98 Liliaceae 
FF. Stem branched; inflorescence a raceme or panicle; perianth-segments |—3- 
veined. 
G. Stem-leaves few; perianth-segments 5—10 mm. long, apparently 1- 
veined but closely 3-veined; style short. SCHOENOLIRION (p. 98) 
GG. Stem-leaves rather numerous; perianth-segments 16—20 mm. long, 
plainly 3-veined; style long. CHLOROGALUM (p. 98) 
EE. Inflorescence not distinctly racemose, with foliaceous bracts or none; pedicels 
not jointed; anthers basifixed (except in Lilium). 
H.  Perianth-segments all alike; capsule loculicidal; style present. 
I. Leaves only 2, basal, wide; capsule 3-angled. ERYTHRONIUM (p. 103) 
II. Leaves more than 2, not all basal. 
J. Perianth-segments 0.8—I1 cm. long, white; stem 5—13 cm. high; 
leaves grass-like, not in a whorl, basal ones exceeding the stem; capsule 
3-angled. LLoypDiA (p. 104) 
JJ. Perianth-segments 2.5—-10 cm. long, mostly not white; stem mostly 
higher; leaves mostly not grass-like, often in whorls, not exceeding the 
stem; capsule 6-angled. 
K. Perianth-segments oblanceolate; nectary a linear groove; anthers 
versatile; bulb-scales lanceolate. Liti1um (p. 102) 
KK. Perianth-segments lanceolate; nectary a shallow pit; anthers basi- 
fixed; bulb-scales wider than lanceolate, very thick. 
FRITILLARIA (p. 102) 
HH. Outer perianth-segments smaller than the inner, greenish; capsule septicidal ; 
style none. CALOCHORTUS (p. 104) 
SCHOENOLIRION (Hastingia) 
Perennial, with coated bulbs or short rhizomes. Stems  scape-like, sparingly 
branched, thickened at the surface of the ground. Leaves basal, numerous, long-linear. 
Flowers small, numerous, whitish or yellowish-green, in a bracted raceme or panicle. 
Perianth persistent, somewhat scarious; segments distinct, oblong to lanceolate, 1|-veined 
or closely 3-veined, not twisted when old. Stamens 6, on the base of the perianth; 
anthers versatile. Ovary ovoid, very short-stalked; cells 2-ovuled; style short, persistent. 
Seeds oblong, black, shining. (Gk. schoenos=a reed, lirion—=a lily; apparently refer- 
ring to the reed-like stems. ) 
A. Raceme dense; perianth-segments about 5 mm. long, obtuse; stamens about as long 
as the perianth. U. C. S. album Dur. 
AA.  Raceme loose; perianth-segments 8—10 mm. long, acuminate; stamens about 
V4 as long as the perianth. U. 
S. bracteosum (Wats.) 
CHLOROGALUM SOAP-ROOT 
Coarse, with fibrous-coated (ours) or membrane-coated bulbs; stems scape-like, 
paniculately branched above. Leaves narrow, basal. Flowers small, on jointed pedicels, 
in a bracted panicle. Perianth white or pinkish; segments distinct, oblong or narrowly 
ligulate (ours), more or less spreading, at length twisted over the ovary, persistent; 
veins 3, distinct but closé together near the middle. Stamens 6, on the base of the peri- 
anth; anthers versatile. Ovary sessile or nearly so; cells 2-ovuled; style filiform, slightly 
3-cleft at apex, deciduous. Capsule widely turbinate, 3-lobed. Seeds 1—2 in each 
cell, obovate, blackish. (Gk. chloros—green, gala—milk; from the greenish-white 
juice.) U.C. C. pomeridianum Kunth 
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