ORDER CXXX. LILIAOBA 537 



1. E. America'num, (Smith.) Leaven lanceolate, sheathing at the base, 

 variegated with purple. Scape bearing a solitary, nodding flower; the 

 3 exterior leaves of the perianth reflexed. Stamens short. Capsule 3. 

 celled, 3-valved, many-seeded. — Yellow. If. March — April. Com- 

 mon. 6 — 8 inches. 



This plant when fresh has long been known to be an emetic, but, as far as we know 

 has been but little used for any purpose. In scrofulous sores it is used in family prac- 

 tice, by making the fresh plant into poultices, with milk, and applying to the sores. 

 Happy effects are said to result from its application in this manner. 



Genus IV.— SCIL'LA. 6—1. L. squill 



Perianth 6-leaved, spreading. Stamens 6 ; filaments oval- 

 shaped. Style slender. Ovary 3-valved, 3-celled, triangular, 

 many-seeded. Seeds black, angular. 



1. S. esculen'ta, (Ker.) Scape arising from a truncated bulb. 

 Leaves long, linear, keeled. Flowers in a simple raceme, elongated, 

 bracteate. Sepals 3-nerved, spreading. — Pale blue. Ky. and Tenn. 

 Eastern Quamash. Wild Hyacinth. Plialangium escutentum, Nutt. 



Camassia esculenta, Lind. 



This plant is said to be found south of the Alleghany Mountains in Alabama. "We 

 are not certain of the fact. 



Genus V.— AL'LIUM. L. 6—1 

 (From the Celtic all, hot or burning.) 



Perianth 6-parted, expanding. Flowers in umbels, clustered, 

 arising from a 2-leaved spathe. Capsule superior. Stamens 

 6. Style 1. 



1. A. Canaden'se, (L.) Leaves linear, flat, straight, about 4 — 6 inches 

 long ; scape terete, erect, about the length of the leaves. Head bearing 

 bulbs ; segments of the perianth oval. — White. $ . June. In wet 

 soils. Common. Wild Meadow Garlick. 



2. A. cer'nuum, (Muhl.) Leaves linear, flat, striate ; scape slightly 

 ancipitous. Flowers in umbels, numerous, nodding. Leaves of the pe- 

 rianth lanceolate. — Rose-colored. $ . July. Mountains. 1 — 2 feet. 



Wild Onion. 



3. A. stria'tum, (Pursh.) Leaves glabrous, linear, concave; scape as 

 long as the leaves, compressed ; spathe 2-leaved, united at the base, 

 acute, withering. Flowers in a simple umbel. Leaves of the perianth 

 unequal, the exterior largest. Filaments unequal. — White. $ . March 

 — April. Low lands. 12 — 15 inches. 



4. A. mutab'ile, (Mich.) Leaves linear, flat, narrow, setaceous at the 

 summit, membranaceous at the base. Scape terete ; spathe 3-leaved. 

 Umbels many-flowered. Leaves of the perianth lanceolate, acute.— 

 Green, becoming red. $ . May — June. Pine-barrens. 2 feet. 



Genus VI.— NOLI'NA. Mich. 6—3. 

 (In honor of P. C. Nolin, an American botanist.) 



Perianth 6-parted, expanding. Stamens 6. Stigmas 3. 

 Capsule 3-angled, 3-celled, 1 seed in each cell. 



