484 lii.iact:.f.. (lily family.) 



sicndor : nnthers oblong-linear, erect. Style slender : stigma 3-lobed. Capsule 

 obovato, 3-angicd, mauy-sceded. Seeds ovoid, with a loose membranaceous 

 appendige at the apex — Low herbs from a seal}' bulb. Stems low, scape-like, 

 bearing near the middle a pair of oblong spotted sheathing leaves, and at the 

 apex a shigle nodding flowtr. 



1. E. Americanuxn, Smith. Bulbs deep, the younger ones bearing only 

 a .-ingle leaf; leaves lanceolate or oblong, tapering into the sheathing base, va- 

 ri.gated with pale and deep green; flowers (I'long) yellow, spotted near the 

 ha (^ ; stvle club-shaped, 3-anglod • stigma oliscurcly 3-lobed. — Kich woods, 

 iliddlo Florida, and northward. Feb. and March. 



9. LILIUM, L. Lily. 



Perianth corolla-like, 6-lcaved, deciduous, the leaves spreading or recurved 

 above, scrisile or clawed, with a nectariferous groove near the base. Stamens 6, 

 elongated; anthers linear, cxtrorse in the bud, versatile. Style fdifoini, elon- 

 gated ; stigma 3-iol)ed. Capsule oblong, many-seeded. Seeds flat, meml)rana- 

 ceous, horizontal, crowded in the cells. — Leafy herbs, from scaly bulbs. Leaves 

 scattered or whorled, sessUe. Flowers large, erect, or nodding. 



* Flowers erect: leaves of the ■perianth spreadiny, clawed. 



^ ■ L. Philadelphicum, L. Leaves lanceolate, the upper ones whorled ; 

 flowers 1-3, reddish-orange spotted with ])urple ; leaves of the pcriantli lanceo- 

 late, abruptly pointed. — Mountains of North Carolina, and northward. July. 



— Stem 1 ° - 2° high. Flowers 2' long. 



2. L. C^tesbdBi, Walt. Leaves linear-lanceolate, all scattered and erect; 

 ■flower solitary, tenninal, scarlet, variegated with yellow and purple; leaves of 



t!ie 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 

 l0_2o high. Leaves l'-2' long, obscurely nerved. Flowers 3'-4' long. 



* * Flowers noddimj ; leaves of the perianth recurved, sessile. 



3 L. Canadense, L. Stem commonly few-flowered ; leaves in remote 

 whorls, lanceolate, ."^-nerved, hairy on the nerves beneath ; flowers long-pcdunded; 

 leaves of the perianth recurved, yellow spotted with purple. — Mountain-mead- 

 ows, Georgia, and northward. June and July. — Stem 2° - 3° high. Leaves 

 and flowers 2' -3' long. 



4. L. SUperbum, L. Stem commonly many-flowered ; leaves smooth, 

 lanceolate, 3 nerved, tin; lower ones whorled, the upper scattered ; leaves of the 

 perianth revolutc, rather obtuse, orange spotted with puri)lc. — Rich soil in the 

 middle and upper districts, Georgia, and northward. Juno and Jidy. — Stem 

 3° - C° hitrh. Flowers, when numerous, disposed in a pyramidal raceme. 



Var. Carolinianum. (L. Caroliidanutn, Miihx.) Leaves often all scat- 

 fcrod, bronthr, more ta|)frin<r nt the base, faintly nerved ; flowers 1-3; leaves 

 of the pcriantli acute. — Swamps iu the lower districts. July. — Stem 2° - 3" 

 hi'-h. 



