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12. POLYANTHOS, Linn. Tuberose. 



Gr. polus, many, anthos, flower ; the plant bearing numerous flowers. 



Perianth funnel-form, incurved. Filaments inserted 

 into the throat. Stigma 3-cleft. Ovary at the bottom of 

 the perianth. — A beautiful bulbous exotic ,with white fragrant 

 flowers. 



P: tuberosa, L. Tuberose. 



Leaves linear-lanceolate; flowers alternate, in pairs: perianth-lobes oblong. Na» 

 tire of Ceylon. Aug.. Sept. Scape scaly, 2 to 3 feet high, withwhito regular flow- 

 ers of a delicious fragrance. 



Tribe 3. TULIPACEiE. Tulip or true Lily Tribe. 



Fruit a many-seeded 3-celled loculicidal capsule. Seeds anatropous. rerianih 

 9-leaved.— Bulbous. 



13. L1LIUM, Linn. Lily. 



The classical Latin name. 



Perianth funnel-form or bell-shaped, colored, of G dis- 

 tinct sepals, spreading or recurved above, with, a nectcriferous 

 furrow at the base, deciduous. Stamens 6, somewhat ad- 

 hering to the bases of the sepals: anthers linear, versatile. 

 Style elongated, somewhat club-shaped : stigma 3-lobcd'. 

 Capsule oblong, 3-celledj containing numerous flat seedl 

 densely packed in 2 rows in each ce\\.— Perennial scaly 

 bulbous herbs, ivith simple stems, numerous alternate-scattered 

 or ivhorled short and sessile leaves and one to several large and 

 showy flowers. 



* Floiocrs erect, bell-shaped, the sepals narrowed btlow into claws. 



1. L., Philadelphicum, L. Wild Orange Lily. 



Leaves linear-lanceolate, the upper chiefly in whorls of 5 to 8; flowers 1 to 3 or 

 sometimes 5, open-bell-shaped, with" lanceolate sepals. 



Open. woods, hillsides and fence-rows, not rare. June — Aug. Stem 2 to 3 feet 

 high, round, smooth, simple. Leaves 2 to 3 inches long, % to }/ z inch wide, 1 to 3 

 nerved. Flowers large, reddish-orange, the inside spotted with .purple near thtf 

 base, 2% inches long, on a peduncle 1 to 3 inches long. 



2. L. Catesbjei, Walt. Wild Reel Lily. Catesby's Lilt; 



Leaves linear-lanceolate, scattered; flowers- solitary, open-bell-shaped, the long- 

 clawed sepals wavy on the margin, and recurved at the summit* the margins of 

 the claws involute. 



Low sandy soil, and meadows, rare, Montour Co. July. Stem 12 to 18 inches 

 high, bearing a single large terminal scarlet flower, spotted with dark purple and 

 yellowish inside. Sepals ovate or rhombic- ovate, with the mid-vein green on the 

 outside. 



