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VIII. 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. 



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. 



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. 



IX. FRITILLARIA, Tourn. 



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. 



1. F. Meleagris, L. GUINEA-HEN FLOWER. Stem 1 ft. high. 

 Leaves linear, alternate, channeled. Flower usually single, large, 

 purplish, checkered with blue and purple or yellow. Cultivated 

 from Europe. 



2. F. imperialis, L. CROWN IMPERIAL. Stem 3-4 ft. high. Leaves 

 abundant in whorls about the middle or lower part of the stem, lan- 

 ceolate or lance-oblong. Flowers several, large, yellow or red, in an 

 umbel-like cluster beneath the terminal crown of leaves. Cultivated 

 from Asia. 



