292 LILIACEAE 
6. L. carolinianum Michx. Stem 6-12 dm. tall: leaves scattered or partly 
whorled: blades obovate, e -obovate or oblanceolate, 3—12 cm. long, 
bruptly pointed or acuminate: flower usually solitary: ‘sepals and petals 
orange-red, purple- spotted, oa E M strongly recurved from the middle, 
] T 
the midrib wi winged beneath: capsu —4.5 em. long.—(TURK’S-CAP LILY.)— 
Woods, often in soil, ‘Co a "Plain. Fla. to La. and N in the Appa- 
lachian provinces Va.—The large fragrant flowers of this species 
make it a very desirable subject for gardens, where however it is rarely 
seen. 
. ERYTHRONIUM L. Low herbs with deeply buried corms and sub. 
terranean stems. Leaves generally 2; blades dilated. Perianth white or col- 
ored, the sepals and petals distinct. Filaments nearly free: anthers erect.— 
About 12 species, all, except one, North American.— pr.—DoG-TOOTH VIOLETS, 
ADDER’S-TONGUES. LiLLETTE. LILIANS. TROUT-LILIES. 
Perianth white, pink, or purplish within: styles united to above 
the middle, topped by 3 spreading stigmas. 1. E. albidum. 
Perianth yellow within: styles wholly united: stigmas terminal 2. E.americanum. 
1. E. albidum Nutt.  Leaf-blades ellip- 
tic, 5-15 cm. long, often mottled: scape 
1-3 dm. tall: sepals and petals white or 
pink, i suffused with rose-purple or 
albi 
red in idum coloratum), curved: 
stigmas ‘spreading ud recurved: capsule 
1-2 e — (BLONDE-LILIAN.) —Moist 
Soil, su mods or hillsides, mu 
D Mire Coastal Plain, Ga. to 
La., Minn., Ont., and Md. 
2. E. americanum Ker. ao blades el- 
liptie, 10-15 em. long, commonly mot- 
tled: scape 1-3 dm. ie a vind and 
petals green or gree sen bu el- 
low within or rarely par red, '8- 3.5 em. long, ddr stigmas erect: 
capsule 1-1.5 cm. long, defe on the ground.—(AMB E ce banks 
and swamps, Bares E nce; Fla. to. Ark., Ont., and N —Rare south- 
ard. 
3. QUAMASIA Raf. Seapose succulent herbs with coated edible bulbs. 
Leaf-blades narrow, elongate. Raceme with narrow bracts. Sepals and petals 
blue or purple, distinct. Filaments fili- 
for Anthers versatile. EUM longer 
than. the ovary.  Ovules numerous in 
each carpel.—Four species, N orth Amer- 
ican 
1. Q.hyacinthina (Raf.) Britton. Bulbs 
scape 3 m. tall: raceme 8 ng 
in anthesis: peri blue, or rarely 
white: sepal d petals m 
long: capsule 9-1 de. [Camas- 
Thickets and meadows, various provinces, 
ane Coastal Plain, Ga. to Tex., Minn., 
