LILIACE^-LILY FAMILY 



The Lily Family is one of the large botanical groups. In it 

 the calyx and corolla so nearly resemble each other and are so 

 often more or less united, that they are usually called by a single 

 name — perianth; that is, floral envelope. This perianth-has six 

 divisions. The stamens are six, one opposite each division of the 

 perianth. The ovary is three-celled, always free from, and in 

 position above, the base of the perianth. The fruit is a pod or 

 berry; usually many-seeded. 



The family includes the Lily, Tulip, Hyacinth, Squill, Funkia, 

 and Yucca, together with other genera not so well known. 



LILY 



Lilium. 

 Lilium, an ancient Latin name of unknown meaning. 



The genus Lilitim is the type of the order Liliacea and contains 

 about forty-five species of perennial bulbous plants mostly native to 

 the north temperate zone. The larger part of our best garden species 

 come to us either from western Asia or from Japan and China. None 

 of the American species are especially successful in our gardens. 



Leaves.— h\te.vm.tt or in whorls, variable in shape, often bearing bulb- 

 lets in the axils. 



F/ower5.— Funnel-form or bell-shaped, nodding or erect. The peri- 

 anth is a combination of sepals and petals, three each; the sepaloids can 

 be detected by their habit of overlapping the petaloids; there is often 

 some slight difference in form; all are nectar-bearing. 



Stamens. — Six, attached more or less to the base of the segments; 

 filaments long and slender, bearing at their tips the swinging anthers 

 heavy with pollen. 



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