SPRING FLORA OF MANHATTAN. 11 



I cm. long, in terminal panicles. Sepals narrow, acute. Common in 

 grass land. 



6. LILIACEAE. 



Perianth of 6 similar divisions, not bract-like. Stamens (> Ovary 

 free, 3-celled, several ovuled. Fruit a capsule or berry. 

 Flowers borne on a leafless stem. 



Solitary and nodding; from a corm Erythrnnium. 



Umbelled; from a bulb 



The bruised plant exhaling the odor of onions Allium 



No odor of onions ... Nothoscordum 



Racemose or panicled; from a thick woody rootstock Yucca 



Sums leafy. 



Leaves scale-like with thread-like branches in their axils. Asparagus 

 Leaves broad. 



Flower clusters axillary Polygonatum 



Flower clusters terminal 



Leaves grass like; from bulbs Zygadenm 



Leaves elliptical; from rootstocks Vagnera 



ZYGADENUS, Michx. 

 Z. Nuttallii, (Gray) Wats. Flowers yellowish, in racemes. Stem 

 4-8 dm. high. Rocky hills, frequent. 



ALLIUM, L. 

 A miitabile, Michx 2-4 dm. high from a densely fibrous coated 

 bulb. Leaves about half the length of scape Low prairie. 

 NOTHOSCORDUM, Kunth. 

 N. or nithogaloides. (Walt.) Kunth. Leaves about the length of the 

 scape. Low prairie. 



ERYTHRONIUM, L. 

 Scape about the length of the two smooth, elliptical leaves 

 E albidum, Nutt. Divisions of perianth white or pinkish, 2-3 cm. 

 long, recurved. Low woods, infrequ-nt 



YUCCA, L 



Leaves long and rigid, linear, sharp pointed Flowers white, large 

 and showy. 



Y. glttuca, Nutt. Flowers 4 6 cm. broad, in an elongated raceme 

 Sand hills, not common. 



ASPARAGUS, L. 



Stems much branched, the filiform branches performing the function 

 of leaves. Fruit a scarlet berry. 



A. officinalis, L Escaped from gardens. 



VAGNERA, Adans. 



Flowers small, white. Stems simple. 



V. racemosa, (L ) Morong. Perianth divisions 2 mm. long. Flowers 

 in panicles. Stem pubescent. Rich woods, rare. 



V. stellata, (L.) Morong. Perianth divisions about 4 mm. long. 

 Flowers in racemes. Stem smooth. Rich woods, rare. 



