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LILIACEAE. 



VOL. I. 



6. Lilium superbum L. Turk's-cap Lily. 

 Fig. 1260. 



Lilium superbum L. Sp. PI. Ed. 2, 434. 1762. 



Bulbs globose, i'-z' in diameter, borne on short 

 rootstocks, their scales white, thick, ovate. Stem 

 stout or slender, 3-& high ; leaves lanceolate or 

 linear-lanceolate, smooth on both sides, acuminate 

 at both ends, 2 '-6' long, \'-\\' wide, verticillate 

 in 3's-S's or the upper alternate, the veinlets not 

 prominently anastomosing; flowers orange, 

 orange-yellow or rarely red, 3-40, or rarely soli- 

 tary, nodding, long-peduncled, forming, -when 

 numerous, a large panicle; perianth-segments z\'- 

 4' long, lanceolate, acuminate, purple-spotted, at 

 length usually strongly recurving from below the 

 middle; capsule obovoid, i4'-2' high. 



In meadows and marshes. New Brunswick to On- 

 tario, Minnesota, North Carolina, Tennessee and 

 Missouri. Ascends to 5000 ft. in Virginia. Turk's- 

 head-, nodding- or wild tiger-lily. July-Aug. 



7. Lilium carolinianum Michx. Carolina Lily. 



Fig. 1261. 



Lilium carolineanum Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. i : 197- 1803. 

 Lilium superbum var. carolineanum Chapm. Fl. S. States, 

 484. 1860. 



Bulbs borne on short rootstocks, globose, i'-2 in 

 diameter, composed of numerous fleshy scales. Stem 

 2-3 high, slender; leaves oblanceolate or obovate, 

 smooth, verticillate or the upper and lower alternate, 

 acute, obtuse or short-acuminate at the apex, nar- 

 rowed at the base, the veinlets prominently anasto- 

 mosing; flowers 1-3, orange-red, 3' -4' long, long- 

 peduncled, nodding; perianth-segments lanceolate, 

 acuminate, purple-spotted below, strongly arched 

 backward with their tips sometimes connivent. 



In dry woods, Virginia to Florida and Louisiana. As- 

 cends to 3500 ft. in Virginia. Aug. 



8. Lilium tigrinum Andr. Tiger Lily. 

 Fig. 1262. 



Lilium tigrinum Andr. Bot. Rep. 9: errata. 1809. 



Bulb solitary, globose, about il' in diameter, 

 composed of numerous oblong-lanceolate, ap- 

 pressed scales. Stem stout, purple or nearly 

 black, white-pubescent above, 2-5 tall, leafy 

 nearly to the base ; leaves lanceolate, all alter- 

 nate, glabrous or slightly pubescent, 4'-6' long, 

 5"-io" wide, the upper bearing blackish bulb- 

 lets, of 3 or 4 scales, in their axils, which some- 

 times emit roots while attached to the plant; 

 flowers 5-25, orange-red, nodding, 3 '-4*' long; 

 perianth-segments lanceolate, papillose, recurved, 

 purple-spotted. 



Escaped from gardens, Maine, Massachusetts and 

 eastern Pennsylvania. Native of China and Japan. 

 Summer. 



