green-siriped fls. in a 

 loose coryrrib ; pedicels longer than the bracts ; filaments lanceolate-subulate. — 

 Gardens, and naturalized in many localities. Scape near If high. Segm. of the 

 star-hke periantli beautifully marked with a longitudinal stripe on the outside. May. 



