LILIACE.E. (lily FAMILY.) 511 



9. ERYTHRONIUM, L. Dog's-Tootii Violet. 

 Periantli corolla-like, with six spreading or recurved deciduous leaves; the 

 three inner ones grooved and 2-t.oothed at the base, rarely toothless. Stamens 

 6, slender: anthers oblong-linear, erect. Style slender ; stigma 3-lobed. Cap- 

 sule obovate, 3-augled, many-seeded. Seeds ovoid, with a loose membrana- 

 ceous appendage at the apex. — Low herbs from a scaly bulb. Stems 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 a single leaf ; leaves lanceolate or oblong, tapering into the sheathing 

 base, variegated with pale and deep green; flowers (V long) yellow, spotted 

 near the base ; style club-shaped, 3-angled ; stigma obscurely 3-lobed. — Kich 

 woods, chiefly in tlie upper districts. Feb. - March. 



2. E. albidum, Nutt. Leaves not spotted ; flowers bluish white ; style 

 slender, the three stigmas distinct, spreading. — Summit of Roau Mountain, 

 Xorth Carolina (Canbij). 



10. LILIUM, L. Lily 



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

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

 6, elongated ; anthers linear, extror.se in the bud, versatile. Style filiform, 

 elongated ; stigma 3-lobed. Capsule oblong, mauy-seeded. Seeds flat, mem- 

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

 Leaves scattered or whorled, sessile. Flowers large, erect, or nodding. 

 * Floirers erect : leaves of the perianth sjtreadnig, c/nired. 



1. L. Philadelphieum, L. Leaves lanceolate, the upper whorled; 

 flowers I - 3, reddish orange spotted with purple ; leaves of the perianth 

 lanceolate, abruptly pointed. — Mountains of North Carolina, and northward. 

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



2 L. Catesbsei, Walt. Leaves linear-lanceo]a*;e, 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. August -Sept. — 

 Stem l°-2° high. Leaves l'-2' long. Flowers 3' -4' long. 



* * Flowers nodding ,• lenres of the perianth recurred, sesslfe. 



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

 whorls, lanceolate, 3-nerved, hairy on the nerves beneath ; flowers long- 

 peduncled; leaves of the perianth yellow spotted with purple. — Mountain 

 meadows, Georgia, and northward. June - July. — Stem 2° - 3° liigh. Leaves 

 and flowers 2' - 3' long. 



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

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

 perianth revolute, rather obtuse, orange spotted with purple. — Kich soil in 

 the middle and upper district.*, Georgia, and northward. June - July. — Stem 

 3°-6°high. Flowers, when numerous, disposed in a pyramidal raceme. 



