146 CLASS VI. ORDER I. 



LiLiuM PiiiLADELPiiicuM. L. ConvtioH red Lily. 



Leaves in whorls ; flowers erect ; corolla bell shap- 

 ed, petals with claws. L. 



The red lily is a less shewy, but equally beautiful species with 

 the first. It frequents a drier soil, and is commonly found about 

 the margins of fields, among bushes, &c. Leaves whorled, a 

 few sometimes scattered. Flowers one, two, or three, upright, 

 of a dark vermilion color, spotted. The petals are supported 

 on long claws, which gives the flower an open appearance. — 

 June, July. — Perennial. 



16L ACORUS. 

 AcoRus Calamus. L. Sweet Flag. 



Summit of the stalk above the flowers very long 

 and leaf like. Sm. 



Sweet flag root is an oflacinal article in considerable estima- 

 tion. At times when the plant is not in flower, the aromatic 

 flavor of the root will readily distinguish it from the other spe- 

 cies of flag, a name indiscriminately applied here to plants with 

 sword shaped leaves, as Iris, Typha, &c. When in flower, the 

 long, round, solitary spadix, projecting from the side of an ap- 

 parent leaf, is a sufficient mark. The spadix is closely covered 

 with small, green flowers with six petals, and as many stamens. 

 — Meadows. — June, July. — Perennial. 



162. ORONTIUM. 



Orontium aquaticum. L. Golden Club. 



Leaves lance-ovate; scape cylindrical, spiked. 



An aquatic plant with a long spike or spadix of yellow flow- 

 ers. Leaves radical, smooth, entire, pale underneath, half a foot 

 long when fully grown. Spathe radical. Spadix erect, va- 

 riously colored. Calyx yellow, the lower flowers with six leaves 

 and stamens, the upper with four. — Southwick. Dr. Porter. 

 Derby, Ct. Mr. Oakes. 



This plant, very common in the Middle States, is but seldom 

 met with in the eastern parts of the Union. 



