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  KEY 
  AND 
  FLORA 
  

  

  1. 
  H. 
  fulva 
  L. 
  DAY 
  LILY. 
  Scapes 
  stout, 
  branched 
  above, 
  -with 
  a 
  

   few 
  bract-like 
  leaves, 
  smooth, 
  3-5 
  ft. 
  high. 
  Leaves 
  very 
  long, 
  strap- 
  

   shaped, 
  acute, 
  channeled. 
  Flowers 
  short-pediceled, 
  tawny-yellow 
  ; 
  

   perianth 
  lobes 
  oblong, 
  netted-veined, 
  lasting 
  only 
  one 
  day. 
  Intro- 
  

   duced 
  from 
  Asia 
  and 
  common 
  in 
  old 
  gardens.* 
  

  

  IX. 
  LILIUM 
  L. 
  

  

  Perennial, 
  from 
  scaly 
  bulbs 
  ; 
  stem 
  erect, 
  leafy, 
  usually 
  tall 
  

   and 
  slender. 
  Leaves 
  sessile, 
  scattered 
  or 
  whorled. 
  Flowers 
  

   large, 
  erect 
  or 
  drooping. 
  Perianth 
  corolla-like, 
  deciduous 
  ; 
  

   segments 
  6, 
  spreading 
  or 
  recurved 
  above, 
  sessile 
  or 
  clawed, 
  

   each 
  with 
  a 
  nectar-bearing 
  groove 
  near 
  the 
  base. 
  Stamens 
  6, 
  

   elongated 
  ; 
  anthers 
  linear, 
  versatile. 
  Ovary 
  3-celled, 
  many- 
  

   ovuled 
  ; 
  style 
  long 
  and 
  slender 
  ; 
  stigma 
  3-lobed. 
  Fruit 
  a 
  3- 
  

   celled, 
  dehiscent, 
  many-seeded 
  capsule. 
  

  

  1. 
  L. 
  longiflorum 
  Thunb. 
  LONG-FLOWERED 
  WHITE 
  LILY. 
  Stem 
  

   1-3 
  ft. 
  high. 
  Leaves 
  thick, 
  lanceolate, 
  scattered. 
  Flower 
  single, 
  

   pure 
  white, 
  funnel-shaped, 
  5-6 
  in. 
  long. 
  Var. 
  eximium, 
  the 
  Easter 
  

   lily, 
  bears 
  several 
  very 
  showy 
  and 
  sweet-scented 
  flowers. 
  Cultivated 
  

   from 
  China 
  and 
  Japan. 
  

  

  2. 
  L. 
  philadelphicum 
  L. 
  WILD 
  RED 
  LILY. 
  Stem 
  2-3 
  ft. 
  high. 
  

   Leaves 
  linear-lanceolate, 
  the 
  upper 
  ones 
  generally 
  whorled. 
  Flower 
  

   usually 
  solitary 
  (sometimes 
  2 
  or 
  3), 
  erect, 
  reddish-orange, 
  with 
  

   tawny 
  or 
  purplish 
  spots 
  inside. 
  Sepals 
  with 
  claws. 
  Dry 
  or 
  sandy 
  

   ground, 
  borders 
  of 
  thickets, 
  etc. 
  

  

  Var. 
  andinum 
  Kcr. 
  W'ESTERN 
  RED 
  LILY. 
  Stem 
  rather 
  slender. 
  

   Leaves 
  linear, 
  all 
  alternate 
  or 
  the 
  upper 
  ones 
  whorled. 
  Flowers 
  1-3, 
  

   erect. 
  Segments 
  of 
  the 
  perianth 
  red, 
  orange, 
  or 
  yellow, 
  spotted 
  

   beneath, 
  the 
  claw 
  shorter 
  than 
  the 
  blade. 
  In 
  dry 
  soil 
  W. 
  

  

  3. 
  L. 
  canadense 
  L. 
  WILD 
  YELLOW 
  LILY, 
  MEADOW 
  LILY. 
  Stem 
  

   2-5 
  ft. 
  high. 
  Leaves 
  lanceolate, 
  3-nerved, 
  the 
  margins 
  and 
  nerves 
  

   roughish 
  with 
  short 
  hairs, 
  whorled. 
  Flowers 
  usually 
  3, 
  sometimes 
  

   more 
  numerous, 
  all 
  nodding, 
  on 
  peduncles 
  3-6 
  in. 
  long, 
  yellow 
  or 
  

   orange, 
  with 
  dark 
  purple 
  or 
  brown 
  spots 
  inside. 
  Sepals 
  without 
  

   claws, 
  recurved. 
  Moist 
  meadows 
  and 
  borders 
  of 
  woods. 
  

  

  X. 
  FRITILLARIA 
  L. 
  

  

  Leafy-stemmed 
  perennials, 
  from 
  scaly 
  or 
  coated 
  bulbs. 
  

   Flowers 
  single 
  or 
  several, 
  nodding. 
  Perianth 
  bell-shaped, 
  a 
  

   nectar-bearing 
  spot 
  above 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  each 
  division. 
  Stamens 
  

   as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  petals. 
  

  

  