ORDER CXXX. LILIACFJE. 535 



1. T. usneoi'des, (L.) Stem long, attached to the limbs of trees, cov- 

 ered with membranaceous scales, nearly terete. Leaves similar to the C 7f* 

 stem. Flowers solitary, axillary ; segments of the calyx lanceolate, 

 membranaceous. Petals linear. Stamens shorter than the tube. — 

 Greenish-white. U . Through the summer. Long Moss. 



2. T. Bartbam'ii, (Ell.) Stem attached to the bark and wood of old 

 trees. Leaves subulate, channeled, hoary, covered with whitish scales, 

 cartilaginous at the base. Flowers in pairs, at the summit of simple 

 leafy scapes; the upper leaves tinged with red at the base. — 2£. June. 

 Middle Geo. 



3. T. reoukva'ta, (L.) Stem terete, short. Leaves subulate, terete, 

 recurved. Flowers in pairs, at the summit of the stem, sessile. Petals 

 longer than the calyx. — Purple. 2£. On old tre^s. Southern Georgia 

 and Florida. 



II. OVARY SUPERIOR. 



Order CXXX.— LILIA'CE^ 



Perianth colored, regular, deeply 6-parted. Stamens 6, pe- 

 rigynous, opposite to the segments. Ovary superior, 3-celled, 

 many-seeded. Style 1. Fruit capsular, 3-celled, 3-valved, 

 many-seeded, dehiscence loculicidal. Seed in 1 — 2 rows. Em- 

 bryo straight. Plants usually with scaly bulbs. 



ANALYSIS. 



1. Cauline leaves none, radical leaves 2 Erythronium, 3 



Cauline leaves present, or radical leaves numerous 2 



2. Flowers white or reddish 8 



Flowers yellow Lilium, 1 



3. Leaves stiff and pointed Yucca, 2 



Leaves mot stiff 4 



4. Flowers in spikes Convalaria, 8 



Flowers in panicles Kolina, 6 



Peduncles axillary Polygonatum, 7 



Flowers in umbels or racemes 6 



5. Fruit baccate Smilaeina, 9 



Fruit capsular 6 



6. Flowers in umbels Allium, 5 



Flowers in racemes Ornithogalum, 10 



Genus I.— LIL'IUM. Tourn. 6—1. 

 (From the Celtic word &*, whiteness.) 



Perianth campanulate, deeply 6-parted. Segments straight 

 or refiexed, with a longitudinal, nectariferous line. Stamens G. 

 Stigma entire. Pod oblong; seeds numerous, 2 rows in each 

 cell. 



1. L. Cates'b^ei, ("Walt.) Stem erect, simple, glabrous. Leaves ses- 

 sile, linear-lanceolate, appressed, most numerous near the middle of the 

 stem. Flowers solitary, terminal. Perianth erect, the segments with 

 long claws, undulate at the margin, refiexed at the summit. — Scarlet, 

 spotted with yellow and brown. 2£. Juue — Aug. Pine-barrens 18 

 — 24 inches. 



