Camassia 



Liliaceae 



315 



o Bo 



Map 647 



Erythronium amencanum Ker 



30 



Map 648 



Camassia scillioides (Raf.) Cor 



5 ^"33 

 Map 649 



Ornithogalum umbellatum L. 



addition to the leaf buds which have been produced each previous year. 

 Considering the great number of single-leaf plants, the number of flower- 

 ing ones is small. This species prefers rich, moist soil of wooded slopes 

 in beech and sugar maple woods. It is found also in rich soil in almost 

 all kinds of woods and is often abundant on alluvial wooded plains. In 

 Indiana it is more frequent than the preceding species. 

 N. B., Ont. to Minn., southw. to Fla. and Tex. 



1087. CAMASSIA Lindl. 



1. Camassia scillioides (Raf.) Cory. (Rhodora 38: 405. 1936.) (Camas- 

 sia esculenta (Ker) Rob. and Quamasia hyacinthina (Raf.) Britt.) 

 Common Camas. Map 648. Moist, wooded slopes, usually bordering 

 streams. It is found throughout the state, becoming rare or absent in the 

 northern counties. 



Pa. to Minn., southw. to Ga. and Tex. 



1089. ORNITHOGALUM [Touin] L. 



1. Ornithogalum umbellatum L. Common Star-of-Bethlehem. 

 Map 649. This species has been reported as an escape in many parts of 

 the state. I have found it as an escape in considerable numbers in fallow 

 fields and in open woodland along streams in the counties shown on the 

 map. In some instances it covered an acre or more. The plant grows in 

 such masses that it crowds out all other vegetation, and where it is found 

 it should be exterminated at once. 



Nat. of Eu. 



1091. MUSCARI [Tourn.] Mill. 



Flowers globose, 3-5 mm long, not fragrant, deep blue ; leaves 6-13 mm wide 



1. M. botryoides. 



Flowers oblong, urn-shaped 4-5 mm long, fragrant, deep blue; leaves 2-3 mm wide. 



2. M . racemosum. 



