3l8 ' YELLOW TO ORANGE 



rolled backwards, being bright orange in colour and thickly 

 spotted with purple on the inside. It has six very long sta- 

 mens, which terminate in large, oblong, yellow anthers ; the 

 segments of the perianth are not clawed, as in the Phila- 

 delphia Lily, but are joined together at the base, forming a 

 perfect bell. 



As in all the species of Lilium, the bulb consists of a large 

 number of overlapping scales, which are merely thickened, 

 undeveloped leaves, serving as storehouses for the starchy 

 wealth of the plant. Any one of these scales, if separated 

 from the mass, will develop into a tiny bulb. 



Very radiant are these clustered Western Lilies, which 

 burn like torches in the green alpine meadows at 



" The time when lilies blow, 

 And clouds are hig^hest in the air." 



YELLOW ADDER'S TONGUE 



ErythroniiDH giganteiu/i. Lily Family 



Stems : scape stout. Leaves : broadly lanceolate, acute, pale green. 

 Flowers : one to several in a terminal raceme ; perianth broadly funneL 

 form, of six distinct segments : outer ones lanceolate, obtuse ; inner ones 

 narrower, acuminate, with four stout hyaline teeth at base, all strongly 

 revolute. 



A lovely yellow flower, frequently called " Snow Lily," 

 from the fact that it grows in such close proximity to the 

 great alpine neves. "Dog-tooth Violet" is yet another name 

 for this plant, and refers more particularly to the white bulb, 

 which is supposed to resemble the canine teeth of a dog. 



Adder's Tongue probably refers to the pointed anthers, 

 which are six in number and extremely conspicuous ; but 

 " Snow Lily" is by far the more appropriate designation for 

 a blossom which appears at the edge of the avalanches and 

 follows the retreating line of the snow when the warm spring 

 sunshine melts the great white masses in the valleys and 



