ood Rush, Luzula campestris var. multiflora.=

4. The genus Juncus, or Rush, contains about 25 species in
Michigan, blooming in summer or autumn. For their identification
the Manuals should be consulted. One of the commonest species is
Juncus effusus, growing in marshes, with erect leafless
cylindrical stems, bearing a lateral cluster of flowers near the
summit. Another common species is Juncus tenuis, with slender
stems and linear leaves, growing in hard ground, especially in
woodland paths.

LILIACEAE, the Lily Family

Herbs or twining shrubs, with generally conspicuous flowers; sepals and
petals each 3, and usually colored alike, stamens 6, ovary 3-celled,
superior. In one species the perianth is 4-parted and the stamens are 4.

1a. Flowers or flower-clusters lateral, axillary or apparently so --2.

1b. Flowers or flower-clusters scapose or terminal --12.

2a. Leaves minute and scale-like (7-15 dm. high; flowers
greenish-yellow, June) =Asparagus, Asparagus officinalis.=

2b. Leaves broad and flat, not scale-like --3.

3a. Flowers numerous in rounded umbels; perianth-segments nearly
separate; leaves long-petioled --4.

3b. Flowers in clusters of 1-8; leaves short-petioled, sessile, or
clasping --8.

4a. Stems herbaceous (flowers greenish-yellow, ill-scented)
(Carrion-flower) --5.

4b. Stems woody, thorny, climbing (flowers greenish-yellow, early
summer) (Green Brier) --7.

5a. Stems climbing by tendrils --6.

5b. Stem not climbing; only the upper leaves, or none, with tendrils
=Carrion-flower, Smilax ecirrhata.=

6a. Leaves smooth beneath. =Carrion-flower, Smilax herbacea.=

6b. Leaves minutely pubescent beneath when mature
=Carrion-flower, Smilax herbacea var. pulverulenta.=

7a. Leaves with 5 principal veins. =Green Brier, Smilax rotundifolia.=

7b. Leaves with 7 principal veins. =Green Brier, Smilax hispida.=

8a. Perianth-segments united into a tube (flowers axillary, late
spring) (Solomon's Seal) --9.

8b. Perianth-segments separate (2-8 dm. high; spring)
(Twisted-stalk) --10.

9a. Leaves minutely pubescent beneath; filaments rough, inserted at
three-fourths the length of the perianth (3-8 dm. high)
=Small Solomon's Seal, Pol