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1. E. Americanum, Smith. Yellow Dog's-tooth Violet 



Leaves elliptical-lanceolate, involute at the point, spotted; scape naked; sepals 

 obloug-lanceolate, obtuse, inner ones bidentata near the base ; style club-shaped; 

 sh'yvias united. 



Meadows in sandy soil, common. April, May. A beautiful little plant. -Scape 

 6 to 'J inches high. Leaves 2, spotted with purple, and dotted 5 inches long, one of 

 them nearly twice as wide as the other. Flower drooping, yellow, revolute in the 

 sunshine, spotted near the base. 



2. E. ALBIDUM, Nutt. White Dog's-tooth Violet. 



Leaves elliptical-lanceolate, spotted, not dotted; sepals linear-lanceolate, the 

 inner without lateral teeth ; style thread-like and club-shaped; stigma 3- cleft. 



Low thickets and sandy meadows, often in company with the other species. 

 April, M;y. Leaves without an acumination, including the petiole 4 to 5 inches 

 long, spotted with purple. Scape o to 7 inches hi^h, bearing a single white flower. 

 Sepals 134 inch long. 



15. F.RITTILLARIA, Linn. Crown Imperial. 



Lat. fniillus, a chess-board; alluding to the checkered flowers. 



. Perianth bell-shaped, with abroad base and necteriferons 

 cavity above the claw of each segment. Stamens 6, as long 

 as the sepals. Seeds flat. — Bulbous perennial exotics, with 

 showy, but ill-scented /lowers. 



1. F. imperiais, L. Common Crown Imperial. 



Raceme comoso, naked below; leaves lanceolate, acute. May, June. Native of 

 Persia. A showy fiowor of easy culture, common in cultivation. Stem thick, 1 to 

 2 feet high, the lower part inserted with the long leaves, the upper part is naked, 

 bearing at the top a cluster of several red or yellow nodding flowers beneath a 

 crown formed by the pairs of leaves at the base of each pedicel. 



2. F. maleagris, L. Checkered Crown Imperial. 



leaves alternate, linear, channelled; stem 1 -flowered. May. Native of Britian 

 Stem a foot high, with alternate, leng, very -narrow leaves. Flower usually soli 

 tary, large, nodding, and beautifully checkered wilh purple pale red or yellow. 



16. TULIPA, Linn. Tulip. 



Persian thouliban, a turban; alluding to the form of these magnificent flowers. 



Perianth bell-shaped, with sepals. Stamens 6, shorty 

 subulate.: anthers 4-angled. Stigma thick. Capsule 

 oblong, triangular. Seeds fiat. — Bulbous exotic perennials, 

 with radical leaves and a showy solitary flower on a scape, 



1. T. Gesneriana, L. Common Tulip. 



Leaves ovate-lanceolate ; flower erect, smooth, with obtuse sepals. May. Native 

 of Persia. There are more than 500 varieties enumerated in catalogues, with red, 

 Biarkt, crimscn white yellow, brown, purple, striped, blotched and fringed flowers 



2. T. suaveolens, L. Sweet-scented Early Tulip. 



Leaves lineax-lanc«olate ; flower erect, Emooth with teute sepals, the alternate 



