38*2 LILIACE.E. 



* * Flowers nodding, b^ll-shaped, the sessile sepals revAule. 



3. L. Canadense, L. Wild Mkadbto Idly. 



Leaves remotely whcrled. lanceolate, strongly 3-nerved, the margins and m rvea 

 rough ; Jlotoers mostly 3, sometimes 5 or more, long-peduncled, funnel bell shaped, 

 the serais reenrved-spreading r^h-ove the middle. 



Moist meadows, common. June. July. 8km 2 to 3 fset high. Flowers 1 to 3, 

 sometimes 5 ' yellow or orange at the bvse, densely spotted with 



brown-purple inside and outside above, 2 to 3 inches long. 



4. L. SUPERBUM, L. Tarlcs-cap Llbj. Superb Lily. 



tamer leaves whorled, lanceolate, pointed, smooth, 3-nerved, upper cars scattered ; 

 flowers often 3 to 40 in a pyramidal raceme, nodding- with revr.i 



Rich lo^ grounds rather common. July, Aug. A superb plant 3 to "• f et high, 

 with an erect, round, straight st^m. / ;h numerous dark 



purple spots inside. Sepals 3 inches long. linear-lanceolate, beautifully and fully 

 xevolute. 



CULTIVATED EXOTIC SPECIES. 



5. L. TIGRINUM, L. Tiger-spotted Lily. 

 Leaves scattered, sessile, 3-norved, the upper ones cordate-ovate ; tt% 



papillose inside, tug. Native of China, common in cultivation. Stern 4 to G fret 

 Ligh, woolly, bearing bulbs in toe axils cf the leaves. Flowers large, dark orange 

 or reddish, spotted with black, in a pyramidal raceme. &ej>als 1 to G inches long,, 

 beautifully revoiute, scabrous on thczaidvua, inside. 

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6. L. ' bxtleiferum, L. Orange Lily. Fire Lily. 



Leave* scattered, 3-v-:ned; pubescent when young:.' . <rrct 



rough within. July. I Italy. Stem thick, round. 2 to 4 feet high, hearing 



•mall, roundish bulbs in th? axiis of tlve leaves, j 

 scabrous within. Common in cultii aide a. 



7. L. canlidum, L. Common TT 



Leaves scattered, lanceolate, narrowe I at the base; flo] -:nooth 



on the inside. July. Native of the Levant. A much utiful' 



garden plant, with a thick stem, 3 to -i feet high. Fl:u::rs large, snerr 

 very frsgr.int, in a terminal raceme. 



14. ERYTHROXIUM, Linn. Dog's-tooth: Violet. 



Gr. erutJtros, rc-i, whlfcb is inappropriate as respects cur S] 



Perianth liliaceous, of 6 distinct lanceolate sepals, re- 

 curved or spreading above, deciduous, the 3 inner usually 

 with a callous tooth on each side of the erect base and a 

 groove in the middle. Filaments 6, awl-dialed : anthers 

 oblong-linear. Style elongated. Capsule obovate, con- 

 tracted at the base, 3-valved. Seeds ovate. — Nearly stem- 

 fess bulbous perennials, with two smooth and shining flai leaves 

 tapering into petioles and sheathing the base of the l-Jlowered-' 

 scape. 



