LILY FAMILY. 



2. Lilium umbellatum Pursh. Western 

 Red Lily. (Fig. 1004.) 



Lilium andinum Nutt. Fras. Cat. Without description 



1813. 

 Lilium umbellatum Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 229. 1814. 



Bulb similar to that of the preceding species, the 

 stem usually more slender, i-2 tall. Leaves linear, 

 blunt or the upper acute, ascending, or sometimes 

 appressed, i'-3" long, 1"-*%" wide, all alternate or 

 the uppermost verticillate, their margins finely rough- 

 ened; flowers 1-3, erect, *'-$' high; perianth-seg- 

 ments red, orange or yellow, narrowed into the claw, 

 acute, spotted 'below, the claw shorter than the blade; 

 capsule oblong, 3 '-4' long, about 8" thick; seeds like 

 those of L. Philadelphicum. 



In dry soil, Ohio to Minnesota and the Nortlnvi-st Tt r 

 ritory, south to Missouri, Arkansas and Colorado. A-* 

 cends to 4000 ft. in the Black Hills. June-July. 



4. Lilium Canadense L. 



Lilium Canadense L. Sp. PI. 303. 1753. 



Bulbs subglobose, i / -2 / in diameter, borne on 

 a stout rootstock, composed of numerous thick 

 white scales. Stem 2-5 tall, slender or stout; 

 leaves lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, verticil- 

 late in 4's-io's or some of them alternate, acu- 

 minate, 2 / -6 / long, $"-\$" wide, finely rough- 

 ened on the margins and on the veins beneath; 

 flowers 1-16, nodding on long peduncles; pedun- 

 cles sometimes bearing a small leaf-like bract; 

 perianth-segments 2 / -3 / long, yellow or red, 

 usually thickly spotted below, recurved or 

 spreading, not clawed; capsule oblong, erect, 

 i/ / -2 / long. 



In swamps, meadows and fields, Nova Scotia to 

 Ontario and Minnesota, south to Georgia, Alabama 

 and Missouri. Ascends to 6000 ft. in North Caro- 

 lina. Red-flowered forms with slightly spreading 

 perianth-segments resemble the following species, 

 and forms with strongly recurved segments, L. 

 superbum. June-July. 



3. Lilium Catesbaei Walt. Southern 

 Red Lily. (Fig. 1005.) 



Lilium Catcshaei Walt. Fl. Car. 123. 1788. 



Bulb #'-i' high, composed of narrow leaf-bear- 

 ing scales, their leaves narrowly linear, 2'-+' long, 

 often falling away before the plant flowers. Stem 

 slender, i-2 high; stem leaves all alternate, nar- 

 rowly linear or linear lanceolate, acute or acumi- 

 nate, erect or appressed, i'~3' long, I "-3" wide; 

 flower (always?) solitary, erect; perianth-segment* 

 scarlet with a yellow purple-spotted base and a 

 slender claw, spreading or somewhat recurvd ! 

 5' long, Ji'-i' \viile, long-acuminate, wavy-mar- 

 gined; capsule i' high or less; seeds a"-3" long. 



In moist pine barrens. North Carolina to Florida and 

 Alabama. Reported from Kentucky and MiMonri. 



July-Aug. 



Wild Yellow Lily. Canada Lily. . Fig. 1006.) 



