AMERICAN WILD FLOWERS 



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species produce underground stems known as bulbs, and the 

 majority have narrow tapering leaves with parallel venation. 

 The perianth of the flower consists of three sepals and three 

 petals which look alike and thus form a six-parted perianth. 



Fig. 283. — ^The Lily Family includes dog's tooth violet (A), bellwort (B), 

 dogberry (C) and Indian cucumber root (D). 



Mountain asphodel, growing in sandy woods of the Atlantic 

 coast states, has a basal cluster of wiry leaves and an erect flower- 

 ing stalk terminated by a cluster of small white flowers. On the 



