ORDER CXXX. LILIACL-E. 535 



1. T. tmuwm'um, i L.) Stem long, attached to the limbs of trees, cov- 

 ered with membranaceous scales, nearly terete. Leaves similar to the 

 stem. Flowers solitary, axillary ; segments of the calyx lanceolate, 

 membranaceous. Petal* linear. Stamens shorter than the tube. — 

 Greenish white. U- Through the summer. Long Moss. 



ft T. Bartram'ii, (Ell.) Stem attached to the bark and wood of old 



subulate, channeled, hoary, covered with whitish scales, 



BartilaginouB at the base. Flowers in pairs, at the summit of simple 



leafy scapes; the upper leaves tinged with red at the base. — If. June. 



Middle Geo. 



8. T. recurva'ta, (L.) Stem terete, short. Leaves subulate, terete, 

 recurved. Flowers in pairs, at the summit of the stem, sessile. Petals 

 Jonger than the calyx. — Purple. It. On old trees. Southern Georgia 

 and Florida. 



II. OVARY SUPERIOR. 



Order CXXX.— LILIA'CEtE. 



Perianth colored, regular, deeply 6-parted. Stamens 0, pe- 

 rigynous, opposite to the segments. Ovary superior, 3-celled, 

 many-seeded. Style 1. Fruit capsular, 3-celled, 3-valved, 

 many-seeded, dehiscence loculicidal. Seed in 1 — 2 rows. Em- 

 bryo straight. Plants usually with scaly bulbs. 



ANALYSIS. 



1. Canline leaves none, radical leaves 2 Erythronium, 3 



Cauline leaves present, or radical leaves numerous 2 



2. Flowers white or reddish 3 



Flowers yelk>\v LVium, 1 



3. Leaves stiff and pointed Yucca, 2 



Leaves not stiff 4 



4. Flowers in spikes Co-nvalaria, S 



Flowers in panicles Xolina, 6 



Peduncles axillary Polygonaturn, 7 



Flowers in umbels or racemes 5 



5. Fruit baccate Smilacina, 9 



Fruit capsular 6 



6. Flowers in umbels Allium, 5 



Flowers in racemes Ornithogalurn, 10 



Gexus L— LIL'IUli Tourn. 6—1. 

 (From the Celtic word Ifr, whiteness.) 



Perianth carapanulate, deeply 6-parted. Segments straight 

 or reflexed, with a longitudinal, nectariferous line. Stamens G. 

 Stigma entire. Pod oblong ; seeds .numerous, 2 rows in each 

 cell. 



1. L. Cates'b.ei, (Walt.) Stem erect, simple, glabrous. Leaves ses- 

 sile, linear-lanceolate, appressed, most numerous near the middle of the 

 stem. Flowers solitary, terminal. Perianth erect, the segments with 

 long claws, undulate at the margin, reflexed at *he summit. — Scarlet, 

 spotted with yellow and brown. If. June — Aug. Pine-barrens. 18 

 — 24 inches. 



