TULIPa. CLHI. LILIACEZ. BAT 
~®. Fils. white and much smaller.—N. Y., &e. 
y- Fils. white and somewhat larger. —Western States! 
8. T. GRANDIFLGRUM. Salisb. Large-flewering Trillium. 
Lvs. broadly rhomboid-ovate, sessile, abruptly acuminate; ped. inclined; 
E-: ‘Suberect ; pet. much longer than the calyx, spatulate-oblanceolate, connivent 
at base—Damp, rocky woods, Mid., S. and W. States, abundant. Siem 8—12! 
high. Leaves 3—5’ diam. Flower larger than in any of the preceding species. 
Petals 14—2’ in length, broadest near the apex, with a short, abrupt acumina- » 
tion, white, sete: “to rose-colored, May. 
2. MEDEOLA. 
Named after the fabulous sorceress, Medea, for its supposed medicinal virtues. 
Perianth deeply parted into 6 petaloid, revolute segments; stiz- 
mas 3, divaricate, united at base; berry 3-celled; cells 3—6-seeded. 
—Sten simple. 
M. Vircinica. (Gyromia. Nutt.) , Cucw 
Lvs. verticillate Inthe middle‘of the stem, = at ah file top—None can but 
admire the symmetry of its form. Rhizoma white, fleshy, taberous, thought to 
resemble the cucumber in flavor. Stem erect, 1—2f high, invested with loose, 
cottopy wool. Leaves in two whorls, one just above the middle of the stem, 
consisting of 6—8 wedge-lanceolate leaves (3—4’ by 9—12”); the other at the 
top, of about 3 ovate, shorter ones. Flowers in the upper orl, 1, 2 or 3, pen- 
dulous, with greenish, revolute segments. The stigmas are very long, refiexed, 
dark red. July. 
_Onver CLIII. LILIACE. —Lirworts. 
Goalies. 133, species 1200, chiefly. natives of temperate regions. The Howers of most are bealitiful, of 
many nera 158, species of some truly splendi 
‘Properties. — The otder abounds in itr, tinal prince ‘and also in tmucilge. Some of the 
bulbous species yield a necien diet, as th cmuperase, onion, garlic. The well known active meai- 
cine, sguti/s, is the bulb of Scilla maritima, of S. Europe. The various kinds of officinal a/oes, are the 
tl of ees species of Aloe. The powerful astringent, dragon's diood, is the concentrated juice of 
Draco of the Canary Isles. 
‘Conspectus of the Genera. 
* Segments of the perianth scarcely tohering in a tube. 
Re: Re es, c 1 
. Sambel - } daopping. ee HAS a 4 
on’a scape, umbellate,&c. .  . - Convallaria. 12 
=i , ees be a | amare _ ~ ——— 3 
campanulate, (on e leafy stem. ? Petals witha honey cavity a bese. Fritiliaria. 
§.Leaves broad, cauline. Convailaria. a 
SY Valves 0. ? Leaves linear, radi¢al. Phaianzium. U 
a ees f meemone. f Valves 6, bearing the ain - Asphodeivs. W 
Branches 0 bose, pedicels bracted at base. . Ornithogaluim. 38 
or leafless. | Pls. subrotate, . Uambellate,’ rom a leafy spathe. it ee 7 
§ Sepals and petals recurved. Seeds few. - ©. Streptopus. 15 
fpoches . sie Leaves ovate, &c. Sepa and petals erect. Seeds =. -  « « Uvularia. # 
Leaves filiform, fascicula 3 
* * Segments of ahi perianth cohering into a tube at base. 
Stamens inserted at the top of the ineurved tube. = 3 
Flowers Stamens inserted in the middle of the tube. g 
ona scape. 
eens esas at hens F tlh Reena: ; 3 - Hemerocaltis. § 
Flowers axillary on a leafy stem. 
Trise 1. TULIPACE E.—Bulboiss. Sepals ana petals eines pr ori 
in a tube. Integuments of the seed soft and pale. 
1. TULIPA 
Persian thouliban, a turban; alluding to the form of these magnificent flowers. 
Perianth campanulate ; stamens short, subulate ; anthers. 4-angled ; 
stigma thick; capsule oblong, triangular.—% Les. radical, Flower 
