484 LILIACEJE. (LILY FAMILY.) 
slender: anthers oblong-linear, erect. Style slender: stigma 3-lobed. Capsule 
obovate, 3-angled, many-seeded. Seeds ovoid, with a loose membranaceous 
appendage at the apex. — Low herbs from a scaly bulb. Stems low, scape-like, 
bearing near the middle a pair of oblong spotted sheathing leaves, and at the 
apex a single nodding flower. 
1. E. Americanum, Smith. Bulbs deep, the younger ones bearing only 
à single leaf; leaves lanceolate or oblong, tapering into the sheathing base, va- 
riegated with pale and deep green; flowers (1' long) yellow, spotted near the 
base; style club-shaped, 3-angled; stigma obscurely 3-lobed.— Rich woods, 
Middle Florida, and northward. Feb. and March. 
9. LILIUM, L. Laity. 
Perianth corolla-like, 6-leaved, deciduous, the leayes spreading or recurved 
above, sessile or clawed, with a nectariferous groove near the base. Stamens 6, 
elongated ; anthers linear, extrorse in the bud, versatile. Style filiform, elon- 
gated ; stigma 3-lobed. Capsule oblong, many-seeded. Seeds flat, membrana- 
ceous, horizontal, crowded in the cells. — Leafy herbs, from scaly bulbs. Leaves 
scattered or whorled, sessile. Flowers large, erect, or nodding. 
* Flowers erect: leaves of the perianth spreading, clawed, 
1. L. Philadelphicum, L. Leaves lanceolate, the upper ones whorled; 
flowers 1 - 3, reddish-orange spotted with purple; leaves of the perianth lanceo- 
late, abruptly pointed. — Mountains of North Carolina, and northward. July. 
— Stem 1°-2° high. Flowers 2' long. 
2. L. Catesbsei, Walt. Leaves linear-lanceolate, all scattered and erect; 
flower solitary, terminal, scarlet, variegated with yellow and purple; leaves of 
the perianth lanceolate, acuminate, with the margins of the claws involute; the 
three inner ones broader and ribbed on the back; capsule oblong, nearly terete. 
— Low pine barrens, Florida to North Carolina. Aug. and Sept.— Stem 
19-2? high. Leaves 1/~2! long, obscurely nerved, Flowers 3'- 4! long. 
* * Flowers nodding ; leaves of the perianth recurved, sessile. 
3. L. Canadense, L. Stem commonly few-flowered; leaves in mno 
whorls, lanceolate, 3-nerved, hairy on the nerves beneath; flowers long-peduncled , 
leaves of the perianth recurved, yellow spotted with purple. — Mountain-mead- 
ows, Georgia, and northward. June and July.— Stem 29-39 high. Leaves 
and flowers 2! - 3! long. 
4. L. superbum, L. Stem commonly many-flowered ; leaves a 
lanceolate, 3-nerved, the lower ones whorled, the upper scattered ; leaves € do 
perianth revolute, rather obtuse, orange spotted with purple. — Rich soil dn 
middle and upper districts, Georgia, and northward. June and July.— *! 
3?- 6? high. Flowers, when numerous, disposed in a pyramidal raceme. n 
Var. Carolinianum. (L. Carolinianum, Michz.) Leaves often d 
tered, broader, more tapering at the base, faintly nerved ; flowers p nil 
_ Of the perianth acute, — Swamps in the lower districts. dicc 
