LILY FAMILY 311 



Wagnera Adanson 1763 Spikenard, Solomon's Seal 



(Named for Wagner) 



PI. 44, fig. 10. 



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



ovary 3-celled, style 1, stigma 3-lobed, fruit a berry; flowers in a terminal 



raceme or panicle ; leaves alternate, broad, usually sessile ; leafy-stemmed 



perennial from a rootstock. 



1. Flowers in a simple raceme 



a. Flower-stalk short, little if at all longer than 



the flowers and the fruit ; leaves lanceolate, 



acute W. stelldta 



b. Flower-stalk 2-3 times as long as the flowers 



and the fruit ; leaves lance-linear, long- 

 pointed W. sessilifolia 



2. Flowers in a panicle 



a. Leaves short-petioled W. racemosa 



b. Leaves sessile, clasping W . amplexicaulis 



Xerophyllum Michaux 1803 Turkey Beard 

 (Gr. xeros, dry, phyllon, leaf) 

 Sepals and petals 3 each, white, similar, persisting when dry, stamens 

 6, ovary 3-celled. styles 3 ; flowers many in a dense terminal raceme ; leaves 

 long and needle-like ; leafy-stemmed perennial from a woody rootstock. 

 Stems 2-5 ft. high, densely leafy below ; leaves 6-18 



in. long, 1-2 mm. wide; flowers 5-6 mm. long X. asphodcloides 



Yucca Linne 1753 Spanish Bayonet 

 (The Haytian name) 

 Sepals and petals 3 each, white to cream-color, similar, stamens 6, ovary 

 3-celled, style 1, stigmas 3, fruit fleshy; flowers large, nearly globose, nod- 

 ding in a terminal raceme or panicle ; leaves basal, long, lance-linear, stiff 

 and sharp-pointed, evergreen ; stem woody, underground. 



1. Leaves usually 1-5 cm. wide 



a. Fruit an erect, brown, splitting capsule Y. Harrimaniae 



b. Fruit a fleshy, edible, purple berry . Y. bacedta 



2. Leaves .5-1 cm. wide ; fruit an erect capsule Y. glaiica 



Zygadenus Michaux 1803 Zygadenus 

 (Gr. zygon, yoke, ad en, gland) 

 PI. 42, fig. 5. 

 Sepals and petals 3 each, white, yellowish or greenish, similar, with 



