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to the sepals and petals: anthers versatile.—A bout 45 species, natives of the 
north temperate zone.—Sum.—LILIES 
Flower or flowers erect: sepals and petals narrowed into claws. I. ERECTA. 
Flower or flowers horizontal or nodding: sepals and petals without 
II. NUTANTES. 
I. ERE 
Leaves erect or QUY so, all alternate: Senai and petals 
long-acumina 
Leaves spreading, some alternate: sepals and petals merely 
acute, or obtus 2. L. philadelphicum. 
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L. Catesbaei. 
iod finely roughened on the Heus and nerves be- 
ne : sepals and petals not recur 
Sepals “and petals erect, abruptly pointed : flowers hori- 
ntal 3. L. Grayi. 
Sepals and p spreading at the middle, acuminate : 
flowers noddin 4. L.canadense. 
Leaf-blades smooth : sepals and petals recurved. 
oliage green: leaf-blades broadest at or below the middle. 5. 
Foliage glaucous: leaf-blades broadest above the middle. 6. 
. Catesbaei Walt. Bulb-seales slender: stem 3-8 dm. tall: leaves alter- 
nate; blades linear or narrowly linear-lanceolate, 3-12 em. long: erianth 
right-red: sepals 8-12 mm. long, with linear-lanceolate blades: petals with 
Lae oe blades: CDL de 1.5-2 e EE 
— (LEOPARD-LILY. | PINE-LIL Y.) — Pin 
lands and acid swamps, Coastal Plain, 
Fla. to La. and N. C. 
2. L. philadelphicum L. Ste 3-9 dm. 
tall: leaves mainly whorled; blades 2 nar- 
rowly E to linear, 3-10 em. 
. long, with oblong, elliptic, 
h red: petals 
L. superbum 
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open woods, often in acid soil, Blue Ridge, 
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3. L. Grayi S. Wats. Stems 5-10 dm. tall: leaves mainly whorled; blades 
laneeolate to elliptic or elliptic. lanceolate, 4—12 em. long, rou ughened o on the 
edges and the nerves beneath; sepals and ‘petals mostly red, 3.5-4.5 em. long, 
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acute or Sones pointed: cap 3—4 em. long. -LILY. ORANGE-BELL 
LILy.)—Acid meadows, dh Ridge to Appalachian d N. €. and Tenn. 
to Va. mud ause of its supposed rarity this species is sought by specialists in 
lily-eult Mount ea e e in the fall, distinguishing it from the tw 
follo E NR by the white. 
4.. m 6-15 dm. tall: leaves mainly whorled; blades lan- 
ceolate to elliptic | or elliptic- -lanceolate, 5-15 em. long, acute or acuminate, 
roughened on margins and the veins beneath: flowers usually few: sepals 
and petals E or yellow, often variegated, usually spotted, ae 1. long, 
the upper portion spreading: capsule 3—5 c on LLO EL- 
W-B ILY Wet ar and m D various provinees, icd Coastal 
Plain, Ga. and W Fla. to Mo., Minn., Oe 
5. L. superbum Stem Ns d tall: pp; mainly whorled ; boris pb 
elliptie- lanceolate, or nearly linear, 5-15 em. long, acuminate, smoo : flow 
usually many: sepals and RAE Du. re ed, or orange-yellow, u m De 
spotted, baci. m. long, epee from ei the middle: eapsule 3—5 em. long. 
rk., Minn., 
