LILY FAMILY, 357 
5. A. Scna@nopra’sum, L. Scape naked or few-leaved at base, about as 
on ig ae ie subulate-filiform seal spathe 2-valved, about equal to 
eu 
Rusn-teex Auiivm. Chives, or Cives. 
Fr. Ciboulette. Germ. Der Schnittlauch. ae Cebollino. 
Growing in bunches. Buibs small. Scape 6 nches high, smooth. eaves erect, 
about as long as the scape. Umbel about an inch in “dia meter. ‘Spathe of 2 ovate mem- 
branaceous nerved sige alga Calyx purple with a einige of violet. 
Gardens ; cultivated. e of Europe. Jul, 
. Cultivated as a aes nary herb ; devon often used as a kind of me- 
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are igo ineaie in Europe ; namely, a Scorodoprasum, L., or Rocam 
alonicum, L., or § Jpallott, &c. But I believe they are not much 
atsended to, i in this country. We have, also, a few native € speci ies ; 
but they a sae of sufficient importance to require the notice of 
the Agric 
6. LIL’IUM, ZL. Inv. 
[The classical Latin name.] 
Perianth bell-shaped or funnel-form, i 6 distinct petal-like sepals, —_ 
clawed or sessile, often recurved or revolute, with a central sg Ye 
side near the base, decidtous. ae ri linear, vena: Style lo: 
than the stamens, somewhat clavate ; stasis a 3-lobed. Capsule oblong, 
3-angled, with the angles grooved; seeds flat, margined, in 2 ro 
each cell. Bulbs scaly ; stems simple, leafy ; leaves sessile, aiteonstes or 
whorl very large. 
LL. Canaden’se, L. Leaves generally and remotely whorled, lanceo- 
Lada nerves and margins roughish-pubescent; flowers nodding,—the 
recurved. 
one Imm. Wild Yellow Lily. 
high. 2-3Zinches long, in rather distant whorls of 4-6. 
Pie or ae (rarely solitary), all nodding, on peduncles 3~6 —— in length. Perianth 
yellow (som ange), with numerous dark purple spots inside 5 Uobes 2-8 
inches $a ing recurs Seva card middle. 
Common in meadows. June- july ly. 
Obs. This, which is so very abundant and showy, is introduced as a 
representative of several native and cultiva pater spore Besides this, we 
have several oe wild sorts, which will be fou in the flo- 
ras; the conspicuous of them being the Turk’s-cap Lily (L, Super- 
ich —— es as Many ~ ; it is said 
Lily ae 
axils of the leaves.” ney en Jp ‘ities (Letaxcrroie, 
