4.U8 LiLiACE^. (lilt family.) 



1. C. majulis, L. — High AUeghanics of Virginia, and southward. 

 May. — Same as the European plant so common in gardens. (Eu.) 



5. Cl,I«rTdNIA, Eaf. Clintonia. 



Perianth of 6 separate sepals, bell-shaped, lily-like, deciduous ; the 6 stamens 

 inserted at their base. Eilaments long and thread-like : anthers linear-oblong. 

 Ovary ovoid-oblong, 2-3-celled: style long, columnar-thread-like: stigma de- 

 pressed. Berry ovoid, blue, few - many-seeded. — Stemless perennials, with 

 slender creeping rootstocks, producing a naked scape sheathed at the base by 

 the stalks of 2 - 4 large oblong or oval ciliate leaves. Flowers rather large, um- 

 belled, rarely single, somewhat downy outside. (Dedicated to De Witt Clinton.) 



1. C. borealis, Raf. Umhd few- (2 -1-) flowered; ovules 20 or more. 

 (Dracfena borealis. Ait.) — Cold moist woods, Massachusetts tb Wisconsin and 

 northward, and southward in the AUeghanies. June. — Scape and leaves 5'- 8 

 long. Perianth over |' long, greenish-yellow. 



2. C nmhcllata, Torr. Umbel many flowered ; ovules 2 in each cell. 

 (C. multifloia, Beck. Convallaria umbellulata, Michx. Smilacina, Desf.) — 

 Rich woods, S. W. New York, and southward along the Alleghanies. June. — 

 Flowers half the size of the last, white, speckled with green or purplish dots. 



6. HEMI:R0CAL.1.IIS, L. Dat-Luv. 



Perianth funnel-form, lily-like ; the short tube enclosing the ovary, the spread- 

 ing limb 6-parted ; the 6 stamens inserted on its throat. Filaments and stylo 

 long and thread-like, declined and ascending : stigma simple. Pod rather fleshy, 

 3-angled, 3-valved, with several black spherical seeds in each cell. — Showy pe- 

 rennials, with fleshy-fibrous roots ; the long and linear keeled leaves 2-ranked at 

 the base of the tall scapes, which bear at the summit several bracted large yellow 

 flowers : these collapse and decay after expanding for a single day (whence the 

 name, from fjfiepa, a day, and koWos, beauty). 



1. H. FULVA, L.— (Common Dat-Lilt.) Inner divisions (petals) of the 

 tawny orange perianth wavy and obtuse. — Sparingly escaped from gardens, 

 where it is common. July. (Adv. from Eu.) 



H. fl\va, L., the Yellow Dat-Lily, is commonly cultivated. — The 

 White and the Blue Day-Lilies of the gardens are species of Funkia, a very 

 different genus. 



7. ORNITHOGALitTM, Toum. Stak-of-Bethlehem. 



Perianth of 6 colored (white) spreading sepals, 3-7-nerved. Filaments 6, 

 flattencd-awl-shaped. Style 3-sided: stigma 3-angl6d. Pod membranous, 

 roundish-angular, with few dark and roundish seeds in each cell. — Scape and 

 linear channelled leaves from a coated bulb. Flowers corymbed, bracted. (An 

 ancient whimsical name from opvis, a bird, and yoKa, milk.) 



1. O. DMBELLi-TUM, L. Flowers 5-8, on long and spreading pedicels; 

 sepals green in the middle on the outside." — Escaped from gardens into moist 

 meadows, eastward. June. (Nat. from Eu.) 



