LIL1ACEAE (LILY FAMILY) 



2 a Wild species; flowers appearing after leaves have 



withered WILD LEEK. (A. tricdccum.) 



b Cultivated species; flowers and leaves present at same 



time NEAPOLITAN ALLIUM. (A. neapolitanum*) 



3 a Plants cultivated in gardens for their leaves or bulbs. . 4 

 b Wild species 6 



4 a Leaves all basal, densely clustered; plant cultivated for 



the leaves CHIVES. (A. schoenoprasum.*) 



b Plants not completely as in a; usually cultivated for 



the bulbs 5 



5 a Leaves hollow, cylindrical ; bulbs not readily separating 



into bulblets GARDEN ONION. (A. cepa.*) 



b Leaves flat; bulbs readily separating into bulblets 



GARDEN GARLIC. (A. satwum.*) 



6 a Stem leaves 2-4; flowers green to purple, often woolly 



WILD GARLIC. (A. vine ale.) 

 b Stem leaves usually wanting; flowers pink to white, 



not woolly MEADOW GARLIC. (A. canadensis.) 



7 LfLIUM. 



1 a Flowers white 2 



b Flowers not white 3 



2 a Plant cultivated in pots; tube of flower little widened 



toward the base EASTER LILY. (L. longiflbrum*) 



b Plant cultivated in gardens ; tube of flower much 



widened toward the base. MADONNA LILY. (L. cdndidum.*) 



3 a Flowers with numerous warty projections on perianth 



segments toward the base; flowers pink to white 



JAPANESE LILY. (L. specibsum*) 

 b Flowers not completely as in a 4 



4 a Leaves not in whorls ; cultivated species 5 



b Leaves chiefly in whorls ; wild species 6 



5 a Flowers upright; perianth much narrowed at the base 



UPRIGHT LILY. (L. elegans*) 

 b Flowers nodding; perianth segments not much narrowed 



at the base TIGER LILY. (L. tigrinum*) 



6 a Flowers erect, reddish-orange 



WOOD LILY. (L. philadelphicum.) 

 b Flowers more or less nodding 7 



7 a Flowers usually 1-4, yellowish, 2-3 in. long 



WILD YELLOW LILY. (L. canadense.) 

 b Flowers 3-20, somewhat orange colored, 3-4 in. long 



TURK'S-CAP LILY. (L. superbum.) 



8 FRITILLARIA. 



i a Flowers usually solitary, checkered 



CHECKERED LILY. (F. meleagris*) 

 b Flowers in terminal clusters hanging beneath the leaves 



CROWN IMPERIAL. (F. imperialis.*) 



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