LILIACE.E. (LILY FAMILY.) 511 



9. ERYTHRONIUM, L. DOG'S-TOOTH VIOLKT. 

 Perianth corolla-like, with six spreading or recurved deciduous leaves ; the 

 three inner ones grooved and 2-toothed at the base, rarely toothless. Stamens 

 6, slender : anthers oblong-linear, erect. Style slender . stigma 3-lobed. Cap- 

 sule obovate, 3-augled, many-seeded. Seeds ovoid, with a loose membrana- 

 i-eous appendage at the apex. Low herbs from a scaly bull). Stems scape- 

 like, bearing near the middle a pair of oblong spotted sheathing leaves, and 

 ut the apex a single nodding flower. 



1. E. Americanum, Smith. Bulbs deep, the younger ones bearing 

 only a single leaf ; leaves lanceolate or oblong, tapering into the sheathing 

 base, variegated with pale and deep green ; flowers (!' long) yellow, spotted 

 near the base ; style club-shaped, 3-angled ; stigma obscurely 3-lobed. Rich 

 woods, chiefly in the upper districts. Feb. - March. 



2. E. albidum, Xutt. Leaves not spotted ; flowers bluish white ; style 

 slender, the three stigmas distinct, spreading. Summit of Roan Mountain, 

 North Carolina (Canby). 



10. LILIUM, L. LILY 



Perianth corolla-like, 6-leaved, deciduous, the leaves spreading or recurved 

 above, sessile or clawed, with a nectariferous groove near the base. Stamens 

 6, elongated ; anthers linear, extrorse in the bud, versatile. Style filiform, 

 elongated ; stigma 3-lobed. Capsule oblong, many-seeded. Seeds flat, mem- 

 branaceous, horizontal, crowded in the cells. Leafy herbs, from scaly bulbs. 

 Leaves scattered or whorled, sessile. Flowers large, erect, or nodding. 

 # Flowers erect: leares of the perianth spreading, clutrrd. 



1 . L. Philadelphlcum, L. Leaves lanceolate, the upper whorled ; 

 flowers 1-3, reddish orange spotted with purple; leaves of the perianth 

 lanceolate, abruptly pointed. Mountains of North Carolina, and northward. 

 Jnlv. _ stem 1 - 2 high. Flowers 2' long. 



2 L. Catesbsei, Walt. Leaves linear-lanceolate, all scattered and erect; 

 flower solitarv, terminal, scarlet, variegated with yellow and purple; leaves of 

 the perianth lanceolate, acuminate, with the margins of the claws involute ; 

 the three inner ones broader and ribbed on the back capsule oblong, nearly 

 terete Low pine barrens, Florida to North Carolina. August -Sept. 

 Stem 1- 2 high. Leaves 1' - 2' long. Flowers 3' - 4' long. 



* * Flowers nodding ; leares of the perianth recurred, sessi/e. 



3. L. Canadense, L. Stem commonly few-flowered ; leaves in remote 

 whorls, lanceolate, 3-nerved, hairy on the nerves beneath ; flowers long- 

 peduncled ; leaves of the perianth yellow spotted with purple. Mountain 

 meadows, Georgia, and northward. June - July. Stem 2 - 3 high. Leaves 

 and flowers 2' - 3' long. 



4. L. superbum, L. Stem commonly many-flowered ; leaves smooth, 

 lanceolate, 3-nerved, the lower ones whorled, the upper scattered ; leaves of the 

 perianth revolute, rather obtuse, orange spotted with purple. Kich soil in 

 the middle and upper districts, Georgia, and northward. June - July. Stem 

 3 -6 high. Flowers, when numerous, disposed in a pyramidal raceme. 



