5. Lilium Grayi S. Wats. Asa Gray's Lily

Fig. 1259

Lilium Grayi S. Wats. Proc. Am. Acad. 14: 256. 1879.

Rootstock bearing small subglobose bulbs with thick ovate scales. Stem slender, 2°-3° high; leaves oblong-lanceolate, acute or acuminate at the apex, narrowed at the base, 2'-4' long, 1/2'-1' wide, verticillate in 3's-8's or the lowest commonly smaller and scattered, all finely roughened on the veins beneath; flowers 1-3, long-peduncled, spreading or slightly drooping, 2'~3' long, red or tinged with yellow at the base; perianth-segments oblong-spatulate, not clawed, acute, spotted; capsule fig-shaped, about 1 1/2' high.

Peaks of Otter, Virginia, and on the higher mountain summits in North Carolina. July-Aug.

6. Lilium Superbum L. Turk's-Cap Lily

Fig. 1260

Lilium superbum L. Sp. PI. Ed. 2, 434. 1762.

Bulbs globose, 1-2' in diameter, borne on short rootstocks, their scales white, thick, ovate. Stem stout or slender, 3°-8° high; leaves lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, smooth on both sides, acuminate at both ends, 2'-6' long, 1/4- 1 1/2' wide, verticillate in 3's-8's or the upper alternate, the veinlets not prominently anastomosing; flowers orange, orange-yellow or rarely red, 3-40, or rarely solitary, nodding, long-peduncled, forming, when numerous, a large panicle; perianth-segments 2Y-4' long, lanceolate, acuminate, purple-spotted, at length usually strongly recurving from below the middle; capsule obovoid, 1 1/2'-2' high.

In meadows and marshes, New Brunswick to Ontario, Minnesota, North Carolina, Tennessee and Missouri. Ascends to 5000 ft. in Virginia. Turk's-head-, nodding- or wild tiger-lily. July-Aug.

7. Lilium Carolinianum Michx. Carolina Lily

Fig. 1261

Lilium carolineanum Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1: 197- 1803. Lilium superbum var. carolineanum Chapm. Fl. S. States, 484. 1860.

Bulbs borne on short rootstocks, globose, 1'-2' in diameter, composed of numerous fleshy scales. Stem 2°-3° high, slender; leaves oblanceolate or obovate, smooth, verticillate or the upper and lower alternate, acute, obtuse or short-acuminate at the apex, narrowed at the base, the veinlets prominently anastomosing; flowers 1-3, orange-red, 3'-4' long, long-peduncled, nodding; perianth-segments lanceolate, acuminate, purple-spotted below, strongly arched backward with their tips sometimes connivent.

In dry woods, Virginia to Florida and Louisiana. Ascends to 3500 ft. in Virginia. Aug.

8. Lilium Tigrinum Andr. Tiger Lily

Fig. 1262

Lilium tigrinum Andr. Bot. Rep. 9: errata. 1809.

Bulb solitary, globose, about 1 1/2' in diameter, composed of numerous oblong-lanceolate, ap-pressed scales. Stem stout, purple or nearly black, white-pubescent above, 2°-5° tall, leafy nearly to the base; leaves lanceolate, all alternate, glabrous or slightly pubescent, 4'-6' long, 5"-10" wide, the upper bearing blackish bulb-lets, of 3 or 4 scales, in their axils, which sometimes emit roots while attached to the plant; flowers 5-25, orange-red, nodding, 3'-4 1/2' long; perianth-segments lanceolate, papillose, recurved, purple-spotted.

Escaped from gardens, Maine, Massachusetts and eastern Pennsylvania. Native of China and Japan. Summer.