102 Liliaceae 
BREVOORTIA 
Bulbs coated; stems scapose. Leaves all basal. Flowers showy, on jointed pedi- 
cels, in a head-like umbel. Perianth persistent, broadly tubular, shortly 6-saccate at 
the truncate base, slightly constricted above; segments short, united, usually erect, faintly 
|-veined. Stamens 3, on the throat of the perianth, opposite the 3 inner segments; 
staminoda 3, opposite the outer segments, very wide, truncate; filaments very short, 
naked; anthers basifixed. Ovary stipitate; cells 4—6-ovuled; style elongate, persistent. 
Capsule triangular-ovate, acuminate. Seeds angular, black. (Honor of J. C. Brevoort, 
of New York.) U.C. (B. coccinea.) 
B. idamaia Wood (Ida May’s Fire-crackers) 
LILIUM LILY 
Bulbs scaly; stems leafy, simple. Leaves flat, sessile, whorled or scattered, netted- 
veined but the chief veins from the base. Flowers in bracted racemes or umbel-like cluss 
ters, usually large; pedicels not jointed, with foliaceous bracts. Perianth funnelform; 
segments equal, deciduous, netted-veined, with nectar-groove toward the base. Stamens 
6, hypogynous, included; anthers versatile, extrorse. Ovary sessile; ovules many; style 
long, clavate, mostly deciduous; stigmas 3-lobed. Capsule somewhat 6-angled, erect. 
Seeds numerous, flat, brownish. (The Latin name.) 
A. Flowers orange-yellow or reddish, mostly conspicuously spotted. 
B. Flowers nodding; perianth-segments 3.3—-7.5 cm. long; capsule oblong, 2.5—4 
cm. long. 
C. Leaves oblanceolate, acute; perianth-segments 3.7—-5 cm. long, 8—12 mm. 
wide; anthers yellow, 4—6 mm. long; capsule short-oblong, 2.2—2.8 cm. long. 
W.C. (L. columbianum; L. purdyi.) 
L. parviflorum Holz. (Wild Tiger-lily) 
CC. Leaves narrowly lanceolate, sharply acuminate; perianth-segments 5—7.5 
cm. long, |2—18 mm. wide; anthers red, 4—10 mm. long; capsule narrowly 
oblong, 3.7—4 cm. long. W. C. 
L. pardalinum Kell. 
BB. Flowers erect or nearly so; perianth-segments 2.5—-3.8 cm. long; capsule 
subglobose, 1.2—-2 cm. long. C. 
L. parvum Kell. (Small Lily) 
AA. Flowers white or purplish or pale yellow or red, finely spotted or spotless. 
D. Flowers dull purplish-red outside, bright-red and dotted with maroon inside. U. 
L. bolanderi Wats. (Red Lily) 
DD. Flowers white or pale-lilac, becoming tinged with rose or purple when old, 
mostly dotted with purple or brown. 
E. Flowers horizontal, finely dotted with purple; perianth-segments 7.5—10 
cm. long; anthers 10—12 mm. long. U. C. 
1 Bs washingtonianum Kell. (Washington Lily) 
EE. Flowers erect or ascending, somewhat dotted with brown; perianth-segments 
47.5 cm. long; anthers 4—6 mm. long. U. 
L. rubescens Wats. (Brown-spotted Lily) 
FRITILLARIA RICE-ROOT 
Bulbs scaly; stems simple, leafy. Leaves flat, sessile, whorled or scattered. Flow- 

ers usually large, solitary or in a raceme or subumbellate cluster with foliaceous bracts; 
pedicels not jointed. Perianth funnelform or campanulate; segments equal, deciduous, 
