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XOTES ON LILIES 



below, rrvoeu above, the leaves very short, f^lossy, of a very deeji _i,neeii. and curled 

 ilowinvards, the llowers X-ery lar^a', deeply eupped, apricot tinted, witli a broad 

 yellow band down the eentre of the petal, purple sjiotted. 



lioth these two last varieties have a lilac sheen when fresh, and the biUbs are large 

 and coarse, resembling nuieh thow of the VndnUalum section. 



27. L. CatcshaL—\\ix\t., FI. Carol., 12:3; Bot. Mag., t. 259; 



Xodd., Bot. Cab., t. 807; Sweet, Bi-it. Flow. Card., ser. ii., t. 185; 



Kunth, Enum., iv.^ 2G3. — Speddhile, Salsb., Stirp. L'ar., t. 5, non 



Link. — Caroh'nianinn, Catesby, Car., ii., 

 t. 58, lion Miclix. — Bulb {see page 103), 

 like that of FltUaileJphicum (?) ; stem, 

 1 to 2 feet high., slender, terete, smooth, 

 gi-eeu ; leaves, 20 to oO in number, 

 scattered, ascending, smooth, green, lance- 

 shaped, or linear, the lower ones 2 or 3 

 inches long, 4 to 6 lines broad, the upper 

 ones gradually smaller ; perianth, solitary, 

 erect, broadly funnel-shaped, 3 or 4 inches 

 long, of a brilliant orange-red ; segments, 

 oblong-lancc-shaped, G to 12 lines broad 

 in the middle, distinctly cuspidate for 

 some length, and with purple spots scat- 



-^ ^ , , _ ^.^ ,r- ^ , ., tered over the inner surface ; claw, chan- 



'Catosby s Orange Lilv (£. Catowi'i). -,-,-, , ,-, -, n j. i- t •j.-l 



"' o ^ \ ' nelled at the base, D to Jo hues, with 



revolute margins ; filaments, 2\ to 3 inches long ; anthers, narrow^ 

 4 to 6 lines long; pollen, red; ovary, 9 to 12 lines long; style, 

 slender, twice the length of the ovai-y. North America, from Georgia 

 and Carolina to Florida. 



This Lil}' received by iis from the swampy regions of S. Carolina, is somewhat tender ; 

 the bulb has scales longer and more acut than those of ndladclphlcam, and at the upper 

 ]iart, the outer claw-like scales exhibit a blunt scar, where the leaf has broken off : ,so 

 tliat, in fact, the scales of this Lily, which are few in number, are the extended 1)ases of 

 the leaves, which are long, very slender, grass-like, and crowded at the liase. Tlie bulb 

 is tender, and growing on during the winter must be kept under glass. "\\'o have 

 ilowered it, but we are not aware that anyone else has done so. 



SUB-GENUS V. 

 Martagon (End!.), Turk's-cap Lilies. 

 Flowers, in racemes, nodding, dotted, usually of a brilliant red or 

 •orange colour; perianth, broadly campauulate; segments, lance- 

 shaped, deeply falcate ; grooves, deej) ; stamens, diverging on all 

 sides from the curved style. 



KEY TO TPIE SrECIES. 

 Leaves verticillate, in whorls — 



(1). — American Species (a), bulbs annual, rhizomatous — 



28, Canadcnsc, 29, Pardalinnm, 30, Hupcrhu)!}, 31, Lu- 

 cidum, 32, Iloedii. 

 ,, (b), bulbs perennial, not rhizomatous — 



33, Columhianuiii, 34, HaiiihohUii. 



