LILIACE^ 151 



fleshy scales; anthers dorsifixed; leaves alternate or in 

 whorls ; radical leaves o ; seed-vessel a 3-celled capsule. 



A. Flowers erect, bell- or funnel-shaped: — L. bulbi- 

 ferum, L. ; flowers orange or yellowish-red, upper leaves 

 with axillary bulbils ; rocky places ; Grisons, Jura, very 

 rare. L. croceum, Chaix; flowers yellowish-red with 

 purple spots, leaves without axillary bulbils ; rocky 

 places ; Switzerland, Jura, Dauphiny, rare. 



B. Flowers pendant, with recurved perianth-leaves : — 

 L. Martagon, L., Turk's-cap Lily ; flowers pink or lilac 

 spotted with dark purple, fragrant at night, leaves in 

 whorls; mountain woods, frequent. L. carniolicum, L. ; 

 flowers scarlet or yellow with dark brown warts, leaves 

 alternate; Styria, Carniola, Carinthia, local. L. pyre- 

 naicum, Gou. ; flowers yellow spotted with black, stem 

 stout, leafy almost to the summit, leaves narrowly lanceo- 

 late or almost linear, in whorls, very crowded ; Pyrenees. 



9. Erythronium, L. 



Flowers solitary on a leafless scape; perianth-leaves 

 strongly reflexed ; leaves all radical ; seed-vessel a 3-celled 

 capsule. 



E. dens-canis, L., Dog's-tooth Violet ; flowers pink or 

 white, leaves 2, elliptic, spotted with red ; thickets, local ; 

 Ticino, Geneva, Jura, Southern Tirol (Monte Baldo), 

 Carinthia, Styria, Carniola, Puy-de-D6me, Pyreiiees. 



10. ASPHODELUS, L. 



Flowers white, numerous; perianth-leaves spreading; 

 stamens hypogynous," filaments ciliated, dilated at the 

 base. 



