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THE KINDS OF PLANTS 



429. Lilium 

 PMladelpliicuin . 



aa. Flowers in shades of yellow or orange. 



L. Philadelphicum, Linn. Fig. 429. Flowers 1 to 3, erect, 2-3 in. long, 

 orange-red and spotted, the divisions separate: leaves whorled. Dry soil. 

 L. Canadense, Linn. Two to 5 ft., with leaves in whorls 

 and bulbs producing rhizomes or runners: fls. several or 

 many, erect or horizontal on long stalks, the divisions 

 spreading above the middle, orange or red and spotted. 

 Meadows and swales. 



L. superbum, Linn. Fig. 430. Very tall, bearing several 

 or many nodding red-orange spotted flowers in a panicle, 

 the segments all pointing backwards. Meadows and low 

 grounds. 



L. tigrinum, Andr. Tiger lily. Fig. 30. Four to 5 ft., 

 bearing a loose cottony covering on the stems: leaves ses- 

 sile, scattered, lanceolate : flowers many, 

 nodding in a panicle, oi-ange-red and black- 

 spotted, the divisions about 4 in. long and rolled back. 

 China and Japan ; old gardens. 



2. TtJLIPA. Tulip. 



Low bulbous plants with a few leaves near the ground 

 on the 1-flowered stem: flower large, erect, the 6 divisions 

 erect or flaring: capsule triangular. 



T. Gesneriana, Linn. Common tulip. Leaves 3-6, 

 broad : peduncle glabrous : divisions of the flower bi-oad 

 at the end, with a very short point in the center : late- 

 blooming tulips, originally from Asia Minor. 



T. suaveolens, Roth. Due Van Thol tulip. Early and dwarf, with 

 fewer leaves, downy peduncle, and acuminate segments. Caspian Sea; com- 

 mon in cultivation. 



3. ERYTHRONIUM. Dog's-tooth Violet. 



Low herbs with deep-seated conical bulbs, and scape 

 with 2 leaves near the ground: flower nodding, the 6 divi- 

 sions wide-spreading or recurved, the style long and club- 

 shaped. Blooming in earliest spring. 



E. Americanum, Smith. Common dog's-tooth violet, or 

 adder's tongue. Fig. 431. Leaves thickish, oblong-lance- 

 olate, mottled with purple : flower light yellow, nodding 

 on a stem 3-6 in. tall. Low grounds. 



E. albidum, Nutt. White adder's tongue. Leaves 

 scarcely mottled : flowers whitish. Low grounds. 



430. Lilium 

 superbum. 



431. Erythronium 

 Americanum. 



4. HYAClNTHUS. Hyacinth. 



Low plants, with large bulbs, producing many flowers in spikes or dense 



racemes on a short scape, the leaves arising directly from the bulb : 

 bell-shaped or funnelform, the 6 lobes spreading or curling back. 



flowers 



