288 LILIACEAE (LILY FAMILY) 



perennials, with fleshy-fibrous roots ; the long and linear keeled leaves 2-ranked 

 at the base of the tall .scapes, which bear at the summit several bracted and 

 large flowers ; these collapse and decay after expanding for a single day (whence 

 the name, from ii/dpa, a day, and <cd\Xos, beauty.') 



1. H. FULVA L. (COMMON D.) Inner divisions (petals) of the tawny orange 

 perianth wavy and obtuse. Roadsides, escaped from gardens. (Introd. from 

 Eu.) 



16. LiLIUM [Tourn.] L. LILT 



Perianth funnel-form or bell-shaped, colored, of 6 divisions, spreading or 

 recurved above, deciduous. Anthers linear, extrorsely attached near the 

 middle to the tapering apex of the long filament, which is at first included, at 

 length versatile ; the cells dehiscent by a lateral or slightly introrse line. Style 

 elongated ; stigma 3-lobed. Capsule subcylindric ; seeds densely packed in 2 

 rows in each cell. Bulbs scaly, producing simple stems, with numerous alternate- 

 scattered or whorled narrow sessile leaves, and from one to several large and 

 showy flowers in summer. (The classical Latin name, from the Greek \elpiov.') 



* Flowers erect; sepals narrowed below into claws; bulbs not rhizomatous. 



1. L. philadSlphicum L. (WILD ORANGE-RED L., WOOD L.) Stem 4-9 

 dm. high ; leaves linear-lanceolate, chiefly whorled ; flowers 1-3, open-bell- 

 shaped, reddish-orange, spotted with purplish inside ; the lanceolate segments 

 little or not at all recurved at the obtusish or shortly acuminate summit ; pod 

 somewhat rounded at base. Dry or sandy ground, N. E. to Ont. and N. C. 

 Separated by no constant character from 



Var. andinum (Nutt.) Ker. Leaves, all but the uppermost, scattered ; peri- 

 anth divisions mostly deep red; pod attenuate at the base. (L. umbeUattun 

 Pursh ; L. lanceolatum Fitzpatrick.) Rich soil of prairies, and in bogs, Ont. 

 and O. to Ark., and north westw. 



2. L. Catesbaei Walt. (SOUTHERN RED L.) Leaves linear-lanceolate, 

 scattered ; flower solitary, open-bell-shaped, the large and long-clawed divisions 

 of the perianth wavy on the margin and recurved at the caudate-attenuate sum- 

 mit, scarlet, spotted with dark purple and yellow inside ; bulb-scales thin, narrow 

 and leaf-bearing. Pine-barrens, N. C. to Fla., w. to "Ky.," "s. 111.," and 

 " Mo." 



* * Flowers nodding; sepals sessile ; bulbs rhizomatous. 



3. L. superbum L. (TURK'S-CAP L.) Stein 9-23 dm. high ; lower leaves 

 whorled, lanceolate, attenuate at both ends, 3-nerved, smooth ; flowers (3-4U) in 

 a pyramidal raceme ; perianth-divisions (7-8 cm. long) strongly revolute, orange, 

 with numerous dark purple spots inside. Rich low grounds, N. B. to Va., w. 

 to Minn, and Mo. 



4. L. carolinianum Michx. Nearly related to the preceding and -with very 

 similar flowers ; stem 4-7 dm. high, 1-3 flowered ; leaves obovate to oblanceo- 

 late, obtusish or short-acuminate. Borders of mountain woods, Va. {Small), 

 and south w. 



5. L. canadense L. (WILD YELLOW L.) Stem 6-20 dm. high ; leaves 

 remotely whorled, lanceolate, strongly 3-nerved, the margins and nerves nni^h; 

 flowers long-peduncled, narrowly bell-shaped, the perianth-dirisions (5-8 cm. 

 long) recurved-spreading above, yellow or orange, usually spotted with brown. 

 Moist meadows and bogs, e. Que. to Ga., w. to Mo., Minn., and Ont. 



6. L. Griyi Wats. Stems 6-9 dm. high ; leaves in whorls of 4-8, lanceo- 

 late, acute or slightly acuminate, smooth ; flowers 1 or 2, nearly horizontal, the 

 perianth-divisions (3.5-6 cm. long) but little spreading above the rather broad 

 base, rather abruptly acute, deep reddish-orange, thickly spotted within. Peaks 

 of Otter, Va., and south w. in the mts. to N. C. 



7. L. TIGRINTM Ker. (TIGER L.) Tall, pubescent above; Iran's *<;irt> rl, 

 narrowly lanceolate, dark green, 5-7-nerved, the upper axils bulbiferous ; flowers 

 large, resembling those of L. superbum. An escape from gardens. (Introd. 

 from E. Asia.) 



