low rounded knobs that are separate or united in pairs across the septa, becoming 

 variously developed or obsolete in fruit, usually not more than 0.5 mm. high; 

 style linear, about equaling the filaments in length; stigma capitate, entire or 

 obscurely lobed; seeds black, shining, finely alveolate, the alveoli each with a 

 minute pustule in the center. 



Moist open slopes, meadows or stream banks in the Guadalupe Mts. of Tex., 

 through N. M. (Bernalillo, Lincoln, Otero, Rio Arriba, Sandoval, Union and 

 Valencia cos.) and Ariz. (Apache, Cochise, Coconino, Gila, Navajo, Pima and 

 Santa Cruz cos.), June-Aug.; from Tex. to Ariz., Ida., Wash, and s. Alta. 



7. Lilium L. Lily 



About 80 species that are widely distributed over the North Temperate Zone. 

 1. Lilium Parryi Wats. Lemon lily. 



Bulb small, about 2.5 cm. in diameter, somewhat rhizomatous, with numerous 

 jointed scales, 12-20 mm. long; stem slender, 6-12 dm. high, glabrous; leaves 

 usually scattered, linear-oblanceolate, 10-15 cm. long, 6-10 mm. wide, mostly 

 acuminate; flowers 1 or 2, rarely more, horizontal, funnelform, pale lemon-yellow 

 and minutely dotted, very fragrant; pedicels stout, erect, usually 8-10 cm. long; 

 perianth segments 6-10 cm. long, 8-11 mm. wide, acuminate, the upper third 

 spreading or the tips finally recurved; anthers oblong, brownish, 6-8 mm. long; 

 stigma 3-lobed; capsule 4-5 cm. long, about 12 mm. wide, narrowly oblong, 

 acutish, the lobes not winged nor angled; seeds densely packed in 2 rows in each 

 cell. 



Wet places about mt. springs, meadows and along streams, rare in s. Ariz. 

 (Cochise and Santa Cruz cos.), May-July; also s. Calif. 



8. Camassia Lindl. Wild Hyacinth 

 About 6 species in North America. 



1. Camassia scilloides (Raf.) Cory. 



Perennial from a tunicated bulb; leaves crowded at base of scape, their bases 

 clasping and surrounded by a sheathing scarious bract, keeled, elongate, grasslike, 

 to about 15 mm. wide; scape to 8 dm. high, exceeding the leaves; raceme elongated 

 and cylindrical; bracts setaceous, usually longer than the pedicels; flowers sweet- 

 scented, lavender to pale-blue; floral segments distinct, 1-1.4 cm. long, 3-nerved, 

 spreading or erect; capsule acutely triangular-globose, 3-valved, about 1 cm. long; 

 seeds roundish, angled, black and shining. Quamasia hyacinthina (Raf.) Britt. 



In sandy or rocky soils in fields, wet meadows, prairies and open woodlands 

 from cen. Tex. northw. through e.-cen. Okla. {Waterfall), Mar.-May; from Ala. 

 to Tex., n.e. and n. to Pa., s. Ont., Mich., Wise, la. and Kan. 



A phase that blooms later and has small flowers with erect segments is some- 

 times referred to as C. angiistata (Engelm. & Gray) Blank. 



9. Smilacina Desf. False Solomon's Seal 

 About 25 species mostly in temperate regions of both hemispheres. 

 1. Smilacina stellata (L.) Desf. Starflower. Fig. 337. 



Herbaceous perennial from creeping scaly rootstock; stem ascending or usually 

 erect, 2-6 dm. tall, leafy, finely pubescent or glabrous; leaves spreading or usually 

 strongly ascending, mostly folded along midvein, sessile and somewhat clasping, 

 lanceolate to oblong-lanceolate, 6-15 cm. long, 2-5 cm. wide, acuminate or 

 gradually tapering to the acute apex, finely pubescent beneath; raceme short- 

 peduncled to nearly sessile, 2-5 cm. long, with 2 to several flowers; perianth 

 segments narrowly lanceolate, white, about 5 mm. long, exceeding the 6 stamens; 



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