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LILY FAMILY. 417 
2. Lilium umbellatum Pursh. Western 
Red Lily. (Fig. 1004.) 
mat um andinum Nutt. Fras. Cat. Without description. 
1813. 
Lilium umbellatum Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 229. 1814. 
Bulb similar to that of the preceding species, the 
stem usually more slender, 1°-2° tall. Leaves linear, 
blunt or the upper acute, ascending, or sometimes 
appressed, 1/-3/ long, 1//-2'4’’ wide, all alternate or 
the uppermost verticillate, their margins finely rough- 
ened; flowers 1-3, erect, 2’-3’ high; perianth-seg- 
ments red, orange or yellow, narrowed into the claw, 
acute, spotted below, the claw shorter than the blade; 
capsule oblong, 3’-4’ long, about 8’’ thick; seeds like 
those of Z. Philadelphicum. 
In dry soil, Ohio to Minnesotaand the Northwest Ter- 
ritory, south to Missouri, Arkansas and Colorado. As- 
cends to 4ooo ft. in the Black Hills. June-July. 
3. Lilium Catesbaéi Walt. Southern 
Red Lily. (Fig. 1005.) 
Lilium Catesbaei Walt. Fl. Car. 123. 1788. 
Bulb %4’-1’ high, composed of narrow leaf-bear- 
ing scales, their leaves narrowly linear, 2’-4’ long, 
often falling away before the plant flowers. Stem 
slender, 1°-2° high; stem leaves all alternate, nar- 
rowly linear or linear-lanceolate, acute or acumi- 
nate, erect or appressed, 1’/-3’ long, 1/’-3/’ wide; 
flower (always?) solitary, erect; perianth-segments 
scarlet with a yellow purple-spotted base and a 
slender claw, spreading or somewhat recurved, 3/— 
5’ long, 14’-1’ wide, long-acuminate, wavy-mar- 
gined; capsule 1’ high or less; seeds 2/’-3/’ long. 
In moist pine barrens, North Carolina to Florida and 
Alabama. Reported from Kentucky and Missouri. 
July—Aug. 
4. Lilium Canadénse L. Wild Yellow Lily. Canada Lily. (Fig. 1006.) 
Lilium Canadense I,. Sp. Pl. 303. 1753. 7 yy 
Bulbs subglobose, 1/-2’ in diameter, borne on 
a stout rootstock, composed of numerous thick 
white scales. Stem 2°-5° tall, slender or stout; 
leaves lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, verticil- 
late in 4’s-1o’s or some of them alternate, acu- 
minate, 2’-6’ long, 3/’-15’’ wide, finely rough- 
ened on the margins and on the veins beneath; 
flowers I-16, nodding on long peduncles; pedun- 
cles sometimes bearing a small leaf-like bract; 
perianth-segments 2/—3’ long, yellow or red, 
usually thickly spotted below, recurved or 
spreading, not clawed; capsule oblong, erect, 
14/-2/ long. 
In swamps, meadows and fields, Nova Scotia to 
Ontario and Minnesota, south to Georgia, Alabama 
and Missouri. Ascends to 6000 ft. in North Caro- 
lina. Red-flowered forms with slightly spreading 
perianth-segments resemble the following species, 
and forms with strongly recurved segments, ZL. 
superbum, June-July. 
