LILIACE. 
Lilyworts. 
No. 58. 
LILIUM CANDIDUM. 
Waite Lity. 
Geog. Position. Syria, Palestine. 
Quality. F.Lowers fragrant, Roor mucilaginous. 
Power. Emollient, anodyne. 
Use. Epilepsy, dropsy, and maturating tumors. 
BOTANICAL ANALYSIS. 
Natural Classification. 
Orver LILIACEZ. 
Linnean Classification. 
Cuass VI. Hexandria. Orver Monogynia. 
Avruoritiss. — Lin. Sp. Pl. 433. Willd. Sp. Pl. I. 186. Pursh. Flor. N. A. 
I. 228. Raf. Med. Flor. Il. 238. Whitlaw, Med. Disc. 61. U. S. Disp. 1348. 
Ee. Disp. U. S. 243. Loud. Encyc. Pl. 264. Pereira, Mat. Med. I. 130. Griff. 
Med. Bot. 649. Gray, Bot. Text-Book, 916. Wood, Gaepook ie 
Genus LILIUM. 
From the » Celtic word Ji, which signifies whiteness. The tay ne alae been 
considered the emblem of whiteness and purity. 
Ss —Le lis ’ D Lili Ger ? 7 es scared 
cnr a a Ge age COO ee hy Are as 
THE Eensrertaly ‘Cuanacrens. 
Catyx and Corouua. Confounded, colored, Tegular, occa- 
sionally cohering in a tube. * 
Sramens. Six (rarely four) inserted into the sepals and bs 
als, Anthers introrse. mB 
Ovary. Three-celled, many-ovuled. “Siyles tastihed torte one. 
Stigma often three-lobed. : : = ee 
‘Paorr. Capsular or a with several or r many seal 
Sens. Numerous. “Albumen fest. 
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