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POPULAR FLORA. 



liily. Lillum. 

 * Foreign species, everywhere cultivated. 



1. WniTK Lily. Leaves lauce-shuped, scattered along the stem; flowers erect; perianth bell-shaped, 



white, smootli inside. L. album. 



2. BuLii-BEAiiiNG L. Leaves lance-shaped, scattered along the tall stem, producing bulblets in their 



axils; flowers several, erect; perianth open-bell-shaped, orange-yellow, rough inside. L.hulbiJ'erum. 



* * Wild species: flowers orange-colored, reddish, or yellow. 



y 8. Wild Ohaxge L. Stem 1° to 3° high, bearing scattered (or sometimes whorled) lance-linear leaves 



and 1 to 3 erect reddish-orange open-bell-shaped flowers, the G lance-shaped divisions narrowed at 



the base into claw^s, purplish-spotted inside. Common in light or sandy soil. L. Pldladclphlciim. 



4. Wild Ykllow L. Stem 2° to 4° high, bearing distant -whorls of lance-shaped leaves and a few 

 nodding flowers on slender peduncles; perianth yellow or orange, with brovv-n spots inside, bell- 

 shaped with the divisions spreading or recurved to the middle. Moist meadows, and along streams. 

 (Fi"". 1.) So.'^'^c^^ -'-•'• />• Canadcnse. 



6. SuPKKc or TuRK's-CAr L. Stem 4° to 7° high, only the lower leaves in whorls; flowers many, 

 bright orange or reddish, with strong brown-purple spots inside, more recurved and larger than the 

 last, but very much like it. Rich low grounds. L. suj}crbiim. 



Dogtooth Violet. Erythrbnium. 



1. Yellow D. or Adder's-tokgue. Leaves oblong-lance-shaped, pale-dotted, much blotched; 

 flower pale yellow ; style club- 



shaped, stout: stigmas united, 

 ^loist grounds : fl. in early 

 spring. E. Auicrlcunum. 



2. White D. Flower white or 

 bluish; the style less thick, 

 than in No. 1. Rather com- 

 mon W. E. dlbidum. 



8. EuitoPEAN D. Leaves ovato 

 or oblong, scarcely spotted; 

 flowers purple or i-ose-color; 

 style thread-shaped and not 

 thickened upwards; stigmas 

 separate. Cultivated ; not 

 common. E. Dm$-canis. 



509. Vellnw Dogtooth-Violet. 

 BIO. Tiie Lu'.b. 



611. Psriiinlli laid open, and stamens. 

 61^ The l-Hilil, enlarjfel. 

 5ia. Lower liilf of .1 poj, cut across unJ 

 magnified. 



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