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LILIACEJE. (LILY FAMILY.) 
elliptical , flat, appearing in early spring and decaying before flower¬ 
ing ; sepals oblong, obtuse (white), about the length of the simple fila¬ 
ments; pod strongly 3-lobed. — Rich cool woods, common northward. 
July. — Bulbs clustered, pointed, 2' long. 
5. A. trifloriiril, Raf. (Mountain Leek.) “Scape naked, 
terete, shorter than the lanceolate nerved leaves; umbel few-flower¬ 
ed.— Shady woods, high mountains of Penn. May, June.” Pursh. 
A. satIvum, the Garden Garlic, A. Schcenoprasum, the Chive, 
A. Porrum, the Leek, and A. Cepa, the Onion, are well-known 
cultivated species. 
Tribe III. TULIPACE^E. The Tulip or True Lily Tribe. 
9. LILIUM, 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, versatile. Style elongated, somewhat club-shap¬ 
ed : stigma 3-lobed. Pod oblong, containing numerous flat soft- 
coated seeds densely packed in 2 rows in each cell. — Bulbs scaly, 
producing simple stems, with numerous alternate-scattered or 
whorled short and sessile leaves, and one to several large and 
showy flowers. (The classical Latin name, from the Greek \dptov.) 
* Flowers erect, hell-shaped, the sepals narrowed below into claws. 
1. JL« Pliiladelphicuiii, L. (Wild Orange-red Lily.) 
Leaves linear-lanceolate ; the upper chiefly in whorls of 5 to 8 ; flowers 
1 - 3, open-bell-shaped, reddish-orange spotted with purplish inside; 
the lanceolate sepals not recurved at the summit.— Open copses, 
rather common. June, July. —Stem 2°-3? high : the flower 2£' long. 
2. Ij, Catcsbfbi, Walt. (Southern Red Lily.) Leaves lin¬ 
ear-lanceolate , scattered ; flower solitary, open-bell-shaped, the long- 
clawed sepals wavy on the margin and recurved at the summit, scar¬ 
let, spotted with dark purple and yellow inside. —Low sandy soil, 
Pennsylvania? and southward. 
* * Flowers nodding, bell-shaped, the sessile sepals revolute. 
3. Canadense, L. (Wild Yellow Lilt.) Leaves re¬ 
motely whorled, lanceolate, strongly 3-nerved, the margins and nerved 
rough, flowers few, long-peduncled, oblong-bell-shaped, the sepals re¬ 
curved-spreading above the middle, yellow, spotted inside with purple* 
— Moist meadows and bogs. June, July. — Stem 2°-3P high. Flow¬ 
er 2'- 3' long. 
4. I,, superbum, L. (Turk’s-cap Lily.) Loiter leaves 
whorled , lanceolate, pointed, 3-nerved, smooth ; flowers often many 
