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red flowers, of the southern California mountains; and the 

 REDWOOD LILY, a white flowered species growing in the redwood 

 forests of California. 



Many other genera of plants are popularly known as lilies. 

 The western sand lily has a basal tuft of grass-like leaves from 

 which grow erect fragrant white flowers; this genus is found in 

 the mountains from Nebraska to Oregon. The chocolate lily 

 or mission bells, found on grassy hillsides of California, has 

 nodding brownish purple flowers. The Mariposa lily is a 



Fig. 285. — The lilies are among our most beautiful wild flowers. 



delicately tinted member of the family growing on dry mountain 

 slopes of the western states; each plant has a basal cluster of 

 narrow leaves and slender stems terminated by solitary flowers, 

 each with three green sepals and three white petals marked with 

 rose and yellow at their base. 



Some members of the Lily Family are restricted to the mid- 

 western and far western states. Sand corn is predominantly a 

 plant of the western sage-brush and grassland areas; it has 

 narrow grass-like leaves and clusters of green or white flowers. 

 Soap plant likewise has grass-like leaves; it produces a terminal 

 cluster of white flowers veined with purple; this species occurs 



