65G FLORA OF TEXAS. 



Scape 1° high ; outer coats of the bulb composed of a net- 

 -vvork of fine fibers. 



** Ocules several in each cell. 



A. STRiATUir, Jack. Leaves linear, concave; umbel 

 erect, 3-10-flowerecl ; spathe 2-leaved ; 2)eria7iih longer 

 than the stamens, white, the exterior leaves green on the 

 keel. Low pine-barrens. March and April. Scape G'-12' 

 high ; 2^edicels l'-2' long ; flotvers o" long; leaved streaked 

 on the back. 



SCILLA, L. Squill. 



Peria7it7i 6-parted, petals and se2mls similar, spreading 

 blue or purple; filaments G, subulate or filiform, smooth, 

 hypogynous ; style filiform-clavellate ; capsule free, 3-celled, 

 3-valved, obtusely 3-angled; cells with one or several 

 roundish black seeds; bulb coated, bearing several linear 

 leaves, and a scape with a raceme. 



S. ESCULENTA. (Quamasli.) Leaves linear, flaccid and 

 recurved, tapering at both ends, shorter than the scape; 

 tracts solitary, subulate, scarious, longer than the pedicels, 

 about tlie length of the flower; filament Aliform;- stigma 

 3-toothed. Bulb nutritious, about 1' in diameter, resem- 

 bling a small onion. Scape l°-2° high; leaves as long, 

 grass-like; raceme 2-3' long. Head-waters of Trinity 

 Eiver. — Torrey. 



YUCCA, L. Spanish Bayonet. 



Perianth cup-shaped, corolla-like, 6-leaved ; sepals and 

 petals nearly alike, late-deciduous ; stamens 6, with thick 

 granular club-shaped filaments ; anthers small, oval ; ovary 

 3-celled, 3-sided, grooved at the angles ; stigmas 3, nearly 

 sessile, oblong, concave, 2-cleft; ovules numerous, in two 

 rows, the rows separated by a false partition ; caps2ile ob- 

 long, 6-celled, pulpy and indehiscent, or dry and loculi- 



