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THE KINDS OF PLANTS 



429. Liliuni 

 Philadelphicu 



aa. Flowers in shades of yellow or orange. 



L. Pliilad61pliicum, Linn. Fig. 429. Flowers 1 to 3, erect, 2-3 in. long, 



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



L. Caiiad§nse, Linn. Two to 5 f t , with leaves in whorls 



and bulbs producing rhizomes or runners: fls. several or 



many, erect or horizontal on lone: stalks, the divisions 



spreading above the middle, orange or red and spotted. 



Meadows and swales. 



L. sup6rbum, 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 Vdij. Fig. 30. Four to 5 tt., 

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

 sile, scattered, lanceolate : flowers many, 

 nodding in a panicle, orange-red and black- 

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

 China and Japan ; old gardens. 



2. TtTLIPA. Tulip. 



Low bulbous plants with a few leaves near the ground 

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

 erect or flaring: capsule triangular. 



T. Gesneri^na, Linn. Common tulip. Leaves 3-6, 

 broad : peduncle glabrous : divisions of the flower broad 

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

 blooming tulips, originally from Asia Minor. 



T. suav^olens, Roth. Due Van Thol tulip. Early and dwarf, with 

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

 mon in cultivation. 



3. ERYTHRdNIUM. 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. Americ^num, Smith. Common dog's-tooth violet, or 

 adder's tongue. Fig. 43L Leaves thickish, oblong-lance- 

 olate, mottled with purple : flower light yellow, nodding 

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



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

 Americjinum. scarcely mottled : flowers whitish. Low grounds. 



4. HYAClNTHUS. nvACiNTH. 



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

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

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



431. Erythroiiium 



