14 ELEMENTS OP BOTANY. 



a. (E. Americanum), Yellow Addeb's-tongue. Leaves mot- 

 tled ; flowers handsome ; perianth light yellow, style club-shaped ; 

 stigmas united. 



6. (E. albidum), White Dog's-tooth Violet. Leaves not 

 much mottled ; perianth bluish-white ; stigmas 3, short and spreading. 



V. IILIUM, LILT. 



Perianth more or less widely bell-shaped, colored, of 6 

 spreading distinct sapals, eaqh with a nectar-bearing groove 

 down the lower middle portion of its inner surface. Anthers 

 attached near the middle to the pointed tip of the filament, 

 and, when mature, swinging upon it. Style club-shaped ; 

 stigma 3-lobed. Capsule somewhat triangular, containing 

 many seeds, arranged in two rows in each cell. Perennial 

 herbs, with simple leafy stems, proceeding from scaly bulbs. 



a. (L. longiflorum), Long-flowered White Lily. 1-3 ft. 

 high, with thick lanceolate leaves and a single pure white funnel- 

 shaped flower 5-6 in. long. Cult., from China and Japan. 



6. (Variety eximium), the Easter Lily, bears several very 

 showy and sweet-scented flowers. 



VI. TRILLIUM, BIRTHROOT. 



Perianth of 6 parts, the 3 sepals unlike the 3 petals in 

 color and in texture. Stamens 6, with the linear anthers 

 usually opening inward, longer than the filaments. Stigmas 

 3, sessile, spreading at the tips. Ovary 3-6-angled, 3-celled, 

 rather many-seeded. Low herbs with the stem springing 

 from a short rootstock and bearing 3 large netted-veined 

 leaves in a whorl and a large terminal flower. 



a. (T. sessile). Mottled Trillium. Leaves sessile, more or 

 less ovate, acute, mottled ; flower sessile ; petals sessile, nearly erect, 

 duE. purple or greenish. 



h. (T. brbctum), Squaweoot, Benjamin. Leaves broadly 

 diamond-shaped, tapering to a short point, pedicel 1-3 in. long, not 

 quite erect ; petals ovate to lanceolate, much broader than the sepals, 

 of a rich brownish purple or sometimes white or pale ; stigmas dis- 

 tinct, stout, and spreading. The disagreeable scent of the flower has 

 given rise to several absurd popular names for it. 



c. (T. grandiflorum), often miscalled Lily. Leaves less broadly 

 diamond-shaped, somewhat ovate ; flower large and showy, with 



