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POPULAK FLORA. 



Lily. Liliwrn. 

 * Foreign species, everywhere cultivated. 



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



wiiite, smooth inside. L. album. 



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



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

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



S. Wild Orange 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 6 lance-shaped divisions narrowed at 

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



'L AViLD 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. Canadense. 



5. SuPEiiB or TuEK's-CAP L. Stem 4° to 7° higb^ only the lower leaves in whorls; flowers many, 

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

 last, but very much like it. Rich low grounds. L. superhum. 



Dogtooth Violet. Erythrbnium. 

 Yellow D. or Adder' s-tongue- Leaves oblong-lance -shaped, pale-dotted, 



flower pale yellow; style club- 

 shaped, stout; stigmas united. 



Moist grounds : fl. in early 



spring. E. Americanum. 



White D. Flower white or 



bluish; the style less thick 



than in No. 1. Rather com- 

 mon W. E. dlbidum. 

 European 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-canis. 



509. Yellow Dogtooth-Violet. 



510. The bulb. 



5n. Perianth laid open, and Blnmens. 

 512. The pistil, enlarged. 

 613. Lower half of a pod, cut acroES and 

 magniGed. 



much blotched; 



