MOJ^OCOTYLEDONOUS OR ENDOGENOUS PLANTS. 555 



§ Smilacina. Divuions of the jieiianih and stamens 6 / ovanj Z celled. 



S. RACEMOSA, Desf. Pubescent; rliizoma thick; stem 

 flexuons, curving and leafy above; leaves numerous, 

 2-ranked, oblong, acuminate, nearly sessile, strongly 

 ribbed ; floivers numerous, in^ a close raceme or panicle ; 

 berry red, spotted. Rich soil. June and July. Stem 

 l°-2° high ; leaves 3-5' long. 



ALLIUM, L. Onion. 



Perianth 6-parted, spreading, persistent; stamens 6, in- 

 serted on the base of the perianth ; filaments subulate, the 

 interior ones more or less dilated at the base; ovary 

 3-celled ; style filiform ; stigma entire ; caj^sule loculicidally 

 3-valved ; seeds anatropous or campylotropous, single or 

 few in each cell, angled, black. — Strong-scented stemless 

 herbs, with bulbous roots, and a naked scajje, ending in an 

 nmbel of small flotvers, from a 2-3-leaved spathe ; flowers 

 sometimes changed into bulblets. 



* Ovules 2 in each cell. 



A. CERNUUM, Roth. Leaves linear, channeled ; scape 

 angled; nmbel many-flowered, nodding; leaves of the 

 perianth acute ; stamens exserted ; ovary 6-toothed. July. 

 Scape l°-li° high; floivers rose-color, on slender pedicels. 



A. Canadense, Kalm. Leaves narrowly linear, con- 

 cave; scape terete ; nmbel erect, bearing a cluster of bulb- 

 lets, intermingled with a few stalked rose-colored flowers ; 

 spathe 1-2-1 eaved ; leaves of the perianth obtnse, as long 

 as the stamens ; ovary 6-toothed. June. Scape 1° high ; 

 outer coats of the bulb white and scarious. 



A. MUTABILE, Michx. Leaves very narrow, concave ; 

 sca2)e terete ; umbel erect, many-flowered ; spathe 3 leaved ; 

 leaves of the perianth acute, as long as ihe stamens, white 

 changing to rose-color. Dry sandy soil. May and June. 



