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of the flower 2'-3' long, recurved-spreading abovo the middle ; capsule 

 top-shaped and obtuse ; moist meadows ; the commonest wild Lily N. 



L. sup^rbum, Linn. AMERICAN TURK'S-CAP L. Stem 3'-7' high, 

 bearing few or many flowers in a pyramidal panicle ; leaves lanceolate, 

 smooth, lower ones whorled, scattered ; divisions of the flower strongly 

 rolled backwards, about 3' long. 



Var. Carolinidnum, Chapm. In the low country S ; 2-3 high, with 

 broader leaves and only 1-3 flowers more variegated with yellow. 



L. parc/allnum, Kellogg. Rhizomes thick' and branching; leaves flat 

 and smooth, narrowly lanceolate to linear, the middle ones in whorls of 

 9-15 ; flowers 3-6 in a corymb or lax umbel, bright orange-red and lighter 

 yellow in the center, 2'-3' long, the segments strongly revolute ; capsule 

 oblong and acutish. Central Cal., N. ; cult, in various forms. 



M- -M- Bulbs not rhizomatous. 



L Humbo/dtii, Roezl. & Leicht. Cal. ; a handsome species 4-5 high, 

 with red-spotted stems ; leaves in a few 10-15-leaved whorls, oblanceo- 

 late, undulate and somewhat scabrous ; flowers several or many in a deltoid 

 panicle, 3'-4' long, reddish-orange, the acute segments strongly revolute 

 and the outer ones narrowed abruptly into a short broad claw. 



L. Mfirtagon, Linn. TURK'S-CAP or MARTAGON L. Eu.; 3-5 high, 

 with lance-oblong leaves in whorls, their edges rough, and a panicle of 

 rather small but showy, light violet-purple or flesh-color (rarely white) 

 flowers, dotted with small, brown- purple spots. 



-- -i- Leaves few or scattered. 

 w- Lanceolate many-nerved leaves. 



L monadelphum, M. Bieb. Variable species from the Caucasus and 

 Persia ; 3-5 high, stout ; leaves ciliate, ascending ; flowers bright pale 

 yellow, with light red at the base, 2'-4' long, 20-30 of them in a tall 

 pyramidal cluster. Grown also as L. COLCHICUM and L. SzovfrsiANUM. 



M. +* Narrow-linear 1- or few-nerved leaves. 



L. testaceum, Lindl. Unknown wild, and probably a hybrid of L. can- 

 didum and L. Chalcedonicum ; stem 4-6 high, furrowed, lightly brown- 

 puberulent; leaves many, ascending, obscurely 3-5-nerved, the margins 

 often whitish-puberulent ; flowers yellow tinged with dull red, 2 '-3' long, 

 3-10 of them in a thyrsoid raceme, the broad (f '-!') segments minutely 

 red-punctate near the base and strongly revolute. 



L. Pompdnium, Linn. TURBAN L. Eu.; slender, with scattered and 

 crowded lance-linear or lance-awl-shaped leaves, and several small orange- 

 red or scarlet (rarely white) flowers, their lanceolate acute divisions some- 

 what bearded inside. This and the next small-flowered, and not common 

 in gardens. 



L. Chalceddnicum, Linn. RED L. Stem thickly beset with scattered, 

 narrow, lance-linear, erect leaves, their margins rough-pubescent ; flowers 

 several, scarlet or vermilion, the narrow divisions bearded towards the 

 base within, not spotted. Southeastern Eu. 



26. FRITILLARIA. (Latin : fritillus, a dice-box, from the shape of 

 the flower, which differs from a Lily in its more cup-shaped outline, the 

 divisions not spreading.) Flowers spring. 



F. Meleagris, Linn. GUINEA-HEN FLOWER. Cult, from Eu. ; 1 high, 

 with linear alternate leaves, mostly solitary terminal flower purplish, 

 tessellated with blue and purple or whitish ; the honey-bearing spot 

 narrow. 



F. imperialism Linn. CROWN-IMPERIAL. Cult, from Asia ; a stately 

 herb of early spring, 3-4 high, rather thickly beset along the middle 



