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LTLIACEJE. (LILY FAMILY.) 



slender: nnfhcrs oblong-linear, erect. Stylo slender: stigma 3-lobcd. Capsule 

 obovatc, 3-anglcd, many-seeded. Seeds ovoid, with a loose membranaceous 

 nppemhigc at the apex — Low herbs from a scaly bulb. Stems low, senpc-like, 

 bearing near the middle a pair of oblong spotted sheathing leaves, and at the 

 apex a single nodding flower. 



1. E. Amerieanum, Smith. Bulbs deep, the younger ones bearing only 

 a single leaf; leaves lanceolate or oblong, tapering into the sheathing base, va- 

 riegated with pale and deep green; flowers (I' long) yellow, spotted near the 

 base; style club-shaped, 3-angIed ; stigma obscurely 3-lobed. — Rich woods, 

 Middle Florida, and northward. Feb. and March. 



9. L±i_iIUM, L. Lily. 



Perianth corolla-like, G-leaved, deciduous, the leaves spreading or recurved 

 above, sessile or clawed, with a nectariferous groove near the base. Stamens G, 

 elongated; anthers linear, extrorse in the bud, versatile. Style filiform, elon- 

 gated ; stigma 3-lobed. Capsule oblong, many-seeded. Seeds fiat, membrana- 

 ceous, horizontal, crowded in the cells. — Leafy herbs, from scaly bulbs. Leaves 

 scattered or whorled, sessile. Flowers large, erect, or nodding. 



* Flowers erect : leaves of the perianth spreading, clawed, 



1. L. Philadelphieum, L. Leaves lanceolate, the upper ones whorled ; 

 flowers 1 -3, reddish-orange spotted with purple; leaves of the perianth lanceo- 

 late, abruptly pointed. — Mountains of North Carolina, and northward. July. 



— Stem 1° - 2° high. Flowers 2' long. 



2. L. Catesbaei, Walt. Leaves linear-lanceolate, all scattered and erect; 

 flower solitary, terminal, scarlet, variegated with yellow and purple ; leaves of 

 the perianth lanceolate, acuminate, with the margins of the claws involute; the 

 three inner ones broader and ribbed on the back ; capsule oblong, nearly terete. 



— Low pine barrens, Florida to North Carolina. Aug. and Sept. — fciiem 

 l°-2° high. Leaves l'-2' long, obscurely nerved. Flowers 3' -4' long. 



* * Flowers nodding; leaves of the perianth recurved, sessile. 



3 L. Canadeiise, L. Stem commonly few-flowered ; leaves in remote 

 whorls, lanceolate, 3-nervcd, hairy on the nerves beneath ; flowers long-ped uncled; 

 leaves of the perianth recurved, yellow spotted with purple. — Mountain-mead- 

 ows, Georgia, and northward. June and July.- — Stem 2° -3° high. Leaves 

 and flowers 2' -3' long. 



4. L. SUperbum, L. Stem commonly many-flowered ; leaves smooth, 

 lanceolate, .'? nerved, the lower ones whorled, the upper scattered ; leaves of the 

 perianth revolute, rather obtuse, orange spotted with purple. — Rich soil in the 

 middle and upper districts, Georgia, and northward. June and July. — Stem 

 3°- G° high. Flowers, win.) numerous, disposed in a pyramidal raceme. 



Var. Carolinianum. (I- Carolinianum, Michx.) Leaves often all scat- 

 tered, broader, more tapering ;it the base, faintly nerved ; flowers 1-3; leaves 

 of the perianth acute. — bwamps in the lower districts. July. — Stem 2° -3° 

 hi-di. 



