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POPULAR FLORA. 



Lily. Lilium. 

 Foreign species, everywhere cultivated. 



1. WniTE Lily. Leaves lance-shaped, scattered along the stem; flowers erect; perianth bell-shaped, 



white, smooth inside. L. aUmm, 



2. BuLB-BEAiuxG L. Lcaves lance-shaped, scattered along the tall stem, producing bulblcts in their 



axils; flowers several, erect; perianth open-bell-shaped, orange-yellow, rough inside. L. hulbifeTum. 

 * * Wild species : flowers orange-colored, reddish, or yellow. 



8. Wild Okaxge L. Stem 1" to 3° high, bearing scattered (or sometimes whorled) lance-linear leaves 

 and 1 to 3 erect reddish-orange open-bell-shaped flowers, the G l^nce-shaped divisions narrowed at 

 the base into claws, purplish -spotted inside. Common in light or sandy soil. L. Philadelphicum. 



i. WiTld Yellow L. Stem 2° to 4° high, bearing distant whorls of lance-shaped leaves and a few 

 nodding flowers on slender peduncles; perianth yellow or orange, with brown spots inside, bell- 

 shaped with the divisions spreading or recurved to the middle. Moist meadows, and along streams. 

 (Fig. 1.) L. Canademe. 



5. SuPEKB or Tuek's-cap L. Stem 4° to 7° high, only the lower leaves in whorls; flowers many, 



bright orange or reddish, with strong brown-purple spots inside, more recurved and lai-ger than the 



last, but very much like it. Eioh low grounds. L. superbum. 



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Dogtooth Violet. Erythrdnium. 



1. Yellow D. or Adder's-tongue. Leaves pblong-lance-shaped, pale-dotted, much blotched; 

 flower pale yellow ; style club- 

 shaped, stout; stigmas united. 

 Moist grounds : fl. in early 

 spring. F. Amerlcanum, 



a. White D. Flower white or 

 bluish; the style less thick 

 than in No. 1. Kather com- 

 mon W. i?. dlhidum. 



3. EuEorEAN D. Leaves ovate 



or oblong, scarcely spotted; 

 flowers purple or rose-color; 

 style thread-shaped and not 

 thickened upwards; stigmas 

 separate. Cultivated ; not 

 common. E. Dens-cknis. 



609. Yellow Dojloolh-Violet. 

 510. The bulb. 



Bn. Pi'ri.itilh Inid open, and Btnmena. 

 612. Tiie pistil, enlarged. 

 G13. Lower hair of a pod, cut acroaa ami 

 magnified. 



