484 LII.IACF..E. (LILY FAMILY.) 



Blender: anthers oblnng-linear, erect. Style slender: stigma 3-lobcrl. 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, aud at the. 

 apex a .single nodding flower. 



4 '• E. Americanum, Smith. Bulbs deep, the younger ones bearing only 

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

 rii gated with pale and deep green; flowers (I' long) yellow, spotted mar the 

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

 Middle Florida, and northward. Feb. and March. 



9. 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, extrorse in the bud, versatile. Style filiform, elon- 

 gated; stigma 3-lohed. Capsule oblong, many-seeded. Seeds flat, membrana- 

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

 scattered or whorlcd, sessile. Flowers large, erect, or nodding. 



* Flowers erect: leaves of the perianth spreading, claiued. 



*x. 1. L. Philadelphicum, L. Leaves lanceolate, the upper ones whorlcd ; 

 flowers 1 -.'J, reddish-orange spotted with purple; leaves of the perianth lanceo- 

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



— Stem l°-2° high. Flowers 2' long. 



2. L. Catesbaei, 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 

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



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



«j. 3. L. Canadeiise, L. Stem commonly few-flowered ; leaves in remote 

 whorls, lanceolate, .'i-iierved, hairy On the nerves beneath; llowcrs lon^-peduneled; 



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

 lanceolate, •'* nerved, the lower ones whorlcd, the upper scattered ; leaves of the 

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

 middle and upper districts, Georgia, and northward, dune and July. — Stem 

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



Vur. Caroliniauum. (L. Carolinianam, Michx.) Leaves often all Beat* 

 tered, broader, more tapering al the base, faintly nerved ; dowers i-:t; leaves 

 of the perianth acute. — Swamps in the lower districts. July. — Stcin2 u -3° 

 high. 



