350 LILIACE^. (LILY FAMILY.) 



1. A. violaceum, Torr. Scape 2 to 6 inches high : flowers 8 to 12 lines 

 long or more, usually exceeding the stout pedicels ; tube nearly as long as the 

 limb ; crown scarcely shorter than the limb, the lobes exceeding the anthers. 

 — Bot Mex. Bound. 218. W. Kansas to Texas. 



5. LEUCOCRINUM, Nutt 



Stamens 6 : filaments inserted below the throat. —Blooming in early spring, 

 the pure white and very fragrant flowers appearing just above the ground. 



1. L. montanum, Nutt. Leaves several, rather thick : flowers 4 to 8, 

 the very slender tube an inch or two long : capsule truncate, with 4 to 6 seeds 

 in each celL — Frcm Colorado to N. California. 



6. CAMAS SI A, LindL Camass. 



Stamens 6, on the base of the perianth, shorter than the segments. Style 

 slightly trifid at the apex. — Flowers in a simple raceme, with narrow scarious 

 bracts ; pedicels joined at the summit. 



1. C. eseulenta, LindL Scape stout, a foot or two high : pedicels rather 

 stout, mostly shorter than the usually dark-blue flowers : perianth-segments 

 scarcely exceeding the style, a little longer than the stamens. —From the 

 Wahsatch Mountains, northward and westward. The bulb largely collected 

 for food, by the Indians, and called " Green Canimas." 



7. POLYGONATUM, Tourn. Solomon's Seal. 



Ovules 1 to 3 pairs in each celL Berry blue or black ; cells 1 to 2-seeded. — 

 Stem somewhat curved : leaves sessile : bracts caducous, minute. 



1. P. giganteum, Dietr. Glabrous throughout : stem 2 to 7 feet high : 

 leaves broadly ovate to lanceolate, usually clasping by a broad base : pedicels 

 jointed below the base of the flower. — From the Upper Missouri and New 

 Mexico to New England and Virginia. 



8. SMI L A CI N A, Desf. False Solomon's Seal. 



Stamens 6 : filaments subulate. Stigma 3-lobed at the summit : ovules 

 2 in each cell. — Stems simple, leafy, from running rootstocks s leaves mostly 

 sessile, oblong or lanceolate : pedicels jointed at the summit. 



* Flowers in a terminal racemose panicle : stamens exserted : berry reddish. 



1. S. amplexicaulis, Nutt. More or less pubescent : stem 1 to 3 feet 

 high : leaves ovate to lanceolate, mostly sessile and clasping at base : style 

 nearly equalling the ovaiy. — S. racemosa, var. amplexicaulis, Watson, Bot. 

 King Exped. v. 345. From New Mexico to Wyoming and westward to Cali- 

 fornia and British Columbia. 



* * Flowers in a simple few-flowered open raceme: stamens included: berry 



blue-black. 



2. S. Stellata, Desf. Glabrous or pubescent : stem a foot high or less : 

 leaves lanceolate, acutish, sessile and closely clasping, usually ascending and 



