236 COMMON CANADIAN WILD PLANTS. 



8. SISYKIJI'C'IIIIMI, L. BME-EYKD GnASS. 



1. S. angUStifO'lium, Mill. [S. Bermudiana, var. mucro- 

 natum, Gray.) A pretty little plant, rather common in 

 moist meadoT^fs among grass. The divisions of the delicate 

 blue perianth obovate, notched at the end, and bristle- 

 pointed from the notch. The spalihe solitary. Boots 

 fibrous. 



2. S. anceps, Oav., {S. Bermudiana, var. ancepa, Gray.) 

 has' the scape 6-18 inches high, and usually bearing 2 or 

 more peduncled spathes. 



Ordbk CII. AMAByLLIDA'CE.j:. (Amaryllis F.) 



Bulbous and scape-bearing herbs, with linear flat root- 

 leaves, and regular and perfect 6-androus flowers, the tube 

 of the petal-like 6-parted perianth adherent to the 3-celled 

 ovary. Lobes of the perianth imbricated in the bud. Style 

 single. Anthers introrsc— Represented with us by one 

 species of the genus 



nvPOX'YS, L. Stas-geass. 

 H. erecta, L. A small herb sending up a slender scape 

 from a solid bulb. - Leaves linear, grass-like, longer than 

 the ximbellately 1-4-flowered scape. Perianth, hairy and 

 greenish outside, yellowish within, 6-parted nearly down 

 to the ovary. Stamens 6, sagittate. Pod indehiscent, 

 crownpd with the withered perianth. — Meadows and open 

 woods. 



Order CIII. DIOSCOREA'CEiE. (Yam Family.) 

 Represented with us by the genus 



BIOSCOKE'A, Plumier. Tam. 

 D. villo'sa, L. (Wild Yam-koot.) A slender twiner, 

 with knotted rootstocks, and net- veined, heart-shaped, 9-11- 

 ribbed petiojed leaves. Flowers dicecious, small, in axillary 

 racemes. Stamens 6. Pod with three large wings. — Re- 

 ported only from the warm and sheltered valley lying 



