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LILIUM carolinianiim 



Carolina Martagon. 



HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



Nat. ord. Lilia. Jussieu gen, 48. 



Li LI ACE-E. Brown MSS. 

 LILIUM. Suprd vol 2. fol 182. 



L. carolinianvm^ glaberrinium : foliis encrviis, plerunique verticillatis, late 



subcuneato-laiiceolatis sive obovalibus : ramis floriferis crassis, ternato- 



terminalibus (rariils binis aut unico) corollis vald& reflexis, maculosis. 



Michaxix bor. amer. 1. 197; (nan Lamarckii). 



I.iliuni carolinianiim. Pnrsh amer, sept, 1. 229. Nuttall gen, 1. 222. 



Persoon syn, 1. 358, Elliot shet, 1. 388. 

 Lilium Michauxii. Poiret siippL encyc. de Lamarck, 3. 457. 

 Lilium autumnalet Loddiges's hot, cab, n, 335. 

 Lilium Martagon. Walt.Jl, carol. 123. 



Caulis pedalis v, circa, strictns, glaber, viridis, teres. Folia sparsa et 

 verticillata (verticillis "i-^-foliis ) y sessilia, coriacea, obovato-lanceoJafa stir- 

 sum brevius deorsiim longius attennata, obsctiro'viridia, macnlis oblongis ni- 

 grescentlbits interdum variegala, scepius undulafa, glabra, nilida, subenervia 

 (nereis trinis folio recenti vix sensibilittr apparentibus), biimcialia latitudine 

 nbi latiora\ partium uncice, Pedunculus cum caule continuus et cequicrassus , 

 nni-(bi-pluri?) Jlorus, sesitncialis, folio vago fnimc2-3?) stipatus^ erectus. 

 Corolla lateritio-flavicanSy odorem fundens strenuum vix gratum, cerjina, 

 tvrbinato-rejlexay 'S-Mn\^ialis, glabra, iyitiis punctata: laciniis longt citra 

 basin revolutiSy elongato-oblongis, exterioribus dvplo anyustioribus acu- 

 viinatis, interioribus abrupte brevtque acutis, vnciam unam cum alterius 

 qxiarta parte latis, lined quadrata lonyitudinali dorso percursis. Sta- 

 mina 3- corolla breviora; antherie semunciales, fiscce. Stylus virescens, 

 elongato-clavatus, trigonus : stigma trilobo-capitatum. 



Until we had seen a live plant of this species we could 

 never persuade ourselves that there was sufficient ground 

 for separating^ it from superhum ; but are now fully per- 

 suaded of the expediency of their separation. CaroUnianum 

 is a few-flowered and comparatively dwarf plant, with broad 

 blackish green coriaceous obovately lanceolate nerveless 

 generally undulate shortish leaves, 3 or 4 in a whorl; su- 

 perhum is a tall many -flowered plant, with thinner 3-nerved 

 narrow linearly lanceolate flat longish leaVes, 6 or 9 in a 

 whorl. There are also differences both in the proportion, 

 size, and colour of the flower. 



