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POPULAR FLORA. 
Lily. Lilium. 
* Foreign species, everywhere cultivated. 
1. White Lily. Leaves lance-shaped, scattered along the stem; flowers erect; perianth bell-shaped- 
white, smooth inside. L. album . 
2. Bulb-bearing L. Leaves lance-shaped, scattered along the tall stem, producing bulblets in their 
axils; flowers several, erect ; perianth open-bell-shaped, orange-yellow, rough inside. L. bulbifej'um. 
* * Wild species: flowers orange-colored, reddish, or yellow. 
3. Wild Orange L. Stem 1° to 3° high, bearing scattered (or sometimes whorled) lance-linear leaves 
and 1 to 3 erect reddish-orange open-bell-shaped flowers, the 6 lance-shaped divisions narrowed at 
the base into claws, purplish -spotted inside. Common in light or sandy soil. L. Philadelphicum. 
4. Wild Yellow L. Stem 2° to 4° high, bearing distant whorls of lance-shaped leaves and a few 
nodding flowers on slender peduncles ; perianth yellow or orange, with brown spots inside, bell- 
shaped with the divisions spreading or recurved to the middle. Moist meadows, and along streams. 
(Fig. 1.) L. Canadense. 
5. Superb or Turk’s-cap L. Stem 4° to 7° high, only the lower leaves in whorls; flowers many, 
bright orange or reddish, with strong brown-purple spots inside, more recurved and larger than the 
last, but very much like it. Rich low grounds. L. superbum. 
Dogtooth Yiolet. Erythronium. 
1. Yellow D. or Adder’ s-tongue. Leaves oblong-lance-shaped, pale-dotted, much blotched; 
flower pale yellow ; style club- 
shaped, stout ; stigmas united. 
Moist grounds : fl. in early 
spring. E. Americanum. 
2. White D. Flower white or 
bluish; the style less thick 
than in No. 1. Rather com- 
mon W. E. albidum. 
3. European D. Leaves ovate 
or oblong, scarcely spotted; 
flowers purple or rose-color; 
style thread-shaped and not 
thickened upwards ; stigmas 
separate. Cultivated ; not 
common. E. Dens-canis. 
509. Yellow Dogtooth- Violet. 
510. The bulb. 
511. Perianth laid open, and stamens. 
512. The pistil, enlarged. 
513. Lower half of a pod, cut across and 
magnified. 
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