348 HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



HAB. Wet meadows. June Aug. *2l ; leaves very long ; scape 

 3 feet high ; Jl. large, fulvous. . 



165. ORNITHOGALUM. Star of Bethlehem. 



O. umbellatum. corymb, few-flowered; peduncles longer than the 



bracts ; filaments subulate. 

 HAB. Moist meadows. May June, 1J.; root bulb.; leaves rad. t 



lin. ; Jl. white. . 



166. LILIUM. Lily. 



L. philadelphicum : leaves verticillate, linear-lanceolate ; stem 1 2- 

 flowered ; corolla erect, campanulate, spreading ; petals unguicu- 

 late. 



HAB. Copses. June July, 1}.; stem 3 feet high; leaves 3-nerv. ; 

 Jl. dark orange. 



L. canadense: leaves remotely verticillate, lanceolate; nerves hairy 

 beneath; peduncles terminal, elongated, generally by threes; flow- 

 ers nodding ; corolla turbinate, campanulate, slightly revolute ; pe- 

 tals lanceolate. 



HAB. Moist meadows. June July, Q ; stems 2 4 feet high ; Jl. 

 about 3-spotted. 



167. ERYTHRONIUM. Dog's-tooth Violet. 



E. americanum : leaves lanceolate, punctate ; petals oblong-lanceo- 

 late, obtuse at the point ; interior ones bidentate near the base ; 

 style clavate ; stigma entire. 



HAB. Shady moist places. Apr. May, 0].; leaves 2, rad. ; Jl. soli- 

 tary, nodding, yellow. 



168. UVULARIA. Bell-wort. 



U. perfoliata: leases perfoliate, elliptic-obtuse; corolla campanulate, 



granular, scabrous within ; anthers cuspidate. 

 HAB. Moist shady places. May June, 7J. ; 810 in. high ; Jl. 



pend. pale yellow. 

 U. scssilifolia : stem smooth ; leaves sessile, oval-lanceolate, glaucous 



beneath ; petals flat, smooth within ; capsule stipitate. 

 HAB. Shady thickets. May June, %; stem 6 12 inches high, 



forked above ; Jlower pale yellow. 



169. STREPTOPUS. 



S. roseus : smooth and shining ; leaves amplexicaul, serrulate ciliate, 



anthers short, 2-horned. 

 HAB. Mountains. May June, 1]- ; stem 18 in. high, dichot. ; Jl. 



rose-color. 



