532 LILIACE.E. (lily FAMILY.) 



20. LILIUM, L. Lily. 



Perianth fiinnol-form or l)ell-^liui)i.'cl, colored, of 6 distinct sepals, spreading of 

 recurved above, witii a honey-bearing furrow at the base, deciduous ; tiic 6 sta- 

 mens soniewliat adhering to their bases. Antliers linear, extrorsely inserted 

 towards tlie middle to the tapering apex of the long Hlanient, which is at fi^ 

 included, at length versatile; the cells dehiscent by a lateral or slightly introrsc 

 line. Style elongated, somewhat club-shaped : stigma 3-lobed. Pod oblong, 

 containing numerous flat and horizontal (depressed) soft-coated seeds densely 

 packed in 2 rows in each cell. — Bulbs scaly, producing simple stems, with 

 numerous alternate-scattered or whorled short and sessile leaves, and from one 

 to several large and showy flowers; in summer. (The classical Latin name, 

 from the Greek Xei'/jtoj'.) 



* Flowers erect, hcU-shapKl, the sepals narrowed heloiu into claivs. 



1. L. Philadelphicum, L. (Wild Okange-keu Lily.) Lcnres lin- 

 ear-lanceolule ; t/ie upper cldijlij in w/iorls of 5 to 8; flowers I -3, open-bell-shapeti, 

 reddish-oraiif/e spotted with pur|)Iish inside ; the lanceolate sepals not recurved 

 at the summit. — Dry or sandy ground: common. — Stem 2° -3° high: the 

 flower 2V long. 



2. L. Catesbaei, Walt. (Solthern Rkd Lily.) Leaves linear-lanceo- 

 late, scutturcd ; flower solitary, open-bell-shaped, the long-clawed sepals wavy on 

 the margin and recurved at the summit, scarlet, spotted with dark purple and 

 yellow inside. — Low sandy soil, Pennsylvania? to Kentucky and southward. 



* * Flowers noddinij, bell-shaped, the sessile sepals revoliite. 



3. L. Canadense, L. (Wild Yellow Lily.) Leai-es remotely whorled, 

 lanceolate, strongly 3-nerved, the margins and nerves rough, flowers few, long- 

 peduncled, oblong-bell-shapcd, the sepals recur ved-sprendim] above the middle, 

 orange-spotted inside with brown. — Moist meadows and bogs, especially 

 northward. — Stem 2° -5° high. Flower 2' -3' long. 



4. L. sup6rbum, L. (Thrk's-cap Lily.) Loiver leaves ivhorlcd, lan- 

 ceolate, pointed, 3-nerved, smooth ; flowers often many (3 - 20 or 40) in a pyram- 

 idal raceme ; sepals slronfjli/ revolnte, bright orange, with numerous dark purple 

 spots inside. — Hich low grounds. — Stem 3° -7° high: sepuls 3' long. L. 

 ("aroliniannm, Mlchr., apparently belongs to this species, which also probably 

 passes into the preceding. 



21. ERYTHRONIUM, L Dog's tooth Violet. 



Perianth lilj-likc, of G distinct liinccolate sepals, recurved or spreading above, 

 deciduous, the 3 inner usually with a callous tooth on each side of the erect base, 

 and a groove in the middle. Filaments 6, awl-shaped : anthers oblong-linear, con- 

 tinuing erect. Style elongated. Pod obovate, contracted at the base, 3-valved, 

 loculicidal. Seeds rather numerous, ovoid, with a loose, mcmhranaeeons tip. — 

 Nearly stemless herbs, with two smooth and shining flat leaves tapering into 

 petioles and sheathing the base of the commonly one-flowered scape, rising 

 from a deep solid-scaly bulb. Flowers rather large, nodding, in spring. (Name 

 from fpvOpik, red, which is inappropriate as respects the American species.) 



