LILY FAMILY 



strong within us and we cut the stem, we may indeed 

 shoulder our gorgeous booty and bear it away, but to 

 another sense a brightness has passed from the land- 

 scape and a shadow has come across the blue sky. 



RED LILY. WOOD LILY 



Lilium Philadelphicum 



The only native Lily of the north whose bells are not 

 recurved. Prefers dry or sandy ground, found in up- 

 land meadows, dry woods, and thicket borders. Maine 

 to Ontario, south to North Carolina and Virginia. June- 

 August. 



Bulh. — Of narrow, jointed, fleshy scales. 



Stem. — One to three feet high, leafy above. 



Leaves. — In whorls of three to eight at regular intervals 

 along the stalk, sometimes a few are single and alternate. 

 Lanceolate, smooth, acute at base and apex, rough- 

 margined, sessile, two to four inches long. 



Flowers. — One to five erect, reddish orange lily-bells, 

 borne at the summit of the stalk on separate stems. The 

 neck of each flower-bell is distinctly opened by the sud- 

 den narrowing of the lower part of each perianth segment. 



Perianth. — Of six segments, each segment narrowed 

 at base and broadened toward the end which tapers to 

 a blunt tip. On the upper parts of the segments the 

 coloring becomes more intense and some distance from 

 the tips is spotted with dark purple and tinged with 

 yellow. 



Stamens. — Six, inserted, around the ovary; filaments 

 long, slender, pink; anthers versatile, reddish brown; 

 anther-sacs opening lengthwise, pollen abundant. 



Fruit. — Capsule .obovoid; seeds many. 



Pollinated by bees. Nectar-bearing. 



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