342 ORDER 147. LILIACE.E. 



late, anth. broad-linear, deeply emarginate at base. Style very short, stig. 

 thick. Caps, oblong, triangular. U Herbs acaulesceut, with coated bulbs, 

 sessile leaves, and a simple scape bearing a solitary, erect flower. 

 T. GESNERIANA. Plant smooth; leaves ovate-lanceolate, near the ground; segments 

 very obtuse, endlessly variegated with red, yellow, and white. Persia. May, June. 



3. IiILIUM, L. LILY. Perianth bell-form, colored. Sep. 6, gradually 

 spreading or recurved, each with a longitudinal honey-groove within from 

 middle to base. Sta. shorter than the style, anth. versatile. Style clavate, 

 stig. 3-lobed. Caps, subtriangular. Seeds 2-rowed in each cell, it Bulbs 

 scaly. Steins leafy. Flowers large, showy. June August. 



* Native wild Lilies, with yellow, orange, or red, spotted, x nodding fls..Nos. 13 



x erect fls Nos. 4, 5 



* Exotic Lilies, cultivated, mostly hardy. Fls. nodding (except Nos. (i, 14) ... (a) 



a Stems bearing bulblets in the axils. Flowers orange-colored Nos. 6, 7 



a Stems never bulbifcrous. y Fls. white. Lvs. lanceolate, scattered. . . Nos. 8 10 

 y Fls. wh., varieg. and spotted, sweet.. . .Nos. 1113 



y Fls. yellow or straw-colored Nos. 14 Itt 



y Fls. red or purple Nos. 17 13 



1 lit Canadeuse L. Yellow L. Leaves mostly in whorls, lanceolate, the veins be- 



neath hairy; ped. terminal, mostly in 3's ; sepals gradually spreading, yellow to 

 orange, with purple spots inside. Meadows, mostly N. 2 5f. 



2 It. siiperfoum L. Turk's-cap. Leaves linear-lanceolate, acuminate, the lower 



whorled, upper scattered ; flowers often numerous, orange to red, spotted, the se- 

 pals revolute. Wet soils. 4 fif. Flowers 330. Plant splendid. 



3 Li. Carolinlinuni MX. Lvs. 1-veincd, oblanceolate, acuminate, tapering to the 



base, the upper whorled, the lower scattered ; sepals lance-linear, recurved (not revo- 

 lute), deep yellow spotted with purple. Swamps, S. 1J 3f. Flowers 13. 



4 Li. Philadelpliicum L. Lvs. lance-linear, the upper whorled, lower scattered ; 



fls. 1 3 ; sepals erect-spreading, lance-ovate, obtuse or barely acute, clawed, orange- 

 red, spotted at base, 2i' long. Dry pastures and copses. 15 20'. 



5 lit Catesba^i Walt. Lvs. all scattered, lance-oblong to linear ; flower solitary ; se- 



pals lanceolate, wavy, 3 4', the long claws yellow, lamina and long, thickened acu 

 mination scarlet, spotted with purple. Damp barrens, Md., and S. 2 3f. 



6 Li. BULBIFERUM. Fls. erect, rough inside, 2J' ; sep. sessile ; Ivs. 3-veined. 4f. Italy. 



7 It, TIGRINUM. Fls. nodding, spotted ; sep. sessile, 3i', rev. ; Ivs. 5-veined. 6f. China 



8 li CANDIDUM. P'ls. campanulate, several, smooth inside. From Persia. 3 4f. 



9 lit JAPONICUM. Fl. solitary, campanulate ; sep. revolute at apex. Japan. 2 3f. 



10 Li. LONGIFLORUM. Fls. solitary, tubular-bell-form ; sep. 5 6'. From Japan. If 

 1 1 Li. GIGANTEUM. Tall (8f ) ; fls. spicate, trumpet-form, white, with carmine lines 



1 2 L,. SPECIOSUM. Stem 2 3f ; leaves lance-ovate, scattered ; fls. 13, fragrant ; sepals 

 5', revoluto, white to roseate, with purple warty spots inside. Japan. Splendid. 



13 lit AURATUM. Stem 1 2f ; leaves lanceolate, scattered; fls. 1 3, fragrant; sepals 

 (J 7', spreading, white, with a yellow baud and purple spots. Japan. " Glorious." 



1 -I Li. CROCEUM. Lvs. some in 3's.lin. -falcate ; fls. erect, often umbellate, rough inside. 



1.7 L.. TESTACEUM. Lvs. whorled ? lanceolate, many; fls. several, large, straw-col, (if. 



I 6 Li. COLCHICUM. Lvs. crowded, lancc-lin. ; fls. sev., funnel-form ; sep. recurved. 2f. 



1 7 Li. POMPONIUM. Lvs. lin. to subulate, crowded ; fls. small, scarlet ; sep. rougji, revol. 



18 lit MARTAGON. Lvs. lance-oblong, whorled; fls. panicled, purple to roseate, revo- 

 lute, spotted. From Europe. 5f. [not spotted; sepals reflexed. Palestine. 3f. 



19 Li. CHALCEDONICUM. Lvs. lance-linear, crowded, erect, rough-edged ; fls. bright red, 



4. FRITILLARIA, Tourn. CHEQUERED LILY. Perianth canipanu- 



