LILIUM CANADENSE— COMMON YELLOW LILY. 
CLASS, HEXANDRtA ; ORDER, MONOGYNIA. 
NATURAL ORDER, LIHACEA3. 
Gen. Char. Corolla, six petalled, bell-shaped ; with a longitu- 
dinal, nectarious line. Capsules, the valves connected by cancelled 
hair. Spec. Char. Leaves in whorls. Flowers, terminal, 
drooping, with open petals. 
The whole Lily tribe is readily distinguished by the large size 
of its flowers, some specimens of which are very striking in this 
respect. Dr. Wallich tells us of the gigantic Lilies of Napal, one 
species of which grows ten feet high, with flowers large in propor- 
tion. During the months of June and July, and sometimes until 
the middle of August, the larger portion of our meadows and 
waste moist lands, are ornamented with this flower. It has a 
green stem, rising to the height of from fifteen to forty inches, with 
lance-shaped leaves, surrounding it in whorls. Many times this 
stem bears but a single flower, though most generally three, on the 
stem ; their bells hang pendulous, of a yellow color on the outside, 
but spotted within ; the petals a very little turned outwards. It is 
perennial in its duration. The beauty and delicacy of the Lily, 
Phillips remarks, has made it celebrated by the writers of all ages, 
from the time of Solomon to Ihe present day. It was regarded by 
Christ himself, as being more splendid than the great King of 
Jerusalem, in all his gorgeous apparel, and on this account, we 
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