LILIACEAE (LILY FAMILY) 



smooth and shining flat leaves tapering into petioles and sheath- 

 ing the base of the usually i-flowered scape which rises from a 

 deeply placed bulb. Flowers rather large, nodding, vernal. 



E. americanum, YELLOW ADDER'S-TONGUE. 

 Leaves mottled, perianth light yellow, stigmas 

 united. Rich ground. 



E. albidum, WHITE ADDER'S-TONGUE, DOG'S- 

 TOOTH VIOLET. Leaves less spotted than those of 

 the yellow-flowered species. Perianth pinkish 

 white, the stigmas short and spreading. Rich 

 ground. 



CAMASSIA 



Flowers perfect, light blue, and in long ra- 

 cemes. Perianth-segments distinct. Style 

 single, slender, and uncleft. Stem a scape 

 from a bulb. The perianth slightly irregular. 

 Leaves linear. (From the Indian name 

 quamash or camass.} 



C. esculenta, WILD HYACINTH. Low herb. 

 Leaves keeled. Bracts of the racemes longer than 

 the pedicels. Rich ground. 



Erythronium ameri- 

 canum, Yellow ad- 

 der's tongue. 



SMILACINA 



Flowers perfect. Fruit a globular 

 berry. Perianth-segments distinct. 

 Leafy-stemmed. Flowers 6-parted, 

 racemose or paniculate. The berries at 

 first greenish or yellowish, speckled 

 with brown, and changing to dull red. 

 Perennial herbs, with simple stems aris- 

 ing from rootstocks. Flowers white 

 and sometimes fragrant. (Name a 

 diminutive of Smilax.) 



S. racemosa, FALSE SOLOMON'S SEAL. 

 Flowers on very short pedicels in a ter- 

 minal racemose panicle. Stamens longer 



than the very small sepals. Rootstock fleshy. Leaves numerous, oblong ; 

 taper-pointed. Frequent in moist woods. 



Camassia esculenta, Wild 

 hyacinth. 



