FAM. 32, 33. 35 



A. Canadense, l#M_km Garlic. Umbels consist of bulblets and some pinkish 

 flowers; pedicels few and slender; filaments about as long as the perianth. 

 Riverhanks. Spring. 



A. mutabile, Will <)rwoH. Flowers white to rose; pedicels numerous, slender; 

 filaments shorter than the perianth. Dry soil. Spring. 



2. Ovu!> v i cavity; plants inodorous, - Nothoscordiurn 



N. bivalve Allium striatum), False Garlic. Flowers white; filaments shorter 

 than the perianth. Sandy soil. Spring. 



3. Scape stout, inflated near the base, much eaccee ling the hollow leaves; 



flowers in round umbels, whitish. Many varieties. Allium Cepa, Onion 

 3. Bulbs small, breaking up into many small bulbs (cloves) ; leaves very 

 narrow, keeled; flowers purplish, usually replaced by bulblets. 



Allium sativum, Garlic 



32. Liliaceae, Lily Family. 



Caulescent herbs with bulbs or corms; flowers solitary 

 or in terminal racemes or panicles; sepals and petals sim- 

 ilar. 3 each; stamens 6; ovary superior, 3-celled; style 1; 

 fruit a capsule. 



Anthers versatile, ovules numerous in each cell, - - Lilium 



L. Catesbaei, Red Lily. Leaves alternate, linear, fleshy, flowers solitary and 

 erect, scarlet with yellow and purple spots. Low pine-land. Summer. 

 2. Anthers introrse, ovules 2 in each cavity, - Oxytria (Scaaeaolirioa) 



O. crocea <S. croceumt. Leaves basal, narrow; flowers in racemes, bright yel- 

 low. Sandy soil. Spring. 

 O. albiflora S. Elliottii). Leaves basal, narrow; flowers in panicles, white. Low 



pine-land. Spring. 

 Cultivated flowers belonging to this family, besides some species of Lily, are: 



a. Tulips. Tulipa Gesneriana, in many varieties of red, yellow and white. 



b. Squills, Scilla Peruviana (Quamasia or Camassia), flowers violet-blue 

 or white. 



c. Hyacinths, Hyacinthus orientalis, with racemes of purple, red, white, etc., 



flowers. 



d. Chequered Lilies. Fritillaria imperialis and F. meleagris, the former with 



a raceme of large drooping red flowers beneath a crown of bracts, the latter 

 with large nodding flowers chequered with purple and yellow. 



33. Con vallariaceae, L Hu o <fth> Valley Family. 



Perennial herbs with rootstalks; leaves alternate, basal, 

 or reduced to scales; flowers in racemes or panicles, or soli- 

 tary; sepals and petals 2-3; stamens 4 or 6; ovary superior, 

 2 or 3 celled, styles united, stigma lobed; fruit a berry or 

 capsule. 



1. Lea . : ed to scales. Cultivated. _____ Asparagus 



A. officinalis. Stem at first stout, edible, with broad scales; branches filiform 



in the axils of minute scales; flowers greenish. 

 A. Spreager. . and branches slender, drooping; flowers whitish in 



berries red. {.Asparagus Fern) 



