LILT FAMILY. 



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21. LILIUM, LILY. (The classical Latin name, from the Greek.) All, 

 including our four wild Lilies, more or less commonly cultivated : fl. summer. 



§ I. Flowers erect, orange or orange-red, of bell-shaped outline, the divisions widely 

 separate and on slender claws : no bulblets in the axils of the leaves. Wild 

 species of sandj/ soil. 



L. Philadelphicum, Wild Orange-Red Lily. Chiefly N. & W. : 

 l°-2° high, with lanceolate or lance-linear leaves nearly all in whorls of 5-8, 

 and 1 - 3 open-bell-shaped reddish-orange flowers, 2^' -3' long, spotted inside 

 with dark pur])le. 



L. Catesbaei, Southern Red L. Chiefly S. : l°-2° high, with scattered 

 linear-lanceolate leaves, a solitary and larger nearly scarlet flower ; the oblong- 

 lanceolate divisions wavy-margined, recurving above, 3' -4' long, with very 

 slender claws, within crimson-spotted on a yellow ground. 



§ 2. Flowers erect, orange ; the oblong divisions without claws, conniving at the 

 broad base, the upper part spreading. 



L. bulbiferum, Bulblet-bearing L. Cult, in old gardens, from Europe : 

 l^'-3' high, producing bulblets in the axils of the lanceolate irregularly scat- 

 tered leaves, and few reddish-orange flowers, the divisions 2' -2^' long, with 

 some rough brownish projections at base inside, but hardly spotted. 



§ 3. Flowers nodding ; the divisions without claws, rolled back, mostly dotted inside. 

 * Bulblets in the axils of the leaves. 



L. tigrinum, Tiger Bulblet-bearing L. Cult, from China : stem 

 4° - 5° high, cottony ; leaves lanceolate, scattered ; flowers panicled, numerous, 

 very showy, orange-red, the divisions about 4' long, black-spotted inside. 



# * No bulblets in the axils. 



+- Wild species of the country in moist meadows and bogs : flowers orange or 

 orange-red, strongly dark-spotted inside. 



L. Canad6nse, Canada L. Stem 2° -5° high, bearing few or several 

 long-peduncled flowers ; leaves lanceolate, all in whorls, their edges and nerves 

 minutely rough; divisions of the flower 2' -3' long, recurvcd-spreading above 

 the middle. 



L. superbum, American Turk's Cap L. Stem 3' - 7' high, bearing few 

 or many flowers in a pyramidal panicle: leaves lanceolate, smooth, imperfectly 

 whorled or many of them scattered ; divisions of the flower strongly rolled 

 backwards, alwut 3' long. 



L. Carolinianum, Carolina L., in the low country S., appears to be a 

 variety of the above, 2° -3° high, with broader leaves and only 1-3 flowers 

 more variegated with yellow. 



-^ ^- Cultivated species from the Old World. 



L. Pompbnium, Turban L., of Europe: slender, with scattered and 

 crowded lance-liucar or lance-awl-shaped leaves, and several small orange-red or 

 scarlet (rarely white) flowers, their lanceolate acute divisions somewhat bearded 

 inside. This and the next small-flowered, and not common in gardens. 



L. Chalcedonieum, Ked L. of Palestine and throughout the East; 

 stem thickly l)cset with scattered narrow lance-linear erect leaves, their margins 

 rough-pubescent ; flowers several, scarlet or vermilion, the divisions bearded 

 towards the base within, not spotted. 



L. Martagon, Turk'.s Cap or Martagon L., of Europe : 3° -5° high, 

 with lance-ohluTig leaves in whorls, their edges rough, and a panicle of rather 

 small Init showy light violet-purple or flesh-color (rarely white) flowers dotted 

 with small brown-purple sjjots. 



L. speoibsum, of .Japan : stem 1° -3° high ; leaves scattered, lance-ovate 

 or oblong, pointed, slightly petioled ; flowers few, odorous, the strongly revo- 

 lutc divisions about 5' long, white or pale rose-color, with prominent purple 

 warty projections inside : now of many varieties. 



L. aur^tum, (ioLOKN-nANDED L, of Japan : stem l°-2° high: leaves 

 lanceolate, scattered ; flowers 1-3, barely nodding, sweet-scented, very large. 



