64 LILIACEAE. 



Strcptopus amplexifolius (L.) DC. Stems branched, about 1 m. tall, 



from horizontal creeping rootstocks, glabrous except at the base; leaves ovate, 



acuminate, cordate and clasping al base, 5-12 cm. long, usually glaucous, 



U\ beneath; flower Bohtary in the upper axils; pedicels bent at the base 



.in.l geniculate in the middle, bo that the flower is concealed by the leaf; 



rianth narrowly campanulate, the segments greenish, lanceolate, acuminate, 



ingly curved outward; anthers acuminate; berry oblong-globose, red, about 



1 .in. in diameter. Moist woods, in the mountains. 



85. XEROPHYLLUM. 



Perennials with a short thick woody rootstock and numerous 

 radical stiff linear leaves; perianth white, of six separate spread- 

 ing petal-like segments; stamens 6, at the base of the perianth- 



. aunts; styles distinct, linear, refiexed; ovary sessile, ovate, 

 3-lobed. 



Xerophyllum tenax (Pursh) Nutt. Pine Lily or Bear Grass. Basal leaves 

 ry numerous, harsh and stiff, linear, keeled, 5 mm. broad, 60-90 cm. long; 



< .inline similar but smaller and dilated at base; stems stout, 1-2 m. tall, stiff 

 and erect; flowers white; raceme dense, at first pyramidal, then elongating, 



m. long in bloom, longer in fruit; pedicels spreading in flower, erect in 

 fruit, 2-3 cm. long. In pine woods in the mountains. 



86. DISPORUM. 



More or less pubescent herbs with slender rootstocks; stems 

 branching, scaly below, leafy above; leaves alternate, somewhat 

 unsymmetrical, sessile or clasping; flowers terminal, drooping, 

 whitish or greenish-yellow, solitary or few in simple umbels; 

 perianth-segments 6, narrow, equal, separate; stamens 6, hy- 

 pogynous; ovary 3-celled; ovules 2 or sometimes several in each 



< a\ ity 



Fruit globose, papillose; stigma 3-cleft. D. tnajus. 



Fruit ovate, pubescent or glabrous; stigma entire. D. oreganum. 



Disporum majus (Hook.) Britt. Stems branched, 30-50 cm. tall, the 



branches pubescent; leaves oblong or oblong-ovate, long-acuminate, sessile 



1 half-clasping, 5-7 cm. long, glabrous; flowers solitary or in pairs, yellowish- 



vhite, "ii more or less curved pedicels, 5-8 mm. long; perianth campanulate, 



ni a n.irn ,\s , . A >l >ng or oblanceolate, 10-12 mm. long; berry pyriform- 



6 B mm. in diameter, roughened with minute shallow pits. In woods, 



in the mountains. 



Disporum oreganum (Wats.) Benth. & Hook. Similar to D. majus; 

 broader, ovate, distinctly cordate; perianth 12 mm. long, the stamens 

 itigma 3-parted; fruit globose, pubescent but becoming smooth. In 

 ni' la, 



87. VERATRUM. False Hellebore. 



1 perennial herbs, from short thick poisonous rootstocks; 

 item pubescent; haves mostly broad, clasping, strongly veined 

 and plaited; mllorescence pubescent, of terminal panicles; 



