288 LILIACrCAB (lily l^AMILY) 



perennials, with flesliy-flbrous roots ; the long and linear keeled leaves 2-ranked 

 at the base of the tall scapes, which bear at the summit several bracted and 

 large flowers ; these collapse and decay after expanding for a single day (vrhence 

 the name, from ijfi^pa, a day, and KdWos, beauty.) 



1. H. FuLVA L. (Common D.) Inner divisions (petals) of the tawny orange 

 perianth wavy and obtuse. — Roadsides, esraped from gardens. (Introd. from 

 Eu.) 



16. LILIUM [Tourn.] L. Lily 



Perianth funnel-form or bell-shaped, colored, of 6 divisions, spreading or 

 recurved above, deciduous. Anthers linear, extrorsely attached near the 

 middle to the tapering apex of the long filament, which is at first included, at 

 length versatile ; the cells dehiscent by a lateral or slightly introrse line. Style 

 elongated ; stigma 3-lobed. Capsule subcylindric ; seeds densely packed in 2 

 rows in each cell. Bulbs scaly, producing simple stems, with numerous alternate- 

 scattered or whorled narrow sessile leaves, and from one to several large and 

 showy flowers in summer. (The classical Latin name, from the Greek \elpiov.') 



* Flowers erect ; sepals narrowed below into claws; bulbs not rhizomatous. 



1. L. philadfilphicum L. (Wild Oeange-hkd L., Wood L.) Stem 4-9 

 dm. high ; leaves linear-lanceolate, chiefly whorled ; flowers 1-3, open-bell- 

 shaped, reddish-orange, spotted with purplish inside ; the lanceolate segments 

 little or not at all recurved at the obtusish or shortly acuminate summit ; pod 

 somewhat rounded at base. — Dry or sandy ground, N. E. to Ont. and N. C. 

 — Separated by no constant character from 



Var. andinum (Nutt. ) Ker. Leaves, all but the uppermost, scattered ; peri- 

 anth divisions mostly deep red; pod attenuate at the base. (L. umbellatum 

 Pursh ; L. lanceolatum Fitzpatrick.) — Rich soil of prairies, and in bogs, Ont. 

 and O. to Ark., and north westw. 



2. L. Catesbafii Walt. (Southern Red L.) Leaves linear-lanceolate, 

 scattered ; flower solitary, open-bell-shaped, the large and long-clawed divisions 

 of the perianth wavy on ths margin and recurved at the caudate-attenuate sum- 

 mit, scarlet, spotted with dark purple and yellow inside ; bulb-scales thin, narrow 

 and leaf-bearing. — Pine-barrens, N. C. to Fla., w. to "Ky.," "s. 111.," and 

 "Mo." 



* * Flowers nodding ; sepals sessile; bulbs rhizomatous. 



S. L. sup£rbum L. (Turk's-cap L.) Stem 9-23 dm. high ; lower leaves 

 whorled, lanceolate, attenuate at both ends, 3-nerved, smooth ; flowers (3-40) in 

 a pyramidal raceme ; perianth-divisions (7-8 cm. long) strongly revolute, orange, 

 with numerous dark purple spots inside. — Rich low grounds, N. B. to Va., w. 

 to Minn, and Mo. 



4. L. caroliniUnum Michx. Nearly related to the preceding and with very 

 similar flowers ; stem 4-7 dm. high, 1-3 flowered ; leaves obovate to oblanceo- 

 late, obtusish or short-acuminate. — Borders of "mountain woods, Va. (^Small), 

 and southw. 



5. L. canad^nse L. (Wild Yellow L.) Stem 6-20 dm. high; leaves 

 remotely whorled, lanceolate, strongly 3-nerved, the margins and nerves rough ; 

 flowers long-peduncled, narrowly bell-shaped, the perianth-divisions (5-8 cm. 

 long) recurved-spreading above, yellow or orange, usually spotted with brown. — 

 Moist meadows and bogs, e. Que. to Ga., w. to Mo., Minn., and Ont. 



6. L. Griyi Wats. Stems 6-9 dm. high ; leaves in whorls of 4-8, lanceo- 

 late, acute or slightly acuminate, smooth ; flowers 1 or 2, nearly horizontal, the 

 perianth-divisions (3.6-6 cm. long) but little spreading above the rather broaa 

 base, rather abruptly acute, deep reddish-orange, thickly spotted within. — Peaks 

 of Otter, Va., and southw. in the mts. to N. C. 



7. L. tigrInum Ker. (Tiger L.) Tall, pubescent above; leaves scattered 

 narrowly lanceolate, dark green, 5-7-nerved, the upper axils bulbiferous ; floweri 

 large, resembling those of L. superbum. — An escape from gardens. (Introd 

 irom E. Asia." 



