LILIALES. 



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Southern and Eastern Africa, the inspissated juice of whose leaves con- 

 stitutes tin; drug Aloes. 



Smilax officinalis, of South America, and other species, furnish Sarsa- 

 parilla root. 



Fi<j. 349. Underground parts of Colchicum autumnale at the time of flowering. 

 A, front view : jfc, old conn ; *', s", scales surrounding flower stalk. B, section show- 

 ing new stem, h', with rudimentary leaves. I', I" ; the very long tubular flowers, 6, ft 7 , 

 spring from near the summit of the new stem, h'. The following spring h' will elon- 

 gate aud carry the fruit, and leaves V, I", above ground ; the lower part of hf will en- 

 large into a conn like *', while at k" a new plant will form as a lateral bud. After 



Scilla maritima ; the sliced bulb of this Mediterranean sand plant ia 

 the drug Squill. 



Veratrum, album, the White Hellebore of the mountains of Central 



