HEMEROCALLIS. CLI. LILIACEZA. 549 
. 6. L. Japonicum.—Lvs. scattered, lanceolate; fls. cernuous, campanulate.— 
Native of China. A noble species, requiring careful management. Its flower 
is large, nodding, terminal, white, on a stem 2f high. t 
7. L. tTiGRinum. Tger-spotted Lily—WLws. scattered, sessile, 3-veined, the 
upper cordate-ovate; peFianth revolute, papillose inside.—Native of China, 
very common in cultivation. Stem 6f high, with a pyramid of dark orange- 
culored, spoited flowers. Axils of leaves bulbiferous, Aug. t 
3. FRITILLARIA. 
Lat. fritillus, a chess-board ; alluding to the checkered petals. 
Perianth campanulate, with a broad base and nectariferous cavity 
above the claw of each segment; stamens as long as the petals—%4 
1. F. mperiAuis. Crown Imperial—Rac. comose, naked below ; lvs. entire.— 
Native of Persia. A fine, showy flower of easy culture. Stem thick, striate, 
3f high, the lower part invested with the long, narrow, entire leaves ; the upper 
part is naked, bearing at the top a raceme of several large, red or yellow, 
nodding flowers, beneath a crown formed by the pairs of small, narrow leaves 
at the base of each pedicel. May. t 
2. F. maueacris. Checkered Fritillary—kLvs. alternate, linear, channeled; 
st. 1-flowered.—Native of Britain. Stem a foot high, with alternate, long, very 
narrow leaves. The flower, which is usually solitary, is large, nodding, and 
beautifully checkered with purple and pale red or yellow. May. f 
4. ERYTHRONIUM. 
Gr. epvSpos, red; in allusion to the color of the flower and leaves of some species. 
Perianth campanulate, segments recurved, the 3 inner ones 
(petals) usually with a tubercle attached to each side at base, and a 
groove in the middle; capsule somewhat stipitate, seeds ovate.—2% 
Leaves 2, subradical. Scape \-flowered. F'ls. nodding, liliaceous. 
1. E. Americanum. Smith. (E. Dens-canis. Michz.) Yellow Erythroni- 
um.—Scape naked ; /vs. spotted, lanceolate and involute at the point; seg- 
ments oblong-lanceolate, obtuse, inner ones bidentate near the base; sty. clavate; 
stig. undivided—A_ beautiful little plant, among the earliest of our vernal 
flowers, found in rich, open grounds, or in thin woods, U. S. and Can. The 
bulb is deep in the ground. Scape slender, 3—4’ high. The 2 leaves are of 
equal length (5’), one of them nearly twice as wide as the other, both clouded 
with brown spots. Flower drooping, yellow, revolute in the sunshine. May. 
2. E. atBipum. Nutt. White Erythronium. 
Lvs. elliptic-lanceolate; segments of perianth linear-lanceolate, rather 
obtuse, inner ones without dentures at base, subunguiculate; stig. 3-cleft, lobes 
reflexed.—_About the size of the last, in wet meadows, near Albany, N. Y., 
Storrs! to Wisc., Lapham! Leaves without an acumination, tapering to the 
base, of equa] length including the petiole (4—5’), one of them twice as wide 
as the other. Scape a little longer than the leaves, bearing a single, white, 
nodding flower. Segments 1}’ long. April, May. 
3. E. BRACTEATUM. Bw. Bracted Erythronium. 
Scape bracted ; lvs. lanceolate, very unequal.—An alpine species, found 
in Vt. Boott. It is a smaller plant, distinguishable by the inequality of the 
‘leaves, one of which is 3 or 4 times as large as the other. Scape shorter than 
the leaves with a narrow, lanceolate bract 13/ long, a little below the flower. 
Flower greenish-yellow. Segments about 9’ long, gibbous at base. Jn. 
Trizs 2. HEMEROCALLIDEX.—Bulbous. Sepals and petals united 
into atube. Integuments of the seed soft and pale, 
5. HEMEROCALLIS. 3 
. Gr. hepa, the day, and kados, beautiful : wen beautiful but lasting only a day, 
Perianth campanulate, with a eylindrie tube; stamens deelined ; 
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