THE AMERICAN BOTANIST 135 



LILIACEAE. 



Allium tricoccum. Leek. Young bulbs tender, sweet, and 

 well flavored, surpassing the cultivated onion in these respects. 



Yucca glauca. Spanish Bayonet. Roots used as a sub- 

 stitute for soap. 



Yucca Mohavensis. Wild Date. Fruit edible. Stem 

 yielding soap. 



Yucca baccata. Spanish Bayonet. Fruits edible. 



Smilacina raccmasa. False Spikenard. The thick root- 

 stocks a possible source of starch. Young shoots reported to> be 

 eaten like asparagus. 



Polygouatum biHoruin. Solomon's Seal. Young shoots 

 of this and P. couuiiutatuin reported edible. Rootstocks a 

 possible source of starch. 



Mcdcola Virginica. Cucumber Root. The short root- 

 stocks tender and edible with the flavor of cucumbers. 



Camassia csculcuta. Wild Hyacinth. Bulbs edible. A 

 favorite food of the Indians. A possible food crop for 

 undrained lands. 



Camassia quamash. Camass. A species of the North- 

 west allied to the preceding and used like it. 



Erythronium Amcricanum. Adder's-tongue. Leaves 

 reported in Garden and Forest as a potherb. Doubtful but 

 worth investigating. Bulbs possibly edible. 



Chlorogalum pomcridianum. Amole. Bulb yields soap. 



Calochortus amabilis. Yellow Globe Tulip. Bulb 

 edible. 



Brodiaca capitata. Wild Hyacinth. Bulbs edible. Called 

 grass nuts. 



Calochortus macrocarpus. Mariposa Lily. Bulbs edible 

 and well flavored : much in demand bv the aborigines. 



