Hemerocallis. CLIII. LILIACE^. 549 



6. L. Japonicum. — Lvs. scattered, lanceolate ; fis. cernuous, campanulate. — 

 Native of China. A noble species, requiring carelui management. Its flower 

 is large, nodding, terminal, white, on a stem 21" high, f 



7. L. TiGRlNUM. Tiger-spotted Lily. — Lvs. scattered, sessile, 3-veined, the 

 upper cordnte-ovate ; iKrianth revolute, papillose inside. — Native of China, 

 very common in cultivation. Stem 6f high, with a pyramid of dark orange' 

 colored, spotted flowers. Axils of leaves bulbiferous. ' Aug. f 



3. FRITILLARIA. 



hal.fritiUus, a chess-hoard ; alluding to the checkered petals. 



Perianth campanulate, with a broad base and nectariferous cavity 

 above the claw of each segment ; stamens as long as the petals. — % 



1. F. iMPERiALis. Cmon Imperial. — Rac. comose, naked below; lvs. entire. — 

 Native of Persia. A fine, showy flower of easy culture. Stem thick, striate, 

 3f high, the lower part invested with the long, narrow, entire leaves ; the upper 

 part is naked, bearing at the top a raceme of several large, red or yellow, 

 nodding flowers, beneath a crown formed by the pairs of small, narrow leaves 

 at the base of each pedicel. May. j- 



2. F. MALEAGRis. Checkered Fritillary. — Lvs. alternate, linear, channeled; 

 sf. 1-flowered. — Native of Britain. Stem a foot high, with alternate, long, very 

 narrow leaves. The flower, which is usually solitary, is large, nodding, and 

 beautifully checkered with purple and pale red or yellow. May. f 



4. ERYTHRONIUM. 



Gr. cpv^poi, red ; in allusion to the color of the flower and leaves of some species. 



Perianth campanulate, segments recurved, the 3 inner ones 

 (petals) usually with a tubercle attached to each side at base, and a 

 groove in the middle ; capsule somewhat stipitate, seeds ovate. — % 

 Leaves 2, subradical. Scape \-Jlowered. Fls. nodding^ liliaceous. 



1. E. Americanum. Smith. (E. Dens-canis. Michx.) Yellow Erytkroni- 

 qim. — Scape naked ; lvs. spotted, lanceolate and involute at the point; seg- 

 ments oblong-lanceolate, obtuse, inner ones bidentate near the base ; sty. clavate ; 

 stig. undivided. — A beautiful little plant, among the earliest of our vernal 

 flowers, found in rich, open groimds, or in thin woods, U. S. and Can. The 

 bulb is deep in the ground. Scape slender, 3 — 4' high. The 2 leaves are of 

 equal length (5'), one of them nearly twice as wide as the other, both clouded 

 with brown spots. Flower drooping, yellow, revolute in the sunshine. May. 



2. E. ALBiDUM. Nutt. White Erythronium. 



Lvs. elliptic-lanceolate ; segments of perianth linear-lanceolate, rather 

 obtuse, inner ones without dentures at base, subunguiculate ; stig. 3-cleft, lobes 

 reflexed. — About the size of the last, in wet meadows, near Albany, N. Y., 

 Starrs! to Wise, Lapham! Leaves without an acumination, tapering to the 

 base, of equal length including the petiole (4 — 5'), one of them twice as wide 

 as the other. Scape a little longer than the leaves, bearing a single, white, 

 nodding flower. Segments 1|' long. April, May. 



3. E. BRACTEATUM. Bw. Bracted Erythroniuvi. 



Scape hr acted; Zrs. lanceolate, very unequal. — An alpine species, found 

 in Vt. Boott. It is a smaller plant, distinguishable by the inequality of the 

 leaves, one of which is 3 or 4 times as large as the other. Scape shorter than 

 the leaves with a narrow, lanceolate bract IJ' long, a little below the flower. 

 Flower greenish-yellow. Segments about 9" long, gibbous at base. Jn. 



Tribe 2. HEMEROCALLIDEiE. — Bulbous. Sepals and petals united 



into a tube. Integuments of the seed soft and paie. 



5. HEMEROCALLIS. 



Gr. {]fitpa, the day, and fcaXXoj, beautiful i flowers beautiful but lasting only a day. 



Perianth campanulate, with a cylindric tube ; stamens declined j 



