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long stamens, which terminate in large, oblong, yellow an- 

 thers ; the segments of the perianth are riot clawed, as in the 

 Mountain Lily, but are joined together at the base, forming 

 a perfect bell. 



As in all the species of Lilium, the bulb consists of a large 

 number of overlapping scales, which are merely thickened, 

 undeveloped leaves, serving as storehouses for the starchy 

 wealth of the plant. Any one of these scales, if separated 

 from the mass, will develop into a tiny bulb. 



Very radiant are these clustered Western Lilies, which 

 burn like torches in the green alpine meadows at 



" The time when lilies blow, 

 And clouds are highest in the air." 



YELLOW FRITILLARY 



Fntillaria pudica. Lily Family 



Stems: simple, leafy. Leaves: linear, scattered or verticillate. 

 Flowers: usually solitary, nodding, narrow-campanulate. Fruit: cap- 

 sule membranaceous, oblong to subglobose, seeds numerous, horizontal, 

 flat,~in two rows in each cell. 



The Fritillary is too well known to require much descrip- 

 tion, and this mountain species is particularly attractive with 

 its large orange-yellow, nodding flowers, that are sometimes 

 purplish, growing solitary at the top of the leafy stems, 

 which spring from a scaly bulb. The leaves are flat, long 

 and narrow, and the segments of the narrow-campanulate 

 perianth are oblong-spatulate, obtuse and somewhat spread- 

 ing. This is one of the earliest flowers to bloom in the 

 spring. 



YELLOW ADDER'S TONGUE 

 Erythronium grandiftorum. Lily Family 



Stems: scape stout. Leaves: broadly lanceolate, acute, pale green. 

 Flowers: one to several in a terminal raceme; perianth broadly funnel- 



