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L. CANADENSE. Ph. Leaves remotely verticillatc; peduncles long; flowejs nodding; petals lanceolate. 



Vulgo— Wild Lily. Canadian Lily. 



Fl. Beginning of July. Fr. mat. 



Hob. Woodlands and meadows: frequent. About 2 feet high: flowe-.s yellowish orange. 



Ohs. This is a handsome species; the flowers are generally by two's or three's; but I have seen as many 

 as seven on -a single plant. 



L. sirPERBUM- Ph. Glabrous; lower leaves verticillate, the rest scattered; flowers in a pyramidal raceme* 



r^/g-o— Superb Lily. Turk's Cap. 



Fl. Latter end of July. Fr. mat. 



Hab. Moist clay grounds: Wilmington road. 3 to 5 feet hig-h: flowers orange-scarlet. 



Obs. This truly Superb Lily is not strictly a plant of this immediate vicinity; as I have not met with it 

 nearer than the alluvial land, towards Wihnington,— about 10 or 13 miles south of West-Chester. It would 

 be very desirable to have this splendid plant introduced into our gardens; but it is said to dwindle into com- 

 parative insignificance, when removed into an ungenial soil. 



137. ERYTHRONIUM. IVutt. Gen. 326. 

 [Gr. Erythros, red; in allusion to the purple stains, or spots, on the leaves.] 

 Cor. campanulate; petals 6, the 3 inner ones with a callous denture on each side, near the base. 



E. AMEUiCANUM. Ell- Style clavRte, 3 angled; leaves 2, oblong-lanceolate, spotted, involute at point. 

 Synon. E. lanceolatum. Ph. E. Dens canis. Mx. Fu/^o— Do-s-tooth Violet. Adder's tongue. 

 fl. Middle of April. Pr. mat. Latter end of May. 



Hab. Meadows, and low shaded grounds: frequent. 6 to 9 inches high: flowers yellow- 



Ohs. The seeds are ovate, and acuminate; but are incurved, so as to appear somewhat /um'./a««. This 

 plant IS a frequent companion ot the Panax trifolmm, in shaded places. 



138. UVULARIA. Nutt. Gen. 327. 



[Lat. l7ou/a, diminutive of Uoa, a grape; from a fancied resemblance in the inflorescence. De Theis.J 

 Cor. petals 6, erect, a cavity iii the claw of each. Fil- short. Stig. 3, long. Caps. 3 angled, 3 celled. 



U. perfoliata. Ell. Leavespeifoliate, elliptic, acute; petals tuberculate within; anthers awned. 



Vulgo — Perfoliate Eell-wort . 



Fl. Middle of May. Fr. mat. Middle of August. 



Hab. Woodlands, and meadov.'s: common. 9 to 18 inches high: flowers pale yellow. 



Obg. The leaves, so far as I have observed, are acute; and not o&tuse, as stated by Pursh, & otliers 

 Capsule turbinate, trigonous, truncate, the angles sulcate. 



U- sEssiLiFOLiA. Ell. Leaves sessile, lanccolate-ova!, glaucous beneath; capsule oval, sub-stipitate. 



Vulgo — Sessile-leaved Bell-wort. 



Fl. Middle of May. Fr. mat. Middle of August. 



Hab. Rich woodlands: frequent. About I foot high: flowers pale yellow. 



Obs. The stem of this species is pretty constantly bifid at summit— one of the branches bearing one flow- 

 er, and the other none; as is well remark-jd by Michaux and Elliott. Can^isle oval, tn.^uetjous, acute at 

 «achend; angles prominent and shai p. 



139. SMII-ACTNA. Nutt. Gen. 330. 



[Fabricated i:rom the generic name, &,nilax; and decidedly condemned by Dr. Smith, Ciichpcecl.] 



CoR. (i parted, spreading. FUam. divergent, inserted at the base of the corolla-segments. Berry globose, 



S. R.\CEAiosA. Ell. Leaves sessile, oblong-oval, acuminate; flowers in a terminal racemose p.^nicle 

 Synon. Convallaria raceniosa. mUd. Muhl. Mx. Sic. T'a/g-o— Wild Spikenard. 

 Fl. Middle of May. Fr. uiat. Middle of September. 



Jlah. Fence-rows, meadow bar.k=. wooillands.icc. fiequr^nt. J to 2 feet high: ilowtrs Tellowish white. 

 Ohs. Ti\t berries arc handsomely speckled with red, when ripe; and are not urigratufal to tlie taste, 



S. eAX.A.DENSis. Ph. Tatrandrous; leaves 2, rarely !'., toidi.te- oblong, subsessile; raceme simple, terminal- 



flynnn. Convallaria bifoiia. tViUd. Muhl. M.c. ice. 



^Y. Latter end ci Maj'. Fr. r,iat. 



ITab. Along a shaded rivulet >y. W. of Geo. Vernon".s; rare. 4 toG inchesLi^h: flowers wl.!tc. 



OJ.5. This liule plant grow^ plnUiiully along a rivr.Iet bf low George Vernon's mfadow, on the Bairpns— 

 Where !t was dete.'.tpd by tbf* laie Dr. V.-rnon, whilst » student with me: but 1 have n..-ver met with u clse- 

 WlK-rc , ill nH tl'i* region ni Penns'lvinia. 



