﻿LILY 
  FAMILY 
  37 
  

  

  1. 
  F. 
  Meleagris 
  L. 
  GUINEA-HEN 
  FLOWER. 
  Stem 
  1 
  ft. 
  high. 
  Leaves 
  

   linear, 
  alternate, 
  channeled. 
  Flower 
  usually 
  single, 
  large, 
  purplish, 
  

   checkered 
  with 
  blue 
  and 
  purple 
  or 
  yellow. 
  Cultivated 
  from 
  Europe. 
  

  

  2. 
  F. 
  imperialis 
  L. 
  CROWN 
  IMPERIAL. 
  Stem 
  3-4 
  ft. 
  high. 
  Leaves 
  

   abundant 
  in 
  whorls 
  about 
  the 
  middle 
  or 
  lower 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  stem, 
  lan- 
  

   ceolate 
  or 
  lance-oblong. 
  Flowers 
  several, 
  large, 
  yellow 
  or 
  red, 
  in 
  an 
  

   umbel-like 
  cluster 
  beneath 
  the 
  terminal 
  crown 
  of 
  leaves. 
  Cultivated 
  

   from 
  Europe. 
  

  

  XI. 
  ERYTHRONIUM 
  L. 
  

  

  Nearly 
  stemless 
  herbs, 
  arising 
  from 
  rather 
  deeply 
  buried 
  

   bulbs. 
  Leaves 
  2, 
  long 
  and 
  smooth, 
  with 
  underground 
  petioles. 
  

   Scape 
  arising 
  from 
  between 
  the 
  bases 
  of 
  the 
  leaves. 
  Flower 
  

   commonly 
  single, 
  nodding. 
  

  

  1. 
  E. 
  americanum 
  Ker. 
  YELLOW 
  ADDER'S-TONGUE. 
  Leaves 
  mot- 
  

   tled. 
  Flowers 
  handsome. 
  Perianth 
  light 
  yellow. 
  Style 
  club-shaped 
  ; 
  

   stigmas 
  united. 
  

  

  2. 
  E. 
  albidum 
  Nutt. 
  WHITE 
  DOGTOOTH 
  VIOLET. 
  Leaves 
  not 
  much 
  

   mottled. 
  Perianth 
  bluish-white. 
  Stigmas 
  3, 
  short 
  and 
  spreading. 
  

  

  XII. 
  TULIPA 
  L. 
  

  

  Herbs 
  appearing 
  stemless, 
  from 
  coated 
  bulbs. 
  Leaves 
  sessile. 
  

   Scape 
  simple. 
  Flower 
  solitary, 
  erect. 
  Perianth 
  bell-shaped. 
  

   Stamens 
  short, 
  awl-shaped, 
  with 
  broadly 
  linear 
  anthers. 
  Style 
  

   short 
  ; 
  stigma 
  thick, 
  3-lobed 
  ; 
  ovary 
  and 
  pod 
  triangular. 
  

  

  1. 
  T. 
  Gesneriana 
  L. 
  COMMON 
  TULIP. 
  Leaves 
  3-6, 
  ovate-lanceo- 
  

   late, 
  close 
  to 
  the 
  ground. 
  Flower 
  large, 
  on 
  a 
  smooth 
  peduncle, 
  color 
  

   red, 
  yellow, 
  white, 
  or 
  variegated. 
  Cultivated 
  from 
  Asia 
  Minor. 
  Many 
  

   garden 
  varieties 
  exist. 
  

  

  XIII. 
  SCILLA 
  L. 
  

  

  Perennial 
  herbs, 
  appearing 
  stemless, 
  from 
  coated 
  bulbs. 
  

   Leaves 
  linear. 
  Flowers 
  racemed 
  on 
  a 
  scape, 
  generally 
  blue. 
  

   Divisions 
  of 
  the 
  perianth 
  1-nerved, 
  parted 
  almost 
  to 
  the 
  base. 
  

   Filaments 
  6, 
  often 
  broad 
  at 
  the 
  base. 
  Style 
  slender, 
  with 
  a 
  

   knob-like 
  stigma. 
  Ovary 
  3-angled, 
  3-celled. 
  

  

  1. 
  S. 
  sibirica 
  Andr. 
  SIBERIAN 
  SQUILL. 
  Scapes 
  3-8 
  in. 
  high, 
  sev- 
  

   eral 
  from 
  each 
  bulb, 
  2-3 
  -flowered. 
  Leaves 
  2-4, 
  narrowly 
  strap-shaped. 
  

   Flowers 
  intense 
  blue, 
  short-peduncled, 
  often 
  nodding. 
  Cultivated 
  from 
  

   Russia 
  and 
  Siberia. 
  

  

  