444 LILY FAMILY. 



- H- Leaves short-stalked. 



L. specidsum, Thunb. Stem l-3 high ; leaves scattered, lance-ovate 

 or oblong, pointed, slightly petioled j flowers few, odorous, the strongly 

 revolute divisions about 5' long, white or pale rose-color, with prominent 

 purple warty projections inside ; now of many varieties. Japan. 



L. auratum, Lindl. GOLDEN-BANDED L. Japan; stem l-2 high; 

 leaves lanceolate, scattered ; liowers 1-3, barely nodding, sweet-scented, 

 very large, the ovate-lanceolate divisions 6' or more long, spreading almost 

 from the base and the tips revolute, white, with a light yellow band down 

 the middle of the upper face, which is spotted all over with prominent 

 purple spots and rough with bristly projections near the base ; one of the 

 most showy species, in many forms. 



* * * Perianth open and erect, the segments falcate-expanded (rarely 



somewhat revolute) ; flowers orange or scarlet. 



- Leaves mostly verticillate. 



L. Philad^lphicum, Linn. WILD ORANGE-RED LILY. Dry land, 

 N. Eng., W. and S.; l-2 high, with lanceolate or lance-linear leaves 

 nearly all in whorls of 5-8, and 1-3 open-bell-shaped, reddish-orange 

 flowers 2'-3' long, spotted inside with dark purple, the divisions widely 

 separate and on slender claws. 



*- -i- Leaves few or scattered. 

 ++ Stem slender, terete, and glabrous. 



L. Catesbsei, Walt. SOUTHERN RED L. l-2 high, with scattered, 

 linear-lanceolate leaves, a solitary and large, nearly scarlet flower; the 

 oblong-lanceolate divisions wavy-margined, recurving above, 3'-4' long, 

 with very slender claws, crimson-spotted on a yellow ground within. Pine 

 barrens, N. Car. and Mo., S. 



*+ -w Stem stouter, furrowed, mostly loosely cobwebby. 



L. bulbiferum, Linn. BULBLET-BEARING L. Cult, in old gardens, from 

 Eu.; l-3 high, producing bulblets in the axils of the lanceolate irregu- 

 larly scattered leaves, and few reddish-orange flowers, the divisions 2'-2' 

 long, with some rough brownish projections inside at base, but hardly 

 spotted, without claws, conniving at the broad base, the upper part 

 spreading. 



L. crbceum, Chaix. Stem 3-6, purple-spotted above, the 3-5-nerved 

 leaves linear and squarose ; flowers (in cult, forms) several in a deltoid- 

 umbellate raceme, the segments 2'-3' long, exterior ones oblong-lanceo- 

 late with a spatulate base, interior ones ovate-lanceolate with a distinctly 

 clawed base, all of a beautiful golden color and scarlet-tinted. Eu. Once 

 common in gardens. 



L. elegans, Thunb. A Japanese Lily, now much cultivated under a 

 variety of forms and names ; stem often only 1 high, with broad (!' wide) 

 leaves 5-7-nerved, lanceolate ; flowers 1-4 and terminal, expanding to 5' 

 or 6' across, the oblong-spatulate, obtuse segments 3'-4' long, all (in the 

 type) pale scarlet, red, and not spotted. 



* # # * Perianth very open or spreading, erect, with strongly reflexed seg- 



ments ; flowers mostly in colors. 



*- Leaves verticillate. 

 M- Bulbs producing rhizomes. 



L. Canad^nse, Linn. CANADA L. Rhizomes slender; stem 2-5 

 high, bearing few or several long-peduncled flowers ; leaves lanceolate, 

 all in remote whorls, their edges and nerves minutely rough ; divisions 



