LILIACE^E. (LILY FAMILY.) 529 



21. IifLIUM, L. LILY. 



Perianth funnel-form or bell-shaped, colored, of 6 distinct sepals, spreading 

 or recurved above, with a honey-bearing furrow at the base, deciduous ; the 6 

 stamens somewhat adhering to their bases. Anthers linear, extrorsely at- 

 tached near the middle to the tapering apex of the long filament, which is at 

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

 introrse line. Style elongated, somewhat club-shaped ; stigma 3-lobed. Cap- 

 sule 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 narrow sessile leaves, 

 and from one to several large and showy flowers ; in summer. (The classical 

 Latin name, from the Greek \efpiov.) 



* Flowers erect, the sepals narrowed below into claws ; bulbs not rhizomatous. 



1. L. Philad61phicum, L. (WILD ORANGE-RED LILY. WOOD LILY.) 

 Stem 2-3 high; leaves linear-lanceolate-, whorled or scattered ; flowers (2 -4' 

 long) 1-3, open-bell-shaped, reddish-orange spotted with purplish inside; the 

 lanceolate sepals not recurved at the summit; bulb of thick fleshy jointed 

 scales. Dry or sandy ground, N. Eng. to N. C., west to Minn, and Mo. 



2. L. Catesbsei, Walt. (SOUTHERN RED LILY.) Leaves linear-lan- 

 ceolate, scattered ; 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 ; bulb-scales thin, narrow and leaf-bearing. Pine-barrens, 

 N. C. to Fla., west to Ky. and Mo. 



* * Flowers nodding, the sepals sessile ; bulbs rhizomatous. 



3. L. sup^rbum, L. (TURK'S-CAP LILY.) Stem 3-7 high; lower 

 leaves whorled, lanceolate, pointed, 3-nerved, smooth ; flowers (3' long) often 

 many (3 - 20 or 40) in a pyramidal raceme ; sepals strongly revolute, bright 

 orange, with numerous dark purple spots inside. Rich low grounds, N. 

 Brunswick to Ga., west to Minn, and Mo. 



4. L. Canadense, L. (WILD YELLOW LILY.) Stem 2-7 high ; leaves 

 remotely whorled, lanceolate, strongly 3-nerved, the margins and nerves rough ; 

 flowers few (2-3' long), long-peduncled, oblong-bell-shaped, the sepals re- 

 curved-spreading above, yellow or orange, usually spotted with brown. Moist 

 meadows and bogs, N. Brunswick to Ga., west to Minn, and Mo. 



5. L. Grayi, Watson. Stems 2-3 high; leaves in whorls of 4-8, lan- 

 ceolate, acute or slightly acuminate, smooth ; flowers 1 or 2, nearly horizon 

 ial, the sepals (1^-2^ long) but little spreading above the rather broad base, 

 rather abruptly acute, deep reddish orange, thickly spotted within. Peaks 

 of Otter, Va., and southward in the mountains to N. C. 



L. TIGRINUM, Ker. (TIGER LILY.) Tall, pubescent above ; leaves scat- 

 tered, narrowly lanceolate, dark green, 5 - 7-nerved, the upper axils bulbifer- 

 ous ; flowers large, resembling those of L. superbum. An escape from 

 gardens. (Adv. from E. Asia.) 



22. MEDEOLA, Gronov. INDIAN CUCUMBER-ROOT. 



Perianth recurved, the 3 sepals and 3 petals oblong and alike (pale greenish- 

 yellow), deciduous. Stamens 6 ; anthers shorter than the slender filaments, 

 oblong, extrorsely attached above the base, but the line of dehiscence of the 



