Order 148.— LILIAOEjB. 709 



8 Ii. odndidum L. White Lily. Lvs. scattered, graded, lanceolate, nar- 

 rowed at the base ; fls. several, oampanulate, smooth inside. — Gardens. It has a 

 thick stem, .4f high, supporting a raceme of very large, snowy-white fls., which 

 have long been regarded as the very perfection of whiteness and purity. Jl. 

 f Levant. Fig. 3. 



9 L. Japdnicum Thunb. Lvs. scattered, lanceolate; flower solitary, cam- 

 panulate, nodding. — Greenhouse. A noble species, requiring careful man- 

 agement. Its flower is large, nodding, terminal, white, on a stem 2f high. 

 f China. 



4. FRITILLA'RIA, Tonm. Chequered Lily. (Lat. fritillus, a 

 chess-board ; alluding to the chequered petals.) Perianth oampanu- 

 late, with abroad base and 'nectariferous cavity above the claw of each 

 segment ; stamens as long as the petals ; stigma trifid ; capsule coria- 

 ceous, 3-celled, septifragal. — Herbs with coated bulbs, simple, leafy- 

 stems, bearing 1 or more nodding fls. 



1 F. imperious L. Crown Imperial. Sac. comous, naked below; lvs. 

 entire. — Native of Persia. A fine, showy flower, of easy culture. Stem thick, 

 striate, 3f high, the lower part invested with the long, narrow, entire leaves ; the 

 upper part is naked, bearing at the top a raceme of several large, red or yellow, 

 nodding flowers, beneath a crown formed by the pairs of small, narrow leaves, at 

 the base of each pedicel. May. ■)• (Petilium, Kunth.) 



2. F. maleagris L. Ims. alternate, linear, channeled ; si. l-flowered. — 

 Native of Britain. Stem a foot high, with alternate, long, very narrow leaves. 

 The flower, which is usually solitary, is large, nodding, and beautifully chequered 

 with purple and pale red or yellow. May. f 



5. YUCCA, L. Bear's-gsrass. Spanish Daggers. (The Indian 

 name.) Perianth of 6 petaloid segments, withering-persistent, the in- 

 ner broader ; stamena 6, shorter than the petals, inserted into their 

 base ; ovary free ; stigmas 3,' sessile ; capsule oblong, obtusely hexago- 

 nal, 3-valved at apex, 3-celled, cells more or less divided by a false dis- 

 sepiment ; seeds numerous and' 2-rowed in each eel!. — Sts. subterranean, 

 or arising in a leafy or naked .caudex, with rigid, linear, or sword- 

 shaped, perennial lvs., and a terminal panicle of showy, white, pedicel- 

 late fls. 



I Caudex scarcely arising above the ground. Lejvf margin bearing threads No. 1 



§ Candcx conspicuous, tvunk-lilte. Leaves entire or serrulate Nos. 2, 3 



1 Y. iilamentosa L. Bear'S-Thread. Acaulescent or nearly so ; lvs. linear- 

 lanceolate, rigidly acute, coriaceous, the margin filamentous, that is, bearing long, 

 thread-like fibers ; segm. lance-ovate, acuminate, erect-spreading. — ^In light soils, 

 S. States, and often cultivated. The lvs. are nearly erect, 1 to 2f long, 1' to 18" 

 wide, all densely clustered at the top of the short caudex, which is at the surface 

 of the ground, or a few inches above it. Scape 5 to 8f high, bearing a large 

 pyramidal panicle of simple racemes. Fls. cup-shaped, segm. 15" long. Aug. 



p. RECORTipduA. Somewhat caulescent ; lvs. lance-linear or linear, recurved, 

 rarely somewhat filamentous. (T. reourvif61ia Salisb. ?) 



2 y. gloriosa L. Caulescent, caudex some 3f high ; lvs. erect, lanceolate, rigid, 

 thick, subplicate, very acute, the margins very entire ; perianth ovoid-campanu- 

 late, segm. lanceolate. — Sandy sea-coasts. Car. to Pla^ Caudex half-shrubby, 

 thick, simple, fleshy, strongly scan-ed below with the old leaf-stalks. Lvs. 12 to 

 18' long, 2 to 3' wide, clustered above. Panicle of racemes 2 to 3f long, erect 

 from the summit of the caudex, with numerous cup-shaped, white, nodding flowers. 

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3 y. aloefolia Walt. Spanish Daggers. Caulescent; caudex some 1 Of high, 

 often branched, naked and marked with leaf-scars below ; lvs. densely clustered 

 above, very rigid, thick, strict, deflexed when old, lanceolate, apex spinescent, 



