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LILIACEA2. (LILY FAMILY.) 
(3 - 20 or 40) in a pyramidal raceme ; sepals strongly revolute , bright 
orange, with numerous dark purple spots inside.— Rich low grounds. 
July, Aug. — Stem 3°- 7° high : sepals 3' long. 
L. candidum, the White Lily, and L. bulbiferum, the Orange 
Bulb-bearing Lily, are most common in gardens. 
1©. ERYTHRONIUM, L. Dog’s-tooth Violet. 
Perianth lily-like, of 6 distinct lanceolate sepals, recurved or 
spreading above, deciduous, the 3 inner usually with a callous 
tooth on each side of the erect base and a groove in the middle. 
Filaments 6, awl-shaped : anthers oblong-linear. Style elongat¬ 
ed. Pod obovate, contracted at the base, 3-valved. Seeds rather 
numerous, ovoid, with a loose membranaceous tip. — Nearly stem¬ 
less herbs, with 2 smooth and shining flat leaves tapering into 
petioles and sheathing the base of the 1-flowered scape, rising from 
a deep solid-scaly bulb. Flower nodding, vernal. (Name from 
ipvBpos, red , which is inappropriate as respects the Amer. species.) 
1. E. America mi in, Smith. (Yellow Adder’s-tongue.) 
Leaves elliptical-lanceolate, pale green spotted with purplish and dot¬ 
ted; perianth pale yellow , spotted near the base ; style club-shaped; 
stigmas united. — Low copses, &c., common. May. — Scape 6'-9' 
high: flower V or more long.— E. bracteatum, Boott, from the 
Camel’s Rump Mountain, Vermont, is probably only a form of this 
species with the leaves very unequal (which is often the case), and 
with an accidental bract on the scape. 
2. E. :iIl)i<1 nail, Nutt. (White Dog’s-tooth Violet.) Leaves 
elliptical-lanceolate, spotted, not dotted; perianth white or bluish- 
white; sepals narrowly lanceolate, the inner without lateral teeth; 
style thread-like and club-shaped; stigma 3-cleft. — Low thickets 
from Albany, New York, and W. Pennsylvania to Wisconsin; com¬ 
mon westward. April, May. 
The Tulip, the Crown Imperial, the Hyacinth, and the Tube¬ 
rose (Polianthes tuber6sa) are common cultivated representatives 
of this Family. 
Order 122. MELANTHACE^E. (Colchicum Fam.) 
Herbs , with perfect or polygamous and regular 6-merous 
and 6-androus flowers , the consimilar perianth free from 
the 3-celled ovary , exirorse anthers , and 3 more or less 
