264 FLORA, 



long; flowers white or pink, 5-6 mm. long; perianth-segments thin; capsule shorter 

 than the perianth, each of its valves bearing 2 short crests just below the summit, 

 Assiniboia and S. Dak. to IS' Mex. and Ariz. May-July. 



4. NOTHOSCORDUM Kunth. 



Scapose herbs, similar to the onions, but without alliaceous odor, with mem- 

 branous-coated bulbs, narrowly linear basal leaves and small yellow or yellowish 

 green flowers in an erect 2 -br acted umbel. Perianth 6-parted, withering-persistent, 

 its segments i-nerved. Stamens 6, inserted on the bases of the perianth-segments; 

 anther-sacs introrsely dehiscent. Ovary sessile, 3-celled; ovules several in each 

 cavity; style filiform, jointed near the base, but commonly persistent; stigma small, 

 capitate. Capsule 3-lobed, loculicidal. Seeds angled or flattish, black. [Greek, 

 signifying false garlic] About 10 species, the following in the southern U. S. and 

 Mex., 8 or 9 in tropical and S. Am., 1 Chinese. 



1. Nothoscordum bivalve (L.) Britton. Yellow False Garlic. (I. F. f. 

 1001.) Bulb globose. Leaves 1-5 mm. wide, flat; bracts lanceolate, acuminate, 

 persistent; umbel 6-12 -flowered; pedicels fdiform, 2-5 cm. long in fruit; flowers 

 10-12 mm. long; perianth-segments thin, oblong-lanceolate, longer than the sta- 

 mens; capsule obovoid or somewhat depressed, 4-6 mm. high, the style as long or 

 slightly longer. In sandy soil, Va. to Tenn. and Neb., Fla., Tex. and Mex. 

 March-July. 



5. ANDROSTEPHIUM Torr. 



Scapose herbs from a small membranous-coated corm. Leaves basal, narrowly 

 linear. Flowers rather large, blue, in a terminal several-bracted umbel. Perianth 

 funnelform, withering-persistent, the tube about as long as the 6 oblong lobes. 

 Stamens 6, inserted on the throat of the perianth; filaments dilated, united to the 

 middle or above into an erect crown -like tube with toothed lobes alternating with 

 the linear-oblong anthers. Ovary sessile, 3-celled; ovules several in each cavity; 

 style filiform; stigma 3-grooved. Capsule membranous, 3-angled, loculicidal. 

 Seeds few, large, oval, black. [Greek, referring to the crown.] Two species, 

 natives of the southwestern U. S. 



I. Androstephium coeruleum (Scheele) Greene. Androstep.hium. (I. F. f. 

 1002.) Corm subglobose. Scape 0.5-2 dm. tall; leaves 2-4 mm. wide, half 

 terete; bracts 2-4, scarious, acuminate, persistent; umbel 2-7-flowered; pedicels 

 0.6-3 cm - l° n g> perianth 2-3 cm. long, the lobes about as long as the tube; 

 filament-tube about I cm. long; style about as long; capsule 8-12 mm. high; 

 seeds thin, narrowly winged. Prairies, Kans. to Tex. March-April. 



6. LILIUM L. 



Tall bulbous herbs, with simple leafy stems, and large erect or drooping 

 showy flowers. Perianth funnelform or campanulate, deciduous, of 6 separate 

 spreading or recurved segments, each with a nectar-bearing groove at its base 

 within. Stamens 6, hypogynous; filaments filiform or subulate; anthers linear, 

 versatile, their sacs longitudinally dehiscent. Ovary 3-celled; ovules numerous; 

 style long, somewhat club-shaped above; stigma 3-lobed. Capsule loculicidally 

 dehiscent. Seeds numerous, flat, horizontal, packed in 2 rows in each cavity. 

 [Latin, from the Greek name of the Lily, said to be from the Celtic //, white.] 

 About 45 species, natives of the north temperate zone. Besides the following, some 

 8 others occur in western N. Am. 



Flower or flowers erect; perianth-segments narrowed into long claws. 

 Perianth-segments merely acute. 



Leaves lanceolate, nearly all verticillate. 1. /,. Philadelphtcum. 



Leaves narrowly linear, nearly all alternate. 2. L. umbellatum. 



Perianth-segments long-acuminate ; leaves all alternate, appressed. 



3. L. Catesbaei. 

 Flowers drooping or spreading ; perianth-segments not clawed. 



Leaves or most of them verticillate, their axils not bulbiferous ; native species. 

 Leaves finely roughened on the veins beneath. 



Perianth-segments recurved or spreading. 4. L. Canadense, 



Perianth-segments not recurved ; mountain species. 5. L. Grayt. 





