36 KEY AND FLORA 



1. H. fulva L. DAY LILY. Scapes stout, branched above, with a 

 few bract-like leaves, smooth, 3-5 ft. high. Leaves very long, strap- 

 shaped, acute, channeled. Flowers short-pediceled, tawny-yellow ; 

 perianth lobes oblong, netted-veined, lasting only one day. Intro- 

 duced from Asia and common in old gardens.* 



IX. LILIUM L. 



Perennial, from scaly bulbs ; stem erect, leafy, usually tall 

 and slender. Leaves sessile, scattered or whorled. Flowers 

 large, erect or drooping. Perianth corolla-like, deciduous; 

 segments 6, spreading or recurved above, sessile or clawed, 

 each with a nectar-bearing groove near the base. Stamens 6, 

 elongated; anthers linear, versatile. Ovary 3-celled, many- 

 ovuled ; style long and slender ; stigma 3-lobed. Fruit a 3- 

 celled, dehiscent, many-seeded capsule. 



1. L. longiflorum Thunb. LONG-FLOWERED WHITE LILY. Stem 

 1-3 ft. high. Leaves thick, lanceolate, scattered. Flower single, 

 pure white, funnel-shaped, 5-6 in. long. Var. eximium, the Easter 

 lily, bears several very showy and sweet-scented flowers. Cultivated 

 from China and Japan. 



2. L. philadelphicum L. WILD RED LILY. Stem 2-3 ft. high. 

 Leaves linear-lanceolate, the upper ones generally whorled. Flower 

 usually solitary (sometimes 2 or 3), erect, reddish-orange, with 

 tawny or purplish spots inside. Sepals with claws. Dry or sandy 

 ground, borders of thickets, etc. 



Yar. andinum Ker. WESTERN RED LILY. Stem rather slender. 

 Leaves linear, all alternate or the upper ones whorled. Flowers 1-3, 

 erect. Segments of the perianth red, orange, or yellow, spotted 

 beneath, the claw shorter than the blade. In dry soil W. 



3. L. canadense L. WILD YELLOW LILY, MEADOW LILY. Stem 

 2-5 ft. high. Leaves lanceolate, 3-nerved, the margins and nerves 

 roughish with short hairs, whorled. Flowers usually 3, sometimes 

 more numerous, all nodding, on peduncles 3-6 in. long, yellow or 

 orange, with dark purple or brown spots inside. Sepals without 

 claws, recurved. Moist meadows and borders of woods. 



X. FRITILLARIA L. 



Leafy-stemmed perennials, from scaly or coated bulbs. 

 Flowers single or several, nodding. Perianth bell-shaped, a 

 nectar-bearing spot above the base of each division. Stamens 

 as long as the petals. 



