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. {Liliacece.) 
Corolla subcampauulate, 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? — JVutt. 
Amerieanum. 1. E. pctals lanceolatc, dilated at the base, some- 
what obtuse, germ eubglobose, leaves lanceo- 
late. — Pursh. 
E. Americanum, Muhl. & Ker. in Bot. Mag. 1113. 
E. lanceolatum, Pursh. 
E. dens canis, 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. FI. Amer. 1. p. 198. 
(Liliacece.) 
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.— 
JTutt. 
