LILIACEAE (LILY F.\MILY) 59 



erect. — L. longijiorum is the Easter Lily; L. iigrinum is the Tiger Lily. 



(Latin name.) 



A. Flowers orange-yellow or reddish, mostly conspicuously spotted. 

 B. Flowers nodding; perianth segments 3.3-7.5 cm. long; capsule oblong, 2.5-4 

 cm. long. 

 C. Leaves oblanceolate, acute; perianth segments 3.7-5 cm. long, 8-12 mm. wide; 

 anthers yellow; capsule short-oblong, 2.2-2.8 cm. long. W. C. 



L. parviflorum (wild tiger-lily) 

 CC. Leaves narrowly lanceolate, sharply acuminate; perianth segments 5-7.5 cm. 

 long, 12-18 mm. wide; anthers red; capsule narrowly oblong, 3.7-4 cm. long. 

 W. C. L. pardalinum (wild tiger-lily) 



BB. Flowers erect or nearly so; perianth segments 2.5-3.8 cm. long; capsule sub- 

 globose, 1.2-2 cm. long. C. L. parvum (small lily) 

 AA. Flowers white or purplish or pale yellow or red, finely spotted or spotless. 

 D. Flowers dull purplish red outside, bright red and dotted with maroon inside. U. 



L. bolanderl (red lily) 



DD, Flowers white or pale lilac, becoming tinged with rose or purple when old, 



mostly dotted with purple or brown. 



E. Flowers horizontal, finely dotted with purple; perianth segments 7-S-io cm. 



long; anthers 10-12 mm. long. U. C. L. washingtonianum (Washington lily) 



EE. Flowers erect or ascending, somewhat dotted with brown; perianth segments 



4-7.5 cm. long; anthers 4-6 mm. long. U. L, rubescens (brown-spotted lily) 



FRITILLARIA (Rice-root) 



Bulb scaly; stem simple, leafy. Leaves flat, sessile, whorled or scattered. 

 Flowers usually large, either solitary, or in a raceme or subumbellate cluster 

 with foliaceous bracts. Perianth funnelform or campanulate. Stamens 6, 

 hypogynous, included; anthers versatile, extrorse. Stigma 3-lobed or 

 -cleft. Capsule sessile. — {L. fritillus = a dice box; referring to the spots 

 on the flower.) 



A. Flowers yellow, sometimes with a slight purplish tinge, not spotted; stigma 

 shortly 3-lobed; capsule obtusely angled. E. F. pudica (yellow rice-root) 

 AA. Flowers brownish purple, more or less spotted with green; stigmas 3, linear; 

 capsule acutely angled (except F. camtsckatcensis) . 

 B. Flowers distinctly mottled; capsule acutely ?.ngled. 

 C. Leaves mostly scattered; capsule merely acute-angled. 

 D. Leaves 6-20, linear, not glaucous; stamens about 8 ram. long. C. E. 



F. atropurpurea 

 DD. Leaves 2-4, oblong-lanceolate, glaucous; stamens about 12 mm. long. U- 



F. glauca 

 CC. Leaves in i to 3 whorls, lanceolate to linear-lanceolate; capsule broadly 

 winged. W. C. E. F. lanceolata (whorled rice-root) 



BB. Flowers obscurely mottled; capsule obtusely angled. W. C. 



F. camtschatcensis 



AAA. Flowers yellow outside, yellow and spotted with scarlet inside; stigmas 3, 



linear; capsule obscurely angled. U. F. recurva 



