484 LILIACE^E. (LILY FAMILY.) 



slender : anthers oblong-linear, erect. Style slender : stigma 3-lobed. Capsule 

 obovate, 3-angled, many-seeded. Seeds ovoid, with a loose membranaceous 

 appendage at the apex, Low herbs from a scaly bulb. Stems low, scape-like, 

 bearing near the middle a pair of oblong spotted sheathing leaves, and at tho 

 apex a single nodding flower. 



1 . E. Americanum, Smith. Bulbs deep, the younger ones bearing only 

 a single leaf; leaves lanceolate or oblong, tapering into the sheathing base, va- 

 riegated with pale and deep green; flowers (!' long) yellow, spotted near the 

 base; style club-shaped, 3-angled; stigma obscurely 3-lobed. Rich woods, 

 Middle Florida, and northward. Feb. and March. 



9. LILIUM, L. LILT. 



Perianth corolla-like, 6-leaved, deciduous, the leaves spreading or recurved 

 above, sessile or clawed, with a nectariferous groove near the base. Stamens 6, 

 elongated; anthers linear, extrorse in the bud, versatile. Style filiform, elon- 

 gated ; stigma 3-lobed. Capsule oblong, many-seeded. Seeds flat, membrana- 

 ceous, horizontal, crowded in the cells. Leafy herbs, from scaly bulbs. Leaves 

 scattered or whorled, sessile. Flowers large, erect, or nodding. 



* Flowers erect: leaves of the perianth spreading, clawed. 



' , 1. L. Philadelphicum, L. Leaves lanceolate, the upper ones whorled ; 

 flowers 1-3, reddish-orange spotted with purple ; leaves of the perianth lanceo- 

 late, abruptly pointed. Mountains of North Carolina, and northward. July. 



Stem 1 - 2 high. Flowers 2 ' long. 



2. L. CatesbSBi, Walt. Leaves linear-lanceolate, all scattered and erect; 

 flower solitary, terminal, scarlet, variegated with yellow and purple ; leaves of 

 the perianth lanceolate, acuminate, with the margins of the claws involute ; the 

 three inner ones broader and ribbed on the back ; capsule oblong, nearly terete. 



Low pine barrens, Florida to North Carolina. Aug. and Sept. Stem 

 l-2high. Leaves 1'- 2' long, obscurely nerved. Flowers 3' - 4' long. 



* * Flowers nodding ; leaves of the perianth recurved, sessile. 



3. L. Canadense, L. Stem commonly few-flowered; leaves in remote 

 whorls, lanceolate, 3-nerved, hairy on the nerves beneath; flowers long-peduncled ; 

 leaves of the perianth recurved, yellow spotted with purple. Mountain-mead- 

 ows, Georgia, and northward. June and July. Stem 2 - 3 high. Leaves 

 and flowers 2' - 3' long. 



4. L. SUperbum, L. Stem commonly many-flowered; leaves smooth, 

 lanceolate, 3-nerve<l, the lower ones whorled, the upper scattered ; leaves of the 

 perianth revolute, rather obtuse, orange spotted with purple. Rich soil in the 

 middle and upper districts, Georgia, and northward. June and July. Stem 

 3 - 6 high. Flowers, when numerous, disposed in a pyramidal raceme. 



Var. Carolinianum. (L. Carolinianum, Michx.) Leaves often all scat- 

 tered, broader, more tapering at the base, faintly nerved; flowers 1-3; leaves 

 of the perianth acute. Swamps in the lower districts. July. Stem 2 -3 

 high. 





