362 Lr LI ACE. 12. 



2. L. Philadelphicum Linn. : leaves whorled, linear-lanceolate ; stem 

 1 — 3-flowered ; perianth erect, campanulate, spreading, the segments with 

 claws. 



Woods and meadows. Can. to Car. July, Aug. %. — Stem 2 — 3 feet high, 

 terete, smooth. Flowers large, dark orange, spotted at base, on a peduncle 1 — 3 

 inches long. Red Lily. 



3. L. Canadense Linn. : leaves mostly whorled, lanceolate, distinctly 

 nerved, the nerves hairy beneath ; peduncles 2 — 3, terminal, elongated ; 

 perianth nodding, campanulate, the segments lanceolate and slightly 

 revolute. 



Wet meadows. Can. to Car. W. to Miss. July, Aug. %.--Stem 2 — 3 feet 

 high. Flowers mostly about 3, (sometimes solitary,) yellow, spotted on the in- 

 side. Common Yellow Lily. 



4. L. superbum Lhm. : leaves whorled below, Unear-lanceolate, 3-nerved, 

 smooth, the upper ones scattered ; flowers in a pyramidal raceme ; perianth 

 campanulate, nodding, the segments revolute. 



Wet meadows. Can. to Car. July. Tj.. Stem 4 — 6 feet high. Flowers 



3 — ^20 or more in a large pyramidal raceme, orange, with dark spots. The char- 

 acters of this plant seem to be constant, and both Torrey and Darlington con- 

 sider it distinct. Superb Lily. 



2. ERYTHRONIUM. Linn.— Dog-tooth Violet. 



(From the Greek tpvdpos, red ; supposed to be in allusion to the purple spots on 

 the leaves.) 



Perianth campanulate, 6 -parted; segments reflexed; the 3 

 inner ones with a callous tooth on each side near the base, and a 

 nectariferous pore. Stamens 6. Style elongated. Stigma trian- 

 gular. Capsule narrowed at base, or substipitate, 3 -celled. 

 Seeds ovoid. 



1. E. Americanum Smith: leaves elliptic-lanceolate, punctate; segments 

 of the perianth oblong-lanceolate, obtuse at the point ; inner ones bidentate 

 near the base ; style clavate ; stigma entire. E. lanceolatum Pursh. E. 

 Dens-canis Mich. 



Wet meadows. Can. to Geor. April, May. %. — Scape 6 — 8 inches high. 

 Leaves 2, radical, spotted with purple. Flower solitary, terminal, yellow, spotted 

 near the base. American Dog-tooth Violet. . 



2. E. olbidMm Nutt. : leaves elUptic-lanceolate, not punctate ; segments 

 of the perianth linear-lanceolate, obtuse ; inner ones without dentures, sub- 

 unguiculate ; style clavate ; stigma 3-cleft. 



Wet meadows. Can. and N. Y. W. to Miss. April, May. %— Scape 6—8 

 inches high. Flower white, segments thick and somewhat obtu.se. Very abun- 

 dant near Albany, N. Y., and also found near the Clyde river, Wayne county, 

 N. Y. , and in Canada, by D. Thomas, Esq. I have observed a plant at New 

 Brunswick, N. J., which agrees with this in the absence of dentures and in the 

 irifid stigma, but the perianth is yellow. It is probably the same which is 

 alluded to by Mr. Nuttall, {Gen. PI i. 223,) and may prove distinct. 



White Dog-tooth Violet. 



3. E. hracteatum Dig. : leaves lanceolate, unequal ; scape bracted 



