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VI. LILIUM, L. 
Perennial, from scaly bulbs, stem erect, leafy, usually tall 
and slender. Leaves sessile, scattered, or whorled. Flowers 
large, erect, or drooping. -Perianth corolla-like, deciduous. 
Segments 6, spreading or recurved above, sessile or clawed, 
each with a nectar-bearing groove near the base. Stamens 6, 
elongated, anthers linear, versatile. Ovary 3-celled, many- 
ovuled, style long and slender, stigma 3-lobed. Fruit a 3-celled, 
dehiscent, many-seeded capsule. 
1. L. longiflorum, Thunb. LONG-FLOWERED WHITE Lity. Stem 
1-3 ft. high. Leaves thick, lanceolate, scattered. Flower single, 
pure white, funnel-shaped, 5-6 in. long. Var. eximium, the Easter 
lily, bears several very showy and sweet-scented flowers. 
2. L. philadelphicum, L. Witp Rep Liry. Stem 2-5 ft. high. 
Leaves linear-lanceolate, the upper ones generally whorled. Flower 
usually solitary (sometimes 2 or 3), erect, reddish-orange, with tawny 
or purplish spots inside. Sepals with claws. Dry or sandy ground, 
borders of thickets, ete. 
3. L. canadense, L. Wirtp YeLtow Lity, Meapow Liry. Stem 
2-5 ft. high. Leaves lanceolate, 3-nerved, the margins and nerves 
roughish with short hairs, whorled. Flowers usually 3, sometimes 
more numerous, all nodding, on peduncles 3-6 in. long, yellow or 
orange, with dark-purple or brown spots inside. Sepals without 
claws, recurved. Moist meadows and borders of woods. 
IX. FRITILLARIA, Tourn. 
Leafy-stemmed perennials, from scaly or coated bulbs. 
Flowers single or several, nodding. Perianth bell-shaped, a 
nectar-bearing spot above the base of each division. Stamens 
as long as the petals. 
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1. F. Meleagris, L. Gur1neA-HEN FLower. Stem 1 ft. high. 
Leaves linear, alternate, channeled. Flower usually single, large, 
purplish, checkered with blue and purple or yellow. Cultivated 
from Europe. 
2. F.imperialis,L. CRowNImpeERIAL. Stem 3-4 ft. high. Leaves 
abundant in whorls about the middle or lower part of the stem, lan- 
ceolate or lance-oblong. Flowers several, large, yellow or red, in an 
umbel-like cluster beneath the terminal crown of leaves. Cultivated 
from Asia, 
