LILTACEAE 59 



Boots fibrous, fleshy. 

 Flowers drooping. 1. Uvulaeia. 



Flowers erect. 2. Hbmeeocallis. 



Plants from bulbs or oorms. 

 Flowers in umbels. 

 Onion-soented. 3. Allidm. 



Not onion-soented. 4. Nothoscoedum. 



Flowers not in umbels. 

 Flowers not from axils of bracts. 

 Leaves many. 5. LiLlUM. 



Leaves two. 6. Eeytheonium. 



Flowers from axils of bracts. 



Flowers racemose, light blue. 7. QuAMASlv. 



Flowers corymbose, white. 8. Oenithogalum. 



1. UVULARIA L. 



Leafy-stemmed herbs with drooping yellow flowers. Perianth bell- 

 shaped, its lobes bearing nectaries at base. Anthers linear. Style 3- 

 cleft. Capsule ovoid, 3-angled. Stems forking. 



1. IT. grandiflora J. E. Smith. Bellwort. 6''-20' high, bearing 

 but one leaf beneath the fork : leaves ovate, perfoliate, pubescent be- 

 neath : perianth W-\^" long, its segments smooth. — Quite abundant in 

 rich woods throughout. April-May. 



2. HEMEROCALLIS L. 



Herbs with long, linear basal leaves and numerous large showy flowers 

 terminating a tall scape. Perianth divisions widely spreading. Stamens 

 six, with long filaments. Stigma capitate on a long slender style. 



1. H. fulva L. Day Lily. Scapes 3°-6° high : flowers tawny 

 orange, i'-h' long. — Occasionally escaped around old gardens. June- 

 August. 



3. ALLIUM L. Wild Onion. 



Strong- scented, stemless herbs from coated bulbs. Flowers numerous, 

 white or pinkish, subtended by scarious bracts. Perianth divisions 

 separate. Stigma simple. Capsule 3 valved, each cell bearing 1-2 

 ovules. 



Flowers usually replaced by bulblets. 1. A. Canadenne. 



Flowers not replaced by bulblets. 2. A. mutdbile. 



1. A. Cauadense L. S'-ao' high : bulb coats fibrous-reticulated : 

 leaves linear : sepals white or pink. — Often very common in moist woods. 

 June. 



2. A. mutabile Michx. 1°-2J° high : bulb coats fibrous-reticulated : 

 leaves channeled : sepals pink or rose. — Common in barrens. May. 



4. NOTHOSCORDUM Kunth. 



Resembling Allium, but not onion-scented. Ovules several in each 

 cell of the ovary. 



