656 LILIACE^E. 



Order SMILACE^E. 



SMILAX, Tourn. 



S. Havanensis, Jacq. Prickly ; leaves rigid, ovate or roundish, emar- 

 ginate, o-nerved (3'-4' long), the margins prickly. — Keys of South Florida 

 [Curtiss). 



TRILLIUM, L. 



T. reeurvatum, Beck. Stein (1° high) erect from a horizontal tuber, 

 leaves oblong-ovate, acute, contracted into a short petiole, faintly mottled ; 

 petals purplish brown, erect (LJ" long), linear-spatulate, twice as long as the 

 lanceolate reflexed sepals ; filaments as long as the incurved anthers and the 

 spreading stigmas. — Rich valleys of the mountains of Georgia. April. 



Var. ? lanceolatum, Watson. Leaves sessile, more narrowly lanceo- 

 late ; sepals less strictly reflexed; petals almost linear; filaments longer. 

 (T. lanceolatum, Boi/icin.) — Georgia and Alabama. 



Order LILIACE^E. 



POLYGONATUM, Tourn. 



P. giganteum, Dietrich. Smooth; stem tall (3° -8° high), curving ; 

 leaves ovate, partly clasping, many-nerved; peduncles 3-5 flowered, the 

 lower ones half as long as the leaves ; filaments smooth. (P. canaliculatum, 

 Pursh.) — Rocky cliffs of the mountains of Georgia, and northward.— 

 Flowers f long. 



CAMASSIA, Lindl. 



Perianth bell-shaped, Cleaved, deciduous. Stamens G, inserted on the base 

 of the perianth. Style filiform. Capsule 3-angled, 3-celled, loculicidally 

 3-valved, several-seeded. — Scape from a coated bulb. Leaves radical. 

 Flowers racemose, blue or purple. 



C. Fraseri, Torr. (Wild Hyacinth.) Leaves linear; scape 1° high; 

 raceme many-flowered; flowers showy, pale blue; cells of the ovary G- 9- 

 ovuled. — Rich valleys of the mountains of Georgia, and northward. April. 



ALLIUM, L. 

 A. vineale, L. Scape leafy at base (l°-2° high) ; leaves terete, hollow ; 

 umbel often bulb-bearing; alternate filaments 3-clcft. — North Carolina 

 (Curtis). Introduced. 



SCHCENOLIRION, Torr. 



S. Elliottii, Feay. Scape often sparingly branched (l°-2° high); 

 linear, concave, the upper ones small and distant; racemes loosely 



