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If time and material admit, it may be well to collect other early- 

 blooming members of the lily family and deduce the family character- 

 istics. In Southern California one might find the graceful brown 

 lily, Fritillaria biflora, Lindl., some of the wild onions (Alliums), 

 the Muilla (Allium spelled backwards), a slender, onion-like plant, 

 whose petals are white with green lines, and Zygadenus Fremonti, 

 Torr., a coarse perennial with a tall panicle of greenish-white flowers 

 and narrow, parallel-veined leaves. It will usually be best, however, 

 to wait for more showy lilies, and defer the consideration of family 

 traits until Chapter XIII. 



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