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POPULAR FLORA. 



Liily. Lilium. 

 * Foreign species, everywhere cultivated. 



1. White Lily. Leaves lance-shaped, scattered along the stem; flowers erect; perianth bell-shaped, 



white, smooth inside. L. album. 



2. BuLB-BEAEiNG L. Leaves lance-shaped, scattered along the tall stem, producing bulblets in their 



axils; flowers several, erect; perianth open-bell-shaped, orange-yellow, rough inside. L. bulbijh'um. 

 * * Wild species : flowers orange-colored, reddish, or yellow. 



3. Wild Orange L. Stem 1° to 3° high, bearing scattered (or sometimes whorled) lance-linear leaves 



and 1 to 3 erect reddish-orange open-bell-shaped flowers, the 6 lance-shaped divisions narrowed at 

 the base into claws, purplish -spotted inside. Common in light or sandy soil. L. PhiladelpMcum. 



4. Wild Yellow L. Stem 2° to 4° high, bearing distant whorls of lance-shaped leaves and a few 



nodding flowers on slender peduncles; perianth yellow or orange, with brown spots inside, bell- 

 shaped with the divisions spreading or recurved to the middle. Moist meadows, and along streams. 

 (Fig. 1.) L. Canadense. 



5. SuPEKB or Tuek's-cap L. Stem 4° to 7° high, only the lower leaves in whorls; flowers many, 



bright orange or reddish, with strong brown-purple spots inside, more recurved and larger than the 

 last, but very much Uke it. Rich low grounds. L. superhum. 



Dogtooth Violet. Erythrbnium. 



1. Yellow D. or Adder's-tongue. Leaves oblong-lance-shaped, pale-dotted, much blotched; 



flower pale yellow ; style club- 

 shaped, stout; stigmas united. 

 Moist grounds : fl. in early 

 spring. E. Americanum. 



2. White D. Flower white or 



bluish; the style less thick 

 than in No. 1. Rather com- 

 mon W. E. dlbidum. 



3. Eceopean D. Leaves ovate 



or oblong, scarcely spotted; 

 flowers purple or rose-color; 

 style thread-shaped and not 

 thickened upwards; stigmas 

 separate. Cultivated ; not 

 common. E. Dens-canis. 



509. Yellow Dogtooth-Violet. 



510. The bulb. 



511. Perianth laid open, and stamens. 



512. The pistil, enlarged. 



513. Lower half of a pod, cut across and 



magnified. 



