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large, erect, or drooping, perianth corolla-like, deciduous, seg- 

 ments 6, spreading or recurved above, sessile or clawed, each 

 with a nectariferous groove near the base ; stamens 6, elon- 

 gated, anthers linear, versatile ; ovary o-celled, many-ovuled, 

 style long and slender, stigma 3-lobed ; fruit a 3-celled, dehis- 

 cent, many-seeded capsule. 



1. L. Catp:sb.ei Walt. Soutukkn Red Lily. Bulbs small, scales 

 narrow, leaf-bearing ; stem slender, 1-2 ft. high ; leaves scattered, 

 linear, or linear-huiceolate, obscurely nerved, 1-2 in. long ; flowers 

 solitary, terminal, scarlet with yellow and purple markings, segments 

 lanceolate, acute, spreading, wavy-margined, long-clawed, the margins 

 of the claws involute ; capsnle oblong, nearly terete. July-August. 

 Low pine barrens. 



2. L. Caroliniaxum JMiclix. Carolina Lily. Bulbs globose, 

 on short rootstocks, scales fleshy ; stem slender, 2-^3 ft. high ; leaves 

 scattered or sometimes whorled, oval, or oblanceolate, acute or obtuse 

 at the apex, narrowed below, faintly 3-nerved ; flowers 1-3, nodding 

 on long pedinicles, perianth segments orange-red and purple-spotted, 

 lanceolate, acute, the edges involute, strongly recurved ; capsule 

 ol)Ovoid. June-July. In dry woods. 



■\. L. TKiRixuM Andr. Tiger Lily. Bulb solitary, large, scales 

 lanceolate, fleshy ; stem erect, stout, often purple or Itlack, smootli 

 ])elow, pubescent above, 2-5 ft. high ; leaves very numerous, alter- 

 nate, smootli, or slightly pubescent, 5-nerved, often with Mack or 

 purplish bulblets in the axils ; flowers numerous, orange-red with 

 black or pur])le spots, nodding, segments lanceolate, pubescent, 

 strongly recurved. May-August. Introduced from China and com- 

 mon in gardens. 



V. ERYTHRONIUM. 



Low herbs, from scal}^ corms ; stem simple, bearing 2 un- 

 equal leaves below the middle ; flowers solitary, wliite or 

 yellow, nodding, bractless, ])eriantli segments (>, distinct, lan- 

 ceolate, or oblong, sju'cading, with a nectariferous groove, 

 deciduous; stamens (5, slender, shorter tlian the jierianth ; 

 ovary sessile, 3-c(dled, nniny-ovnbMl, style slender, i.iiiekened 

 above, 3-lobed; fruit a .'J-angled cajjsule. 



E. AMEincANTM Kcr. Vi mow I )(>(;- room \|(U.i:t. ('(»rm 

 dee]) in the ground, thus making (he leaves often ai>pear radical; 

 It-aves ellijttical or oldanceolate, thick, acute at each end, entire, 

 smooth, UMiallv mottIt'«l with ligiit and dark gn-rn. and purple; 



