MOUxNTAIN FLOWKRS 



This plant grows only in shady i)laccs and is lall. with 

 many brownish-green bells nodding on its slender stalks. It 

 has very narrow ribbon-like leaves growing from the base and 

 also up the stems. 



TALL ZYGADENE 



Zyi^adonis clci^aiis. Lilv l-"anii]\- 



Bulb ovoid, membranous, coated. Stems; .slc-iider. Leaves: very ;.,'lau- 

 cous, narrow: bract.s long-keeled, lanceolate, rather lari^a-. Flowers: in a 

 single raceme, or a large panicle, its branches slender, ascending', the 

 perianth adnate to the ba.se of the ovary, its segments broadlv oval, the 

 inner abruptly contracted to a short claw, gland obcordate. Fruit: .seeds 

 oblong, angular. 



A tall attractive plant whose branching stems are covered 

 by many round creamy flowers splashed with green. These 

 flowers are six-parted and have a nimiber of brown-lii)pe(l 

 stamens clustered about the large green base of the pistil. 

 The capsule, or dry fruit, which develops as the floral leaves 

 die and drop off, is three-lobed and verv large. The leaves 

 of the Tall Zygadene are long and narrow and are coxered 

 with a whitish bloom. 



Z. I'cnowsus, or Poisonous Zygadene, is a slighiK' shorter, 

 smaller species of this genus, also frec)uentl\- found in the 

 mountain regions. Its yellowish-green dowers grow iloseU 

 together and it has roughish leaves. So poisonous is this 

 plant that animals frequently die from the effects of eating it. 



