3io LILY ORDER 



Quamasia Rafinesque 1818 Wild Hyacinth 

 (Latinized from Quamash, the Indian name) 



Sepals and petals 3 each, blue or white, similar, stamens 6, ovary |J 

 celled, style 1, stigma 3-lobed ; flowers in a terminal raceme; leaves basal, 

 linear ; stemless perennial from an edible bulb. 

 Flower-stems 1-2 ft. high; raceme 3-8 in. long; flow- 

 ers 1-2 cm. long Q. hyacinthina 



Streptopus Michaux 1803 Twisted Stalk 

 (Gr. streptos, twisted, pons, foot, from the twisted flower-stalk) 



PL 44, fig. 11. 



Sepals and petals 3 each, greenish or purplish, similar, stamens 6, ovary 

 3-celled, style 1, fruit a berry; flowers solitary or 2 together, axillary, nod- 

 ding; leaves alternate, broad, clasping; leafy-stemmed herb from a root- 

 stalk. 

 Stems 1-5 ft. high with spreading branches; leaves 



ovate to lance-oblong, 2-5 in. long; flowers 8-15 mm. 



long 5. amplt xifolius 



Tofieldia Hudson 1778 Asphodel 

 (Named for Tofield, an English botanist) 



Petals and sepals 3 each, white or green, similar, stamens 6, ovary 3- 

 celled, 3-lobed at tip, styles 3, capsule 3-lobed and 3-beaked, many-seeded; 

 flowers in a terminal raceme, usually with bractlets ; leaves basal, 2-ranked. 

 linear ; stemless perennial from a rootstock. 

 Stems .5-2 ft. high, 2-4-leaved near base; leaves 2-7 



in. long ; flowers 6-8 mm. wide T. glutinosa 



Veratrum Linne 1753 False Hellebore 

 (Lat. name of the hellebore) 



PL 44, fig. 7. 



Sepals and petals 3 each, greenish-white, similar, stamens 6, ovary 3- 

 celled, styles 3, capsule 3-lobed, seeds broadly winged ; flowers monoecious 

 or polygamous in large, terminal panicles ; leaves alternate, broad, clasping ; 

 stem perennial from a poisonous rootstock. 



Stems 2-8 ft. high; leaves lanceolate, 6-12 in. long; 



panicle 1-3 ft. long; flowers 16-25 mm. wide V.viride 



