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1. F. Meleagris L. Guinea-Hen Flower. Stem 1 ft. high. Leaves 

 linear, alternate, channeled. Flower usually single, large, purplish, 

 checkered with blue and purple or yellow. Cultivated from Europe. 



2. F. imperialis L. Crown Imperial. Stem 3-4 ft. high. Leaves 

 abundant in whorls about the middle or lower part of the stem, lan- 

 ceolate or lance-oblong. Flowers several, large, yellow or red, in an 

 umbel-like cluster beneath the terminal crown of leaves. Cultivated 

 from Europe. 



XI. ERYTHRONIUM L. 



Nearly stemless herbs, arising from rather deeply buried 

 bulbs. Leaves 2, long and smooth, with underground petioles. 

 Scape arising from between the bases of the leaves. Flower 

 commonly single, nodding. 



1. E. americanum Ker. Yellow Adder's-Tongtje. Leaves mot- 

 tled. Flowers handsome. Perianth light yellow. Style club-shaped ; 

 stigmas united. 



2. E. albidum. Nutt. White Dogtooth Violet. Leaves not much 

 mottled. Perianth bluish-white. Stigmas 3, short and spreading. 



XII. TULIPA L. 



Herbs appearing stemless, from coated bulbs. Leaves sessile. 

 Scape simple. Flower solitary, erect. Perianth bell-shaped. 

 Stamens short, awl-shaped, with broadly linear anthers. Style 

 short ; stigma thick, 3-lobed ; ovary and pod triangular. 



1. T. Gesneriana L. Common Tulip. Leaves 3-6, ovate-lanceo- 

 late, close to the ground. Flower large, on a smooth peduncle, color 

 red, yellow, white, or variegated. Cultivated from Asia Minor. Many 

 garden varieties exist. 



XIII. SCILLA L. 



Perennial herbs, appearing stemless, from coated bulbs. 

 Leaves linear. Flowers racemed on a scape, generally blue. 

 Divisions of the perianth 1-nerved, parted almost to the base. 

 Filaments 6, often broad at the base. Style slender, with a 

 knob-like stigma. Ovary 3-angled, 3-celled. 



1. S. sibirica Andr. Siberian Squill. Scapes 3-8 in. high, sev- 

 eral from each bulb, 2-8 -flowered. Leaves 2-4, narrowly strap-shaped. 

 Flowers intense blue, short-peduncled, often nodding. Cultivatedfrom 

 Russia and Siberia. 



