UFA \NDRIA, MONOGYNIA. 164 



Star of Be tide hem. 



This plant is naturalized in our meadow s, where it is c\- 



dingfy troublesome to the fanners. Flowen \\>iite. Peren- 



M..\ . 



166. ULIUM. Gen.pl. 55a (L&ace*.) 



Corolla 6-petaIledj campanulate; petals most- 

 ly reflected, marked with • longitudinal 

 nectariferous line. Stamina shorter than 

 the style. Stigma undivided. Capsule su- 

 perior, valves connected by cancellatc hairs. 

 Seeds flat— *Vktt. 



1. L. leaves verticillate, lanceolate-linear, stem rhiiadciphi- 

 sub-2-tlowered, corolla erect, campanulate, cum * 

 spreading, petals lanceolatc-unguiculatc. — 

 Hi I Id. and I'ursh. 

 Icon. Mill. ic. t. 165. f. 1. Bot. Mag. 519. 



Philadelphia Lily. 



A very elegant plant, easily known from the other species 

 the Clara s of the petals. Flowen red-orange. In woods on 

 the Wissahickon, anil on the botanic-garden-ground of the 

 University of Pennsylvania. Bare. Perennial. July. 



.. L. learefl remote, verticillate, lanceolate, three- canademe. 

 ■erred, birsate underneath by the nerves: pe- 

 duncles terminals long, for the most part in 

 three's; corolla drooping, tnrbinate-campanu- 

 Inte, !•<•• tirved-sprcading; segments lanceolate. 

 — II 'Hid. and I'ursh. 



Icon. Catcsb. Car. 3. t. 11. 



Flowers yellowish-orange. A fine plant, two or three feet 

 high. On tin- marshy shorea <>f the Delaware, from the navy- 



Ster-point, frequent. Perennial. July. 



S. L, leaver glabrous, lower ones verticillate, the suprH.um. 

 rest -'uttered ■ Bowers reflected, in ■ pyramidal 

 raceme; corolla resolute. — 8p, PL 

 Icon. Trew. ehret & t. n. Bot. Ma,-. 936. 



