166 HEXANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. 



Superb Lily. 



This magnificent plant may be ranked among the finest 

 vegetable productions of our country. It frequently attains 

 the height of six or seven feet; supporting a profusion of ele- 

 gant deep-scarlet flowers. On the marshy shores of the Dela- 

 ware, on both sides of the river, and in bogs in Jersey, not 

 uncommon. Perennial. July, August. 



167. ERYTHRONIUM. Gen. pi. 562. (Liliacea.) 



Corolla subcampanulate, petals 6, reflected, 

 the 3 interior usually furnished with a cal- 

 lous denture on each side near the base, 

 and a nectariferous pore. Capsule supe- 

 rior, roundish, or elliptic, substipitate. 

 Seeds ovate? — JSTutt. 



Ameiicanum. l. E. petals lanceolate, dilated at the base, some- 

 what obtuse, germ subglobose, leaves lanceo- 

 late. — Pursh. 



E. Americanum, Muhl. & Ker. in Bot. Mag. 1 1 IS. 



E. lanceolatum, Pursh. 



E. dens cams, Mich. 



E. longifolium, Poir. 



American Dog's-tooth Violet. 



A very pretty little plant, with yellow flowers and leaves 

 generally spotted with brown. In rich and damp woods, and 

 on the borders of small streams in rich soil, very common. 

 Root bulbous. Perennial. May. 



168. UVULARIA. Gen. pi. 560. Mich. Fl. Amer. 1. p. 198. 



(Liliace<e.) 



Corolla inferior, 6-petalled, erect; claws of 

 the petals each furnished with a nectarife- 

 rous cavity. Filaments very short, grow- 

 ing to the anthers. Stigmata reflected. 

 Capsule 3-angled, 3-celled, 3-valved; 

 valves septiferous in the middle. Seeds 

 many, subglobose, arillate at the hilum. — 

 JVutt. 



