152 HEXANDRIA.— MONOGYNIA. 



HAB. Moist meadows. May — June. H . Root bulb. . 

 leav, rad., tin. ; fl. while. §. 



244. LILIUM. Lily. Liliaceat. 



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



ceolate ; stem 1 — 2-flowered : corolla erect, cam- 

 panulate, spreading ; petals unguiculate. 

 HAB. Copses. June— July. V-. Stem 2 ft. high ; 

 leav. 3-ncrv. ; fl. dark orange. 



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



late ; nerves hairy beneath; peduncles terminal, 

 elongated, generally by threes ; flowers nodding ; 

 corolla turbinate, campanulate, slightly re volute ; 

 petals lanceolate. 

 HAB. Moist meadows. June — July. V-. Stem 2 — 4 

 ft. high ; fl. about 3, spotted. 



3. L. superbum : leaves verticillate, linear-lanceolate. 



3-nerved, smooth ; the upper ones scattered ; flow-* 

 ers in a pyramidal raceme, reflexed ; petals revo- 

 lute. 

 HAB. Wet meadows. July. U . Stem 4—Gft. high ; 

 fi. 3 — 20, bright orange, spotted. 



4. L. Catesboei : leaves scattered, linear-lanceolate : 



stem 1 -flowered ; corolla erect ; petals with lon^ 

 claws, undulate on the margin, reflexed at the rip. 

 HAB. Pennsylvania. July. y. . Stem l±fi.high; 

 fl. large, scarlet, spotted. 



245. ERYTHRON1UM. Dog's-tooth Violet. Liliace<r. 



3. E. amcricanum : leaves lanceolate, punctate ; petal* 

 oblong-lanceolate, obtuse at the point ; interior 

 ones bidentate near the base ; style clavate ; stigma 

 entire. 



HAB. Shady moist places. April — May. U • Leav. 

 2, rad ;fl. solit. nod., yellow. 

 2. E. albidum : leaves elliptical-lanceolate, not punc- 

 tate ; petals linear-lanceolate, obtuse ; inner ones 

 without dentures, subunguiculate ; style 3-cleft ; 

 lobes reflexed. 



HAB. River banks. April. U . Leav. 6 in. long 

 fl. large, bluish white. 



