348 HEXANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. ornithogalum. 



O. umhellatum L. : corymb few-flowered; peduncles 

 longer than the bracts ; filaments subulate. Willd, Spec, 

 II. p. IIG. Smith FL Brit. I. p. 364. Eng. Bot. t. 130. 

 Pursh FL I. p. 227. 



Root bulbous, small, white. Leaves radical, linear, canaliculate, 

 very smooth. Scafie about a span high, terete ; /ledicels alter- 

 nate, corymbed, each with a membranaceous lanceolate bract 

 at the base. Flowers 6—8, large. Petals oblong-lanceolate, 

 white internally, greenish, with a white border externally. 

 Stamens shorter than the corolla; Jilaments flattened, smooth, 

 equal, entire ; anthers large, yellow. Germen subturbinate - 

 style very short, persistent; stigma obtuse. Ca/isule ohinsdv 

 angular. Seeds numerous, spherical. 



Hab. In moist meadows. May — June. Naturalized. 



242. LILIUM. L. 



Corolla 6-petalled, campanulate ; petals mostly re- 

 flextd, marked with a longitudinal nectariferous line. 

 Stamens shorter dian the style. Stigma entire. Cap- 

 sule superior, subtrijugular; valves connected by can- 

 cellate hairs. Seeds flat. Uen. pi. 558. Nutt. 

 Gen. I. p. 221. Ju s s. p. 49. La m. III. t. 246. 

 Nat. Ord. Liliace^e Jus s. Lily. 



1. L. philadelphicum L.: leaves verticillate, linear-lan- 

 ceolate; stem 1 — 2-flowered; corolla erect, campanulate, 

 spreading; petals unguiculate. W 1 1 1 d. Sptc. 11. p. 90. 

 Bot. Masr. t. 3 1 9. Mill. icon, t 165. f. 1 . Pursh FL 

 1. p. 229. Big. Bost. p. 82. Elliott S7f. I. p. 387. 

 Walt. Car. p. 123. Martajjon, Cold. J^oveb. 70. 



Root bulbous. Stetn about 2 feet high, very smooth, shining. 

 Leaves by sixes, linear-lanceolate, rather acute, S-nerved. 

 Floivers mostly solitary, sometimes 2 or 3 on a stem, very 

 large, dark orange. Petals lanceolate, attenuate into long 

 claws at the base, marked below with fulvous spots. Stamens 

 shorter than the corolla ; Jilaments slender, smooth ; anthers 

 large, linear, incumbent. Style as long as the stamens ; stig- 

 mas large, thick. Cafisule oblont^:, obtusely triangular, with 

 the angles sulcate. Seeds ovale, flattened, incumbent. 



Hab. On borders of woods and on hill sides, among bushes. 

 June — July. 



2. L. canadenseL.: leaves remotely verticillate, lanceo- 

 late; nerves hairy beneath ; peduncles terminal, elongated, 

 generally by threes: flowers nodding; corolla turbinate, cam- 

 panulate, slightly revolute ; petals lanceolate. Will d. Spec. 



