24:2 COMMON CASTADIAN WILD PLANTS. 



11. I'OLYGONA'TVUI, Toura. SOLOMON'S Seal. 



1. P. biflo'rum. Ell. (Smaller Solomon's Seal.) Stem 

 slender, 1-3 feet high. Leaves ovate-ohlong or lance-oblong. 

 Pedanoles mostly 2 - flowered. Filaments hairy. — Eich 

 woods. 



2. P. gigante'um, Dietrich, (Great S.) is occasionally 

 met with westward and south-westward. The stem is taller 

 and stouter than in the last, the peduncles several-flowered, 

 and the filaments are not hairy. 



19. ASPAR'AGIIS, L. ASPAIiAOUS. 



A. offlcina'lis, L. (G-abden Asparagus.) Escaped from 

 gardens in a few places. 



13. lilli'IVlH, L. Lily. 



1. L. Philaderphieum, L. (Wild Orange-Red Lily.) 

 Divisions of the perianth narrowed into claws below, not 

 recurved at the top. Flowers erect, 1-3, orange, spotted 

 with purple inside. Leaves linear-lanceolate, the upper 

 mostly in whorls of 5-8. — Sandy soil. 



2. L. Canadense, L. (Wild Yellow Lily.) Divisions 

 of the perianth recurved above the middle. Flowers noddivg, 

 few, orange, spotted with brown inside. Leaves remotely 

 whorled, 3-ribbed. — Swamps and wet meadows. 



3. L. SUper'bUHlj L. {L. Carolinianum, Michx, in Ma- 

 coun's Catalogue.) (Turk's-Cap Lily.) Divisions of the 

 perianth very strongly recurved. "Flowers nodding, often 

 numeinus, in a pyramidal raceme, bright orange, dark-pur- 

 ple spotted within. Lower leaves whorled, 3-ribbed or 

 nei-ved. Stem taller than either of the first two, 3-7 feet. 

 — Eich low grounds, commoner southward and south-west- 

 ward. 



14. ERVTHRO'NIiJM, L. Dog's-tooth Violet. 



1. E. Ameriea'nura, Smith. (Yellow Adder's Tongue.) 

 Perianth light yellow, sometimes spotted at the base. —Copses 

 and rich meadows. 



2. E. arbidum, Nutt. (White Dog's-tooth Violkt.) 

 Leaves less blotched- than the last. Perianth pinkish-ivhile. 

 — Not common. 



