LILT FAMILY* 345 



21. LILIUM, LILY. (The classical Latin name, from the Greek.) All, 

 including our four wild Lilies, more or less commonly cultivated : fl. summer. 



1. Flowers erect, orange or orange-red, of bell-shaped outline, the divisions widely 

 separate and on slender claws : no bulblets in the axils of the leaves. Wild 

 species of sandy soiL 



L. Philadelphia um, WILD ORANGE-RED LILY. Chiefly N. & W. : 

 l-2 high, with lanceolate or lance-linear leaves nearly all in whorls of 5-8, 

 and 1-3 open-bell-shaped reddish-orange flowers, 2' -3' long, spotted inside 

 with dark purple. 



L. Catesbsei, SOUTHER* KED L. Chiefly S. : l-2 high, with scattered 

 linear-lanceolate leaves, a solitary and larger nearly scarlet flower ; the oblong- 

 lanceolate divisions wavy-margined, recurving above, 3' -4' long, with very 

 slender claws, within crimson-spotted on a yellow ground. 



2. Flowers erect, orange; the oblong divisions without claws, conniving at the 

 broad base, the upper part spreading. 



L. bulbiferum, BULBLET-BEARING L. Cult, in old gardens, from Europe : 

 l- 3 high, producing bulblets in the axils of the lanceolate irregularly scat- 

 tered leaves, and few reddish-orange flowers, the divisions 2' -2^' long, with 

 some rough brownish projections at base inside, but hardly spotted. 



3. Flowers nodding ; the divisions without claws, rolled back, mostly dotted inside. 

 * Bulblets in the axils of the leaves. 



L. tigrinum, TIGER BULBLET-BEARING L. Cult, from China: stem 

 4 -5 high, cottony; leaves lanceolate, scattered; flowers panicled, numerous, 

 very showy, orange-red, the divisions about 4' long, black-spotted inside. 



# * No bulblets in the axils. 



- Wild species of the country in moist meadows and bogs : flowers orange or 

 orange-red, strongly dark-spotted inside. 



L. Canadense, CANADA L. Stem 2 -5 high, bearing few or several 

 long-peduncled flowers ; leaves lanceolate, all in whorls, their edges and nerves 

 minutely rough; divisions of the flower 2' -3' long, recurved-sprcading above 

 the middle. 



L. superbum, AMERICAN TURK'S CAP L. Stem 3' - 7' high, bearing few 

 or many flowers in a pyramidal panicle: leaves lanceolate, smooth, imperfectly 

 whorled or many of them scattered; divisions of the flower strongly rolled 

 backwards, about 3' long. 



L. Carolinianum, CAROLINA L., in the low country S., appears to be a 

 variety of the above, 2 - 3 high, with broader leaves and only 1 - 3 flowers 

 more variegated with yellow. 



*- H Cultivated species from the Old World. 



L. Pompbnium, TURBAN L., of Europe : slender, with scattered and 

 crowded lance-linear or lance-awl-shaped leaves, and several small orange-red or 

 scarlet (rarely white) flowers, their lanceolate acute divisions somewhat bearded 

 inside. This and the next small-flowered, and not common in gardens. 



L. Chalcedonicum, KED L. of Palestine and throughout the East ; 

 stem thickly beset with scattered narrow lance-linear erect leaves, their margins 

 rough-pubescent ; flowers several, scarlet or vermilion, the divisions bearded 

 towards the base within, not spotted. 



L. Martagon, TURK'S CAP or MARTAGON L., of Europe: 3 -5 high, 

 with lance-oblong leaves in whorls, their edges rough, and a panicle of rather 

 small but showy light violet-purple or flesh-color (rarely white) flowers dotted 

 with small brown-purple spots. 



L. specibsum, of Japan : stem l-3 high ; leaves scattered, lance-ovate 

 or oblong, pointed, slightly petioled ; flowers few, odorpus, the strongly revo- 

 lute divisions about 5' long, white or pale rose-color, with prominent purple 

 warty projections inside : now of many varieties. 



L. auratum, GOLDKN-BANDED L., Of Japan : stem l-2 high: leaves 

 lanceolate, scattered ; flowers 1-3, barely nodding, sweet-scented, very large, 



