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21. LfLIUM, L. Lily. 



Perianth funnel-form or bell-shaped, colored, of 6 distinct sepals, spreading 

 or recurved above, with a honey -bearing furrow at the base, deciduous ; the 6 

 stamens somewhat adhering to their bases. Anthers linear, extrorsely at- 

 taclied near the middle to the tapering apex of the long filament, which is at 

 first included, at length versatile ; the cells dehiscent by a lateral or slightly 

 \ntrorse line. Style elongated, somewhat club-shaped ; stigma 3-lobed. Cap- 

 sule oblong, containing numerous flat and horizontal (depressed) soft-coated 

 seeds densely, packed in 2 rows in each cell. Bulbs scaly, producing simple 

 stems, with numerous alternate-scattered or Avhorled narrow sessile leaves, 

 and from one to several large and showy flowers ; in summer. (The classical 

 Latin name, from the Greek \elpiov.) 



* Floicers erect, the sepals narrowed below into elates; bulbs not rhizomatous. 



1. L. Philadelphicum, L. (Wild Orange-red Lilt. Wood Lily.) 



Stem 2-3° high; leaves linear-lanceolate, whorled or scattered; flowers (2-4' 

 long) 1-3, open-bell-shaped, reddish-orange spotted with purplish inside; the 

 lanceolate sepals not recurved at the summit; bulb of thick fleshy jointed 

 scales. — Dry or sandy ground, N. Eng. to N. C, west to Minn, and Mo. 



2. L. Catesbsei, Walt. (Southern Red Lily.) Leaves linear-lan- 

 ceolate, scattered ; flower solitary, open-bell-shaped, the long-clawed sepals wavy 

 on the margin and recurved at the summit, scarlet, spotted with dark purple 

 and yellow inside ; bulb-scales thin, narrow and leaf -bearing. — Pine-barrens, 

 N. C. to Fla., west to Ky. and Mo. 



* « Flowers nodding, the sepals sessile; bulbs rhizomatous. 



3. L. SUperbum, L. (Turk's-cap Lily.) Stem 3-7*^ high; lower 

 leaves whorled, lanceolate, pointed, 3-nerved, smooth; flowers (3' long) often 

 many (3-20 or 40) in a pyramidal raceme; sepals strongly revolute , hx'\ght 

 orange, with numerous dark purple spots inside. — Rich low grounds, N. 

 Brunswick to Ga., west to Minn, and Mo. 



4. L. Canaddnse, L. (Wild Yellow Lily.) Stem 2-7° high ; leaves 

 remotely ichorled, lanceolate, strongly 3-nerved, the margins and nerves rough ; 

 flowers few (2-3' long), long-peduncled, oblong-bell-shaped, the sepals re- 

 ciirved-spreading above, yellow or orange, usually spotted with brown. — Moist 

 meadows and bogs, N. Brunswick to Ga., west to ]Minn. and Mo. 



5. L. Grayi, Watson. Stems 2-3° high ; leaves in whorls of 4 - 8, lan- 

 ceolate, acute or slightly acuminate, smooth ; flowers 1 or 2, nearly horizon- 

 tal, the sepals (H-2i' long) but little spreading above the rather broad base, 

 rather abruptly acute, deep reddish orange, thickly spotted within. — Peaks 

 of Otter, Va., and southward in the mountains to N. C. 



L. tigrixum, Ker. (Tiger Lily.) Tall, pubescent above; leaves scat- 

 tered, narrowly lanceolate, dark green, 5-7-nerved, the upper axils bulbifer- 

 ous; flowers large, resembling those of L. superbum. — An escape from 

 gardens. (Adv. from E. Asia.) 



22. M E D E O L A, Gronor. Indian Cucumber-root. 



Perianth recurved, the 3 sepals and 3 petals oblong and alike (pale greenish- 

 yellow), deciduous. Stamens 6 ; anthers shorter than the slender filaments, 

 oblong, extrorsely attached above the base, but the line of dehiscence of the 



