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8 L. odndidnm L. White Lilt. Lvs. scattered, graded, lanceolate, nar- 

 rowed at the base ; fls. several, campauulate, smooth inside. — Gardens. It has a 

 thick stem, 4f high, supporting a raceme of very large, snowy-white fls., which 

 have long been regarded as the very perfection of whiteness and purity. JL 

 ■j- Levant Fig. 3. 



9 Ii. Jap6niciiin Thunb. Lvs. scattered, lanceolate; flower solitary, cam- 

 panulate, nodding. — Greenhouse. A noble species, requiring careful man- 

 agement Its flower is largo, nodding, terminal, white, on a stem 2f high. 

 ■|- China. 



4. FRITILLA'RIA, Tourn. Chkqoerkd Lily. (Lat. fritillus, a 

 chess-board ; alluding to the chequered petals.) Perianth campanu- 

 late, with a broad base and nectariferous cavity above the claw of each 

 segment ; stamens as long as the petals ; stigma trifid ; capsule coria- 

 ceous, 3-celled, septifragal. — Herbs with coated bulbs, simple, leafy 

 stems, bearing 1 or more nodding fls. 



1 P. imperidlis L. Crown Imperial. Hoc. comous, naked below; ha. 

 entffei. — Native of Persia. A flue, showy flower, of easy culture. Stem thick, 

 striate, 3f high, the lower part invested with the long, narrow, entire leaves ; the 

 upper part is naked, bearing at the top a raceme of several large, red or yellow, 

 nodding flowers, beneath a crown formed by the pairs of small, narrow leaves, at 

 the base of each pediceL May. \ (Petilium, Kunth.) 



2. P. maleagris L. Lcs. alternate, hnear, channeled; si. 1-flowered. — 

 Nativb of Britain. Slem a loot high, with alternate, long, very narrow leaves. 

 The flower, which is usually solitary, is large, nodding, and beautifully chequered 

 with purple and pale red or yellow. May. j 



5. YUCCA, L. Bear's-grass. Spanish Daoqers. (The Indian 

 name.) Perianth of 6 petaloid segments, withering-persistent, the in- 

 ijer broader; stamens 6, shorter than the petals, inserted into their 

 base ; ovary free ; stigmas 3, sessile ; capsule oblong, obtusely hexago- 

 nal, 3-valvcd at apex, 3-celled, cells more or less divided by a false dis- 

 sepiment ; seeds numerous and 2-rowed in each cell. — Sts. subterranean, 

 or arising in a leafy or naked caudex, with rigid, linear, or sword- 

 shaped, perennial lvs., and a terminal panicle pf showy, white, pedicel- 

 late fls. 



S Caudex scarcely nrising above the ground. Leaf margin bearing threads No, 1 



£ Oaadox conspicuous, trnnk-lllte. Leaves entire or serrulate ., Nos, ?, '■'. 



1 Y. filamentosa L. Eear's-Tiihead. Acaulesoent or nearly so ; lvs. linear- 

 lanceolate, rigidly acute, coriaceous, the margin filamentous, that is, bearing long, 

 thread-like fibers ; segm. lance-ovate, acummate, erect-spreading. — In light soils, 

 S. States, and often cultivated. The lvs. are nearly erect, 1 to 2f long, 1' to 18" 

 wide, all densely clustered at the top of the short caudex, which is at the surface 

 of the ground, or a few inches above it Scape 5 to 8f high, bearing a largo 

 pyramidal panicle of simple racemes. Fls. cup-shaped, segm. 15" long. Aug. 



j). REOtiEViruLiA. Somewhat caulescent ; lvs. lance-linear or linear, recurved, 

 rarely somewhat filamentous. (Y. recurvifolia Salisb. ?) 



2 Y. gloriosa L. Caulescent, caudex some 3f high ; lvs. erect, lanceolate, rigid, 

 thick, subplicate, very acute, the margins very entire ; perianth ovoid-campanu- 

 lato, segm. lanceolate. — Sandy sea-coasts. Car. to Fla. Caudex half-shrubby, 

 thick, simple, fleshy, strongly scarred below with the old leaf-stalks. Lva. 12 to 

 18' long, 2 to 3' wide, clustered above. Panicle of raceme.s 2 to 3f long, erect 

 from the summit of the caudex, with numerous cup-shaped, white, noddmg flowers. 

 Jn., Jl. f 



3 T. aloefdlia Walt Spanish Daggers. Caulescent; caudex some lOf high, 

 often branched, naked and marked with leaf-scars below; lvs'. densely clustered 

 above, very rigid, thick, strict, deflexed when old, lanceolate, apex spinoscent, 



