108 WILD FLOWERS AND FRUITS 



FIRE PINK (Silene Virginica). Pink family. 



Max. ht. 2 ft.; gummy -hairy ; flowers (scarlet) 

 few; petals 5, 2-cleft; leaves lance-shaped. Woods. 

 Summer. New York, South and West. 



2. Leaves opposite, plant climbing. 



TRUMPET HONEYSUCKLE (Lonicera sempervirens] . 



Honeysuckle family. 



Climbing; flowers without stalks, in whorled 

 clusters, red outside, yellow inside; corolla trumpet- 

 shaped; stamens projecting; leaves oblong, lower 

 with stalks, upper pairs confluent. Thickets. 

 Spring to autumn. 



II. LEAVES WHORLED. 

 3. Leaves whorled, flower solitary. 



WAKE-ROBIN (Trillium erectum). Lily family. 



Ht. abt. i ft.; flower large on stalk 1-3 in. long; 

 3 sepals; 3 petals; leaves (3) whorled, almost 

 without stalks. Rich woods. Spring. 



WOOD LILY (Lilium Philadelphicum) . Lily family. 



Max. ht. 3 ft.; flower at top of stem, large, with 

 six sepals, red, purple-spotted inside, long-clawed; 

 stamens 6; leaves 4-6 in whorl. Dry ground. 

 Summer. (See Colored Plate II). 



TRILLIUM SESSILE. Lily family. 



Similar but flowers without stalks. Moist woods. 

 Penn., South and West. 



4. Leaves whorled, flowers not solitary. 



TURK'S-CAP LILY (Lilium superbum}. Lily family. 



Ht. several ft.; flowers (3 in. long) often many in 

 cluster, drooping, sepals 6, curved back; stamens 

 6; leaves whorled, lance-shaped, pointed. Rich 

 ground. 



