Ordeh 148.— LILIACE^ 707 



d Perianth limb revolute, as long as the tabe Htaoihthds. 11 



d Porinnth limb spreading, much shorter than tube Musoaki. 12 



I e Perianth segments distinct. Base of the stamens valvo-liko AspuODELns. 18 



e Perianth eogments half-united.— Stamens perigynous Hemekooai.i.i8. 14 



— Stamens hypogynoas Funkia. 15 



(Tbide CONVALLAEINEA Ehizomo. Fruit a berry. Seed-ooat thin, pale.) 



f Perianth tnbular-oblung, greenisli. Peduncles axillary Polygon atum. 16 



f Perianth broatl-campanulate, white. Eaccme leafless Convallabia. IT 



g Scape leafless, bearing an umbel. Berry 2-ccIled Cuntosia. 18 



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



— Flowers 4-parted Majantiie-mum. 20 



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



(Teibe UVULAEIEiE. Eoot fibrous. Anthers mostly innate and opening outwards.) 



k Filaments fiat, as long as the sagittate anthers. Berry many-seeded. . .Stkeptophub. 22 

 k Filaments filiform, much longer than the anthers. Berry 3 to 6-secded. . .Peosaetes. 23 

 k Filaments shorter than the long, linear anthers. Capsule 6 to 00 -seeded . . UvtTLAEiA. 24 



i. ERYTHRO^NIUM, L. (Gr. ipvSpdg, red; the color of some 

 species.) Perianth campanulate, 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. — If Leaves 2, suhradical. Scape 1-flowered. Fls. nodding, 

 liliaceous. 



1 E. Americ^um Smith. Tbllow EEYTHRONimr. Scape naked; Ivs. spotted, 

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

 inner ones Udentaie near the base; sty. clavate; stig. undivided. — A beautifullittle 

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

 thin woods, TJ. 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 E. dlbidum Nutt. White Erttheonidm. Scape 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 aeumination, 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. bracteatum Bw. Scape traded; Ivs. lanceolate, very unequal; segm. 

 greenish-yellow. — An alpine species, found in Tt., Boott. It ia 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, IJ' long, a little below the flower. Flower greenish-yellow. Segments 

 about 9" long, gibbous at base. Jn. 



2. TU^LIPA, Tourn. Tulip. (Persian tkouliban, a turban ; allud- 

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

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

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

 Herbs acaulescent, with coated bulbs, sessile Ivs., and a simple scape 

 bearing a solitary, erect flower. 



T. Gesneri^na L. Scape 1-flowered, smooth; Ivs. ovate-lanceolate; fls. 

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

 f From Persia. 



3. LIL'IUffl, L. Lily. (Gr. Xipiov, Celtic li, white ; one species 



