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conspectus of species and their synonymy, he is nevertheless 
hopeful that those interested in the study of the genus-will 
find it convenient at least to have the species and their names 
brought together. 
Acknowledgments are due in particular to Mr. F. H. Hors 
ford, whose excellent collection of lilies at Charlotte, Vermont, — 
has been freely placed at my disposal. The accompanying illus 
trations are from drawings by Mr. C. W. Furlong made under 
my direction for Professor L. H. Bailey’s Encyclopedia of Amen 
can Horticulture. They are available for use here through the 
kindness of Professor Bailey and the Macmillan Company. 
LILIUM Linn. Sp. Pl. 302. 1753. 
Perianth of six distinct segments, deciduous, clawed, the 
claws usually distinctly grooved: stamens six, equal, slightly 
adhering to the ovary below; anthers attached near the middle, 
dehiscent along the edges: ovary sessile or nearly sO, three- 
celled with many horizontal ovules; style clavate, more oF less 
curved. 
Succulent herbaceous plants, with scaly bulbs and leafy 
upright stems; leaves scattered or whorled: flowers showy, 
solitary, umbellate, or racemose.—Distributed through the no 
temperate zone. 
KEY TO SPECIES. 
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which are 
sessile of 
Subgenus I. Eurrrion Baker, Linn. 
Perianth funnel-shaped, with oblanceolate segments 
recurved only at the tip: leaves linear or lanceolate, 
nearly so. 
a. Tube scarcely widened from base to middle. 
b. Leaves linear, 1-nerved. 
c. Plantlow - eer - % 
ec. Plant tall, 
. Flowers white, anthers yellow - 
dd. Flowers purplish or yellowish, an- 
thers brown . - - 
__L. Philippense (1): 
L. Waltichianum (2) 
L. sulphureum (3) 
