ten in whorls, sometimes 
hore or less scattered, 3-5- 
teved: flowers 6-12 or even 
Hore, paniculate, bright red- 
_ Uish-orange, conspicuously 
potted: perianth segments 
110" long, lanceolate, acute: 
ilaments strongly diverging; 
anthers req: Ovary a little 
‘hotter than the curved style; 
"psule obovoid. 
oe to Georgia and west to 
Mississippi river. 
: Var, CaRoLinianum Chapm. 
-S. States 484. 18 
— Carolinianuyy Michx. Fl. Bor. 
TS 197, 1803, 
Sma 
| “ond more slender, with 
o OWers and broader 
A south 
e . 
ta, on Variety, 
1. 
8g that 5 
Bulb sh 
1899] CONSPECTUS OF THE GENUS LILIUM 345 
‘vide spreading but scarcely revolute: anthers narrow; pollen 
jelow: ovary clavate, deeply furrowed. 
japan. Becoming very favorably known in cultivation. 
30. L. surersum Linn. Sp. Pl. 434. 1762. [Ed. 2.] 
L. Martagon Walt. F1. Carol. 123. 1788. 
L. Michauxii Lam. Ency. $5457. 1780. 
L. autumnale Lodd. Bot. Cab. 4 : ¢. 335. 1823. 
L. Michauxianum Schultes f. Syst. Veg. 7: 258. 1829. 
Bulb perennial, large, globose, cespitose, with numerous 
ute, closely imbricated scales: 
stem 12-18 tall, erect: leaves 
Fic. 11. —Lilium superbum. 
5 p isi- 
In dry woods, Virginia to Florida and west to Lou 
CCIDENTALE Purdy, Erythea 5 : 103. 1897- 
ay thizomatous as in Z. pardalinum but not branching 
Pecies, or forming clumps ; scales overlapping closely : 
