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COLLEGE BOTANY 



LILIACE^K (Lily Family). Herbs or occasionally woody 

 plants; perennials; underground parts bulbous, tuberous or a 



FIG. 166. Dog-toothed violet (Erythronium americanum), a type of the lily family. 



rhizome; flowers regular, perfect, symmetrical, usually ter- 

 minal, solitary, racemes or spiked ; perianth tubular and in- 



