308 LILY ORDER 



Brodiaea Smith 1811 

 (Named for Brodie, a Scotch botanist) 

 Sepals and petals each 3, similar, blue, stamens 6, ovary 3-celled, style 

 1 ; flowers in terminal umbels with several bracts ; leaves basal, linear ; 

 perennial stemless herb from corm-like bulb. 

 Flower stem 1-2 ft. high ; tube of the flower about 



equalling the lobes B. Dougldsii 



Calochortus Pursh 1814 Mariposa Lily 



(Gr. kalos, beautiful, chortus, herb) 



PL 42, fig. 6. 



Sepals 3, narrow, green, petals 3, white to purple, glandular and hairy 



at base, stamens 6, ovary 3-celled, style short or none, stigmas 3, recurved ; 



flowers solitary or 1-3; leaves alternate, long-linear; perennial with a conn. 



1. Gland across the base of each petal oblong; 



anthers acute C. Gunnisonii 



2. Gland round or oval ; anthers obtuse C. Nuttdllii 



Disporum Salisbury 1812 

 (Gr. di, two, spora, seed, referring to the 2 ovules in each cell) 

 Sepals and petals 3 each, similar, whitish or greenish-yellow,- stamens 

 6, ovary 3-celled, style 1, stigma entire or 3-cleft ; flowers terminal, solitary 

 or few in a simple umbel; leaves alternate, broad sessile or clasping; peren- 

 nial from a root-stalk. 

 Stems 1-2 ft. high; leaves ovate to lance-oblong, 1.5- 



3.5 in. long; flowers 8-15 mm. long D. tr achy carp urn 



Erythronium Linne 1753 Spring Lily, Dogtooth Violet 

 (Gr. erythros, red, from the color of the European species) 

 PL 42, fig. 3. 

 Sepals and petals 3 each, similar, yellow, stamens 6, ovary 3-celled, 

 style 1, stigma 3-lobed; flowers nodding, solitary or 1-5; leaves in pairs be- 

 low the middle and appearing basal, usually lance-oblong ; perennial from 

 a corm. 

 Flower stem 4-12 in. high; leaves oblong, more or less 



tapering; flowers solitary or 2-5, 2-3 cm. long E.parviflorum 



Fritillaria Linne 1753 Fritillaria 

 (Lat. fritillns, dice-box) 

 Sepals and petals 3 each, yellow or purple, with a nectary at base, sta- 

 mens 6, ovary 3-celled, style 1, stigma 3-lobed; flowers nodding, solitary 

 or few in a raceme ; leafy-stemmed perennial from a bulb. 



