242 COMMON CANADIAN WILD PLANTS, 



11. POITSOJTA'XEM, Tourn. Solomon's Seal. 



1. P. biflo'rum, EU. (Smaller Solomon's Seal.) Stem 

 slender, 1-3 feet high. Leaves ovate-oblong or lance-oblong. 

 Peduncles mostly 2 -flowered. Filaments hairy. — Eioh 

 •woods. 



2. P. gigante'um, Dietrich, (Great S.) is occasionally 

 met with westward and south-westward. The stem is taller 

 and stouter than in the last, the peduncles several-flowered, 

 and the filaments are not hairy. 



12. ASPAK'AGUS, L. ASPARAGUS. 



A. offieina'lis, L. (Garden Asparagus.) Escaped from 

 gardens in a few places. 



13. MJL'IUM, L. Lily. 



1. L. Philaderphieum, L. (Wild Oranoe-.red Lilt.) 

 Divisions of the perianth narrowed into claios below, not 

 recurved at the top. Flowers erect, 1-3, orange, spotted 

 with purple inside. Leaves linear-lanceolate, the upper 

 mostly in whorls of 5-8. — Sandy soil. 



2. L. Canadense, L. (Wild Yellow Lilt.) Divisions 

 of the perianth recurved above the middle. Flowers nodding, 

 few, orange, spotted with brown inside. Leaves remotely 

 whorled, 3-ribbed. — Swamps and wet meadows. 



3. L. super'bum, L. {L. Carolinianum, Miohx, in Ma- 

 coun's Catalogue.) (TtJRK's-CAP Lilt.) Divisions of the 

 perianth very strongly recurved. Flowers nodding, often 

 numerous, in a pyramidal raceme, bright orange, dark-pur- 

 ple-spotted within. Lower leaves whorled, 3-ribbed or 

 nerved. Stem taller than either of the first two, 3-7 feet. 

 — Eich low grounds, commoner southward and south-west- 

 ward. 



14. ERYTHRO'NICiH, L. Dog's-tooth Violet. 



1. E. Ameriea'num, Smith. (Yellow Adder's Tongue.) 

 Perianth light yellow, sometimes spotted at the base. — Copses 

 and rich meadows. 



2. E. al'bidum, Nutt. (White Dog's-tooth Violet.) 

 Leaves less blotched than the last. Perianth pinkish-white, 

 — Not common. 



