108 WILD FLOWERS AND FRUITS 



Fire Pink {Silene Virginicd). Pink family. 



Max. lit. 2 ft.; gummy-liairy ; fiowers (scarlet) 

 few; petals 5, 2-cleft; leaves lance-shaped. Woods. 

 Summer. New York, South and W^est. 



2. Leaves opposite, plant climbing. 



Trumpet IIoneysuckle {Lonicera sempervirens) . 

 Honeysuckle family. 

 Climbing; flowers without stalks, in whorled 

 clusters, red outside, yellow inside ; corolla trumpet- 

 shaped; stamens projecting; leaves oblong, lower 

 with stalks, upper pairs confluent. Thickets. 

 Spring to autumn. 



II. LEAVES WHORLED. 



3. Leaves whorled, flower solitary. 



Wake-robin {Trillium erectmn). Lily family. 



Ht. abt. I ft.; flower large on stalk 1-3 in. long; 

 3 sepals; 3 petals; leaves (3) whorled, almost 

 without stalks. Rich woods. Spring. 



Wood Lily {Lilium Pkiladelphicum) . lAly family. 



Max. ht. 3 ft.; flower at top of stem, large, with 

 six sepals, red, purple-spotted inside, long-clawed; 

 stamens 6; leaves 4-6 in whorl. Dry grovmd. 

 Summer. (See Colored Plate II). 



Trillium sessile. Lily family. 



Similar but flowers without stalks. Moist woods. 

 Penn., South and W^est. 



4. Leaves whorled, flowers not solitary. 



Turk's-cap Lily {Lilium superbum). Lily family. 



Ht. several ft.; fiow^ers (3 in. long) often many in 

 cluster, drooping, sepals 6, curved back; stamens 

 6; leaves whorled, lance-shaped, pointed. Rich 

 ground. 



