LILY FAMILY 37 
1. F. Meleagris L. Guinea-Hen Frower. Stem1 ft. high. Leaves 
linear, alternate, channeled. Flower usually single, large, purplish, 
checkered with blue and purple or yellow. Cultivated from Europe. 
2. F. imperialis L. Crown Iuperrav. Stem 3-4 ft. high. Leaves 
abundant in whorls about the middle or lower part of the stem, lan- 
ceolate or lance-oblong. Flowers several, large, yellow or red, in an 
umbel-like cluster beneath the terminal crown of leaves. Cultivated 
from Europe. 
XI. ERYTHRONIUM L. 
Nearly stemless herbs, arising from rather deeply buried 
bulbs. Leaves 2, long and smooth, with underground petioles. 
Scape arising from between the bases of the leaves. Flower 
commonly single, nodding. 
1. E. americanum Ker. YeELLow AppeER’s-TonGveE. Leaves mot- 
tled. Flowers handsome. Perianth light yellow. Style club-shaped ; 
stigmas united. 
2. E. albidum Nutt. Waite DoGrootn VIoLet. Leaves not much 
mottled. Perianth bluish-white. Stigmas 3, short and spreading. 
XII. TULIPA L. 
Herbs appearing stemless, from coated bulbs. Leaves sessile. 
Scape simple. Flower solitary, erect. Perianth bell-shaped. 
Stamens short, awl-shaped, with broadly linear anthers. Style 
short; stigma thick, 5-lobed; ovary and pod triangular. 
1. T. Gesneriana L. Common Tutir. Leaves 5-6, ovate-lanceo- 
late, close to the ground. Flower large, on a smooth peduncle, color 
red, yellow, white. or variegated. Cultivated from Asia Minor. Many 
garden varieties exist. 
XI. SCILLA L. 
Perennial herbs, appearing stemless, from coated bulbs. 
Leaves linear. Flowers racemed on a scape, generally blue. 
Divisions of the perianth 1-nerved, parted almost to the base. 
Filaments 6, often broad at the base. Style slender, with a 
knob-like stigma. Ovary 5-angled, 5-celled. 
1. S. sibirica Andr. SrBERIAN SqQtiry. Scapes 3-8 in. high, sev- 
eral from each bulb, 2-3-flowered. Leaves 2-4, narrowly strap-shaped. 
Flowers intense blue, short-peduncled, often nodding. Cultivatedfrom 
Russia and Siberia. 
