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subrotate ; segments oblong-lanceolate, 1 or 2 inches long : style short, 

 conical ; stigma green, slightly 3-lobed : capsule globose-ovate, an inch 

 or two long : seeds 3 or 4 lines broad. — Bot. Mex. Bound. 222 ; 

 Engelm. 1. c. 54. Y. aloifolia, Torrey, Pacif. R. Rep. 4. 147. San 

 Francisco to Sau Diego and Arizona. Y. graminifolia, Wood (Proc. 

 Acad. Philad. 1868, 167), appears to be a variety with longer and 

 narrower leaves (20 inches long by 3 lines wide), laxer and more 

 channelled, revolute toward the apex and tipped by a more slender 

 spine. 



26. LILIUM, Tourn. 



* Perianth-segments unguiculate. 



■*- Flowers erect, usually solitary ; segments abruptly narrowed to the claw, 

 coarsely spotted on the lower half : leaves linear-lanceolate : bulbs not 

 rhizomatous. Atlantic States. 



1. L. Philadelphicuji, Linn. Bulb small, of thick fleshy jointed 

 scales : leaves whorled or scattered : perianth-segments reddish-orange, 

 acute, spreading, 2 to 4 inches long. — Curtis, Bot. Mag. t. 519 ; Ker, 

 Bot. Reg. t. 594 ; Baker, Journ. Linn. Soc. 14. 235 ; Babbage, Gar- 

 den, 11. 135, fig. (bulb) ; Elwes, Monogr. Lil. t. 10. L. a?idinum, 

 Nutt. Fras. Cat. L. umbellatum, Pursh. Canada to the Saskatchewan 

 and south to N. Carolina and Colorado. 



2. L. Catesb^i, Walt. Bulb-scales thin, narrow and leaf-bear- 

 ing : leaves scattered : perianth-segments scarlet with yellow base, 

 long-acuminate, undulate, recurved above, 3 to 5 inches long, the 

 claw very narrow. — Curtis, Bot. Mag. t. 259 ; Sweet, Fl. Gard. 

 2 ser. t. 185 ; Baker, 1. c. 240 ; Babbage, 1. c, fig. (bulb) ; Elwes, 1. c, 

 t. 28. L. speclabile, Salisb. Stirp. Rar. t. 5. N. Carolina to Florida, 

 in pine-barrens. 



-•- +- Flowers horizontal or ascending, usually several ; segments narrowing 

 gradually into the claw, spotless or finely dotted : leaves oblanceolate or 

 linear-lanceolate : bulbs somewhat rhizomatous. Pacific Coast. 



3. L. Washingtonianum, Kellogg. Bulbs large ; scales not 

 jointed: leaves oblanceolate, more or less verticillate: flowers horizontal, 

 white becoming purplish, very fragrant ; segments 3 or 4 inches long, 

 not recurved : anthers 5 or 6 lines long : capsule obovate, truncate. 

 — Proc. Calif. Acad. 2. 13; Wood, Proc. Philad. Acad. 1868, 166; 

 Baker, Gard. Chron. 1871,709, f. 142, and 1. c. 232; Regel, Gartenfl. 

 t. 710; Fl. Serres, t. 1795; Babbage, 1. c, fig. (bulb). Oregon and 

 southward in the Sierra Nevada ; Cuyumaca Mountains. 



