LILIACEAE 





Maianthernum False Lily-of-the-valley 



i I. Mains, M.i- Ol anthamun. a flower) 



(Unifolium) 



PI. 17. I 

 Leaves 1 3, usually 2. cordate; flowers small, wl V. 



A' 



Plate 18: \. Scilla sibirica: B, Chionodoxa Luciliae; C, Muscari botryoides, 1, flower. 2. 

 inflorescence; D, Hyacinthus orientalis, 1. inflorescence, 2, flower; E. Convallaria majalis; 

 F, Hemerocallis flava; (i, Tulipa gesneriana; H, Fritillaria meleagris. 



Scilla- -Squill 



I I., scilla. squill) 

 PI. 18, fig. A 

 1. Flower bell-shaped, raceme long stalked 

 a. Pedicels about 1 cm. long S. festdlis 



l>. Pedicels about 3 cm. long S. hispdnica 



lowers nearly flat, raceme few-flowered, and with solitan basal 

 flowers V. sibirica 



Chi< inodoxa- -( rlory-of-the-sni >w 



(Qr. chion, snow, doza, glory) 

 PI. 18, fig. B 

 Rowers in loose racemes, blue with a white edge C. Luci 



Muscari — ( irape I [yacinth 



(Named for the musky odor of tes) 



PL 18. fig. C : 1. 2 

 ius plant with small blue globular flowers M. botryoides 



Hyacinthus — I [yacinth 

 (Qr. hyakinthoB, a youth from whose blood sprang this flower) 

 PL 18. fig. D : 1. 2 

 Bulbous plant with a dense raceme of fragrant bell-shaped flowers If. orientalis 



( ■ invallaria — Lily-< >f-the-valley 



■ 1. convallis. a closed valley) 

 PL 18, fig. E 

 Plant with lance-ovate leave,-, and a loose raceme of white fragrant bell- 

 shaped flowers C. majdlis 



Hemerocallis — Yellow May Lily, Lemon Lily 



(Gr. hemera. day, kallis. beauty) 

 PL 18. fig. F 



1. Flower orange, margin of petals membranous and wavy // Dumontii 



2. Flower yellow, margin of petals smooth //. flava 



Tulipa — Tulip 



I Nun- | i obably Turkish) 

 PL 18. fig. G 

 of the garden tulips are considered to be forms of the following 

 species: 



1. Pubescent: flowering in April and May T.suaveolcns 



2, Si looth; (lowering in late May ,;„„ 



