. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. i. Lilium philadelphicum L. Red Lily. Wood Lily. Philadelphia Lily. Fig. 1255. Lilium philadelphicum L. Sp. PI. Ed. 2, 435. 1762. Bulb 1' in diameter or less, composed of nar- row jointed fleshy scales. Stem i°-3° tall, with a few distant scales below, leafy .above; leaves lanceolate, acute at both ends or the lower some- times obtuse, 1-4' long, 3"-/' wid
. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. i. Lilium philadelphicum L. Red Lily. Wood Lily. Philadelphia Lily. Fig. 1255. Lilium philadelphicum L. Sp. PI. Ed. 2, 435. 1762. Bulb 1' in diameter or less, composed of nar- row jointed fleshy scales. Stem i°-3° tall, with a few distant scales below, leafy .above; leaves lanceolate, acute at both ends or the lower some- times obtuse, 1-4' long, 3"-/' wide, all verti- cillate in 3's-8's, or a few of them alternate, thin, the margins finely roughened; flowers 1-5, erect, 2i'-4' high; perianth reddish orange, its seg- ments spatulate, somewhat spreading, acute or obtusish, the blade i'-i' wide, rather gradually narrowed into the claw, purple spotted below; capsule obovoid-oval, ii'-2' high; seeds 3"-4" long, narrowly winged. In dry woods and thickets, Maine to Ontario, south to North Carolina and West Virginia. Ascends to 4000 ft. in Virginia. Glade-, flame- or huckleberry- lily. Wild orange- or tiger-lily. June-July. 2. Lilium umbellatum Pursh. Western Red Lily. Fig. 1256. L. andinum Nutt. Fras. Cat. Without description. 1813. Lilium umbellatum Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 299. 1814. L. lanceolatum Fitzpatrick, Iowa Nat. 2: 30. 1907. Bulb similar to that of the preceding species, the stem usually more slender, i°-2° tall. Leaves linear, blunt or the upper acute, ascending, or sometimes appressed, l'-3' long, i"-2i" wide, all alternate or the uppermost verticillate, their margins finely roughened; flowers 1-3, erect, 2'-3' high; perianth segments red, orange or yellow, narrowed into the claw, acute, spotted below, the claw shorter than the blade; capsule oblong, 3'-4' long, about 8" thick; seeds like those of L. Phila- delphicum, of which species it may be a narrow-leaved race. In dry soil, Ontario to Ohio, M
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