484 LiLiACE^. (lilt family.) 



slender : nnthers ohlong-linear, erect. Style slender : stigma 3-lobed. Capsule 

 obovatf, 3-angled, many-seeded. Seeds ovoid, with a loose membranaceous 

 appendiigo at the apex- — Low herbs from a scaly bulb. Stems low, scape-lilte, 

 bearing near the middle a pair of oblong spotted sheathing leaves, and at the 

 apex a single nodding flower. 



1. E. Azuericanum, Smith. Bulbs deep, the younger ones bearing only 

 a single leaf; leaves lanceolate or oblong, tapering into the sheathing base, va- 

 riegated with pale and deep green; flowers (I'long) yellow, spotted near the 

 base ; style club-shaped, 3-angled ; stigma obscurely 3-lobed. — Eich woods, 

 Middle riorida, and northward. Feb. and March. 



9. LILIUM, L. Lilt. 



Perianth coroUa-lilce, 6-leaved, deciduous, the leaves spreading or recurved 

 above, sessile or clawed, with a nectariferous groove near the base. Stamens 6, 

 elongated; anthers linear, extrorse in the bud, versatile. Stylo filiform, elon- 

 gated ; stigma 3-lobed. Capsule oblong, many-seeded. Seeds flat, membrana^ 

 ceous, horizontal, crowded in tjie cells. — Leafy herbs, from scaly bulbs. Leaves 

 scattered or whorled, sessile. Flowers large, erect, or nodding. 



* Flowers erect: leaves of the perianth spreading, clawed. 



1. L. FhiladelpMcum, L. Leaves lanceolate, the upper ones whorled ; 

 flowers 1-3, reddish-orange spotted with purple ; leaves of the perianth lanceo- 

 late, abruptly pointed. — Mountains of North Carolina, and northward. July. 



— Stem l°-2° high. Flowers 2' long. 



2. L. Catesbsei, Walt. Leaves linear-lanceolate, all scattered and erect; 

 flower solitary, terminal, scarlet, variegated with yellow and purple ; leaves of 

 the perianth lanceolate, acuminate, with the margins of the claws involute ; the 

 thi'ee inner ones broader and ribbed on the back ; capsule oblong, nearly terete. 



— Low pine bai-rens, Florida to North Carolina. Aug. and Sept. — Stem 

 l°-2°high. Leaves 1'- 2' long, obscurely nerved. Flowers 3' - 4' long. 



* * Flowers nodding ; leaves of the perianth recurved, sessile. 



3 L. Cauadense, L. Stem commonly few-flowered ; leaves in remote 

 whorls, lanceolate, 3-nerved, hairy on the nerves beneath ; flowers long-peduncled; 

 leaves of the perianth recurved, yellow spotted with purple. — Mountain-mead- 

 ows, Georgia, and northward. June and July. — Stem 2° - 3° high. Leaves 

 and flowers 2' -3' long. 



4. L. superbum, L. Stem commonly many-flowered ; leaves smooth, 

 lanceolate, 3 nerved, tlie lower ones whorled, the upper scattered ; leaves of tlie 

 perianth revolute, rather obtuse, orange spotted with purple. — Eich soil in the 

 middle and upper districts, Georgia, and northward. June and July. — Stem 

 3° - 6° high. Flowers, when numerous, disposed in a pyramidal raceme. 



Var. Carolinianum. (L. Carolinianum, Michx.) Leaves often all scat- 

 tered, broader, more tapering at the base, faintly nerved ; flowers 1-3; leaves 

 of the perianth acute. — Swamps in the lower districts. July. — Stem 2° - 3° 

 high. 



