woods In May, nearly a foot high, with 3 large broad-rhomboidal
leaves ; flowers commonly dark-purple, sometimes white, greenish
on the outside, standing on a footstalk a little declined, and
rather nodding. Medicinal.
T. cernuum. L. Nodding Wake Robin. Has its flower
hanging on a recurved foot-stalk, with lanceolate and recurved
white flowers, with a stem a foot or more high ; leaves broad,
rhomboidal, rather obtuse ; woods ; May.
T. grandijlorum. Salisb. Large Flowered. Stem near a
foot high, with large, white, or reddish flowers, having spatulate
and lanceolate petals, and much longer than the calyx ; leaves
sessile, broad, rhomboid-ovate ; moist woods ; May ; Pelham.
It has not been found in Berkshire County, though it abounds in
the State of New York.
T. pictum. Ph. Painted or Variegated Wake Robin.
T. erythrocarpum. Mx. Grows about 8 inches high, and has
white flowers, with purple veins, the petals being oval-lanceolate,
acute, and recurved ; woods ; May. A beautiful flower.
ORDER 250. DIOSCORE^l. T he Yam T r ib e .
Dioecious ; perianth 6-cleft, equal; stamens 6, rising from the
base of the perianth ; ovary inferior, 3-celled ; style 1, and stigma
3-parted ; leaves with reticulated veins ; flowers small, in spikes.
Di OSCOREA. L. 20. 6 .
Named in honor of Dioscorides, a Greek physician, supposed
to have lived in the time of Nero ; a very important group of
plants in this genus, found chiefly in tropical regions. Capsule
3-celled, triangular, compressed ; seed membranaceous on the
margin.
D. villosa. L. A twining vine, delicate, turning from right
to left, with alternate or opposite whorled and cordate leaves, 1
pubescent beneath, 9-nerved ; rises sometimes 12 fe e t; lower
leaves whorled ; flowers small, in axillary panicles ; woods ; May.
Vicinity of Boston, Concord Turnpike. -Big.
The Yam, so important an article of food in tropical countries,
belongs to this genus.
ORDER 251. L IL IA C E iE . L ily T r ib e .
Perianth or corolla 6-petalled, regular, sometimes cohering in
a tube ; stamens 6, under the germ, and style 1, and stigma simple
; ovary superior, 3-celled, many-seeded ; fruit dry, capsular,
3-celled, with flat seeds ; flowers large, often solitary, commonly
with fine colors ; leaves with parallel veins.
Abound in the temperate.parts of the Northern hemisphere ; distinguished
for their beauty, but possess few important properties.
L ilium. L. 6. 1. Lily.
Perianth bell-form, 6-divided, colored, and each segment has a
nectariferous line through the middle. About 20 species have
been described ; named from the Celtic for whiteness, as some of
the flowers are very white.
L . Philadelphicwn. L. Red Lily. Grows in woods and
meadows, about 20 inches high, with erect flowers of a , deep-
orange color, spotted with re d ; leaves lanceolate, whorled, or
scattered ; July.
L. Canadense. L. Yellow Lily. Grows in meadows, 2
feet high or more, leaves nerved and in whorls, with several nodding
flowers. When the flowers are very many, and arranged in
a pyramidal form, as they frequently occur, it forms probably the
L . superbum, L ., as suggested by Dr. Beck and others ; it is,
then, a splendid plant. Both of these .species would amply repay
cultivation.
L. candidum. L. White Lily. From the Levant; has
splendid white flowers.
L. bulbiferum. L. Orange Lily. From Italy, is another
beautiful plant in gardens.