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1. A. tricficcum Ait. (Wild Leek.) Scape (1.5-4 dm. high, from clustered 

 pointed bulbs 3.5-5 cm. long) bearing an erect many-flowered umbel ; leaver 

 10-23 cm. long and 3-6 cm. wide ; segments of the perianth oblong (greenish 

 white), equaling the nearly distinct filaments ; capsule strongly S-lobed. — Rich 

 woods, N. B. to Minn, and la., s. in the mts. to N. C. — Leaves appearing In 

 early spring and dying before the flowers are developed. 



2. A. Schoen6prasum L., var. siblricum (L.) Hartm. Scape (2-4 dm. high) 

 bearing a globular capitate unibel of many rose-purple flowers ; segments of the 

 perianth lanceolate, pointed, longer than the simple downwardly dilated fila- 

 ments ; leaves awl-shaped, hollow; capsule not crested. ■ — Ledgy shores, Nfd. to 

 Alaska, s. to N. S., n. N. E., the Great Lake region, etc. (Eurasia.) — The typi- 

 cal form of the species (the Chives of vegetable gardens) is a lower and more 

 slender but not sharply separable plant. 



3. A. cfirnuum Roth. (Wild Onion.) Scape angular (2.5-6 dm. high), 

 nodding at the apex, bearing a loose or drooping few-many-flowered umbel ; 

 leaves linear, flattened, sharply keeled (3 dm. long); segments of the perianth 

 oblong-ovate, acute, rose-color to purple, shorter than th^ slender filaments 

 and style ; capsule 6-crested. (? A. allegheniense Small.) — N. Y. to S. C, and 

 westw. 



4. A. stelUtum Ker. Scape terete (3-5 dm. high), slender, bearing an erect 

 umbel ; bulb-coats membranous ; capsule prominently (i-crested. — Rocky slopes, 

 Minn, to w. 111., Mo., and westw. 



5. A. reticulatum Don. Scape 1-1.8 dm. high ; bulbs densely and coarsely 

 fibrous-coated ; spathe 2-valved ; umbel rarely bulbiferous ; sepals ovate to 

 narrowly lanceolate, thin and lax in fruit, a third longer than the stamens ; 

 capsule crested. — Sask. to la. and N. Mex. 



1/6. A. canadfinse L. (Wild Gakhc.) Scape 3 dm. high or more; bulb 

 small (1.2-1.8 cm. in diameter); bulb-coats somewhat fibrous; umbel densely 

 bulbiferous, the flowers few or often none; segments of the perianth narrowly 

 lanceolate, equaling or exceeding the stamens ; capsule not crested. — Moist 

 meadows, N. B. to Ont., s. to Ela. and Tex. May, June. 



7. A. mutibile Miohx. Similar in stature, habit, and flowers to preceding ; 

 umbels not normally bttlbiferous, many (16-43) -flowered ; bulbs 2-3 cm. in 

 diameter. — Prairies and borders of woods. Mo. (Bush.) to Ela.^ Tex., and Neb. 

 \y 8. A. vineXle L. (Field Garlic.) Stem slender (3-9 dm. high), clothed 

 with the sheathing bases of the leaves below the middle ; leaves terete and 

 hollow, slender, channeled above ; umbel often densely bulbiferous ; filaments 

 much dilated, the alternate ones cuspidate on each side of the anther. — Moist 

 meadows and flelds, locally abundant, Mass. to Mo. , and Va. June. (Nat. from 

 Eu.) 



14. N0TH0SC6RDUM Kunth. 



Flowers greenish or yellowish white. Capsule obovoid, somewhat lobed, 

 obtuse, with the style obscurely jointed on the summit ; cells several-ovuled 

 and -seeded. Filaments filiform, distinct, adnate at base. — Bulb tunicated, 

 not alliaceous. Otherwise as in Allium. (Name from vb0oi, false, and ciKbpSiov, 

 garlic.) 



1. N. bivilve (L.) Britton. Scape 1.5-3.5 dm. high; bulb small, often 

 bulbiferous at base ; leaves narrowly linear ; flowers few, on slender pedicels, 

 the segments narrowly oblong, about 1 cm. long; ovules 4-7 in each cell. {N. 

 striatum KanVa.') — Prairies and open woods, Va. to 0., Neb., and southw. 



15. HEMEROCAlLIS L. Day Lilt 



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

 spreading limb 6-parted ; the 6 stamens inserted on its throat. Anthers as in 

 Lilium, but introrse. Filaments and style long and thread-like, declined and 

 ascending ; stigma simple. Capsule (at first rather fleshy) 3-angled, loouli- 

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



