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6. L. Japonicum. — I/i'.s. scattered, lanceolate ; jl$. cernuous, campanulate. — 

 Native of China. A noble species, requirinj^ careful management. Its flower 

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



7. L. TKiHlNUM. Tiaer-spoUcd Litij. — Lvs. .scattered, sessile, 3-veined, the 

 upper cordate-ovate; perianth revolute, paj)illose inside. — Native of China, 

 very common in cultivation. Stem (Jf higli, with a pyramid of dark orange- 

 colored, .spotted flowers. Axils of leaves bulbiferous. Aug. ■\ 



3. FRITILLARIA. 



Latfritillus, a clics.s-board ; alliuliiiE: to the checkered pctJiIa. 



Perianth campanulate, with a broad base and nectariferous cavity 

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



1. F. iMPF.HiALis. Crown Imperial. — /?ac. comose, naked below; lvs. entire. — 

 Native of Persia. A fine, showy flower of ca.sy 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. f 



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

 St. 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. ■\ 



4. ERYTHRONIUM. 



Gr. epv^pos, 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. — "4- 

 Leaves 2, subradical. Scape l-Jlowered. Fls. 7wddiug, liliaceous. 



1. E. Americanum. Smith, (E, Dens-canis. Michx.) Yellmv Erythroni- 

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



me?/Ys oblong-lanceolate, obtu.se, inner ones bidentate near the base; .<;///. clavate; 

 stis:;. undivided. — A beautiful little plant, among the earliest of our vernal 

 flowers, found in rich, open grounds, 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. While Erylhronium. 



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, Lupham! 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, w^hite, 

 nodding flower. Segments l\' long. April, May. 



3. E. BRACTEATUM. Bw. Dratted Erythroaium. 



Scape bracted ; lvs. lanceolate, very unequal. — An alpine species, found 

 in Vt. Doott. 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 U' long, a little below the flower. 

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



Trtbe 2. HEMEROCAL<LiIDE.lE.— Bulbous, Sepals and petals imited 

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



5. HEMEROCALLIS. 



Gr. fijicpa, the day, and KaWo^, beauliful, flowers beautiful but la.^ting only a day. 



Perianth campanulate. with a cylindric tube; stamens declined ; 



