82 Class VI. Order I. 



yellow, on a slender axillary peduncle. Capsule ovate, con- 

 tracted at base. Woods, Brooklyn. ifeay. Perennial. 



102. ERYTHRONIUM. 



ERYTHRONIUM AMERICANUM. Sot. Mag. Dog*s tooth violet. 

 Leaves involute at the point, style club shaped. 



Syn. ERrfHRoxiUM LONGIFOLIUM. Poir. 



DENS CANIS. Mich. 



A delicate liliaceous plant. Root bulbous, commonly 

 situated deep in the ground. Leaves two, opposite, lanceo- 

 late, contracted at the point, smooth and shining, their surface 

 clouded with irregular spots. Stalk smooth, supporting a sin- 

 gle, drooping, yellow flower. Petals six, obtuse, three of them 

 external, the three inner ones with a slight protuberance on 

 each side of the base. Style thickening upward. Germ obo- 

 vate. Woods, Brighton. May. Perennial. 



103. LILIUM. 

 LILIUM CANADENSE. L. Common yellow lily. 



Leaves in whorls ; flowers terminal, drooping, 

 petals spreading. 



A great portion of our meadows are embellished with the 

 flowers of this lily in the first part of summer. Stem green, 

 varying in height from one to three feet, with lanceolate leaves 

 surrounding it in distant whorls. Flowers sometimes one, and 

 frequently three on a plant, bell shaped, pendulous, yellow, spot- 

 ted inside ; petals lanceolate, turned outward, but hardly reflex- 

 ed. June, July. Perennial. 



LILIUM PHILADELPHICUM. L. Common red lily. 



Leaves in whorls ; flowers erect ; corolla bell 

 shaped, petals with claws. L. 



