280 LILIACEAE (LILY FAMILY^ 



(ortliotropous in Smilax). Flowers not from a spathe, except in Allium; the 

 outer and inner ranks of the perianth colored alike (or nearly so) and generally 

 similar, except in Trillium. 



Tribe I. NARTHECiEAE. Flowers perfect, small, spicate-racemose. Pei-iantli of 6 distinci- seg- 

 ments. Style none ; stigma small, slightly lobed oi* undivided. Fruit a loculicidal capsule. 



1. Narthecium. Filaments woolly. Perianth-segments linear-lanceolate, yellowish. Capsule 



short-cylindric, attenuate, many-seeded. 



Tribe II. HELONIeAE. Flowers (small) perfect or dioecious, raceme -spicate. Perianth of C 

 distinct segments. Styles 3, distinct. Fruit a loculicidal capsule. 



2. Xerophyllum. Flowers perfect. Seeds 2 in each cell. 



3. Helonias. Flowers perfect. Seeds many in each cell, linear and with a tapering appendage 



at each end. 



4. Chamaelirlum. Flowers dioecious. Seeds numerous, somewhat wing-appendaged at the 



ends. 



Tribe III. VERAtREAE. Flowers perfect or polygamously monoecious. Perianth of 6 nearly 

 or quite distinct segments. Styles 8, distinct. Fruit a septicidal capsule. 



5. Tofleldia. Flowers perfect. Anthers 2-celled. Leaves 2-ranked, equitant. 



6. Amianthium. Flowers perfect. Anthers confluently 1-celled. Leaves several-ranked. 



Perianth-segments glandless. 



7. Stenanthium. Flowers polygamous. Perianth -segments lanceolate, acuminate, glandless. 



Stem from a bulbpuo base. 



8. Zygadenus. Flowers perfect or monoecious. Leaves several-ranked, linear. Perianth- 



segments glandular at the base, ovate or oblong. Stem glabrous. 



9. Melanthium. Flowers polygamo-raonoecious. Stem pubescent above, from a running root- 



stock. Perianth-segments free iVom the ovarj-, their long claws adnate to the filaments. 



10. Veratrum. Flowers polygamo-monoecious;^ Stem pubescent above, from a running root- 



stock. Perianth-segments without claws, slightly adnate to the ovary. 



Tribe. IV. UVULARIeAE. Flowers perfect. Perianth-segments distinct. Style 3-cleft to below 

 the middle. Fruit a loculicidal capsule. Flowers terminal or axillary. Stem leafy. 



11. Uvularia. Stem terete. Leaves perfoliate. Flowers terminal. Capsule truncate, S-lobed. 



12. Oakesia. Stem angled. Leaves sessile but not perfoliate. Flowers appearing opposite the 



leaves. Capsule rounded or more or less pointed at the summit, acutely 8-winged. 



Tribe V. ALLIeAE. Flowers perfect, umbellate, Perianth-segments 6, nearly or quite distinct, 

 1-nerved. Style single, long ; stigma uncleft, or only slightly S-lobed. Fruit a loculicidal 

 capsule. Seeds few (1-7) in each cell. 



13. Allium. Seeds 1-2 in each cell. Plants with a strong odor. 



14. Nothoscordum. Seeds several in each cell. Plants without strong odor. 



Tribe VI. HEMEROCALLfDEAE. Flowers perfect. Perianth-segments united below the middle 

 into a funnel-shaped tube, not conspicuously roughened. Style single, long, declined, not 

 cleft. Fruit a loculicidal capsule. 

 ITi. HemerocalliS. Flowers large. Perianth yellow or brownish-red. 



Tribe VII. LILIeAE. Flowers perfect. Perianth-segments distinct, petaloid. Style single, 

 elongated, uncleft. Fruit a loculicidal capsule. Seeds numerous in each cell. Stem from a 

 pcaly bulb or from a corm. 



16. Lilium. Stem leafy, from a scaly bulb. Seeds flattened. 



17. Erythronium. Stem a scapdVom a solid bulb. Leaves 2, basal. Seeds obovoid. 



Tribe VIII SCIlLEAE. Flowers perfect. Perianth-segments distinct and S-several-nerved, or 

 united into an urceolate short-toothed tube, not roughened externally. Style single, slender, 

 uncleft. Fruit a loculicidal capsule. Stem scapose from a tunicate bulb. 



15. Camassia. Flowers light blue, long-racemose. Filaments filiform. Perianth-segmenta 



distinct. 

 19. OrnithOgalum. Flowers greenish -white, subcorymbosc. Filaments dilated. Perianth-stg. 



ments distinct. 

 80. Muscftri, Flowers blue. Perianth gamophyllous, globose-urQcolatc ; limb short- toothed. 



