92 White to Green and Brown Flowers 



it. The Asphodel grows along the banks of streams and in 

 wet places. 



To fid dia palustris, or Scottish Asphodel, has leafless 

 stems and tufted leaves. The greenish- white flowers grow 

 in a dense oblong cluster. 



Toficldia occidcntalis, or Western Asphodel, has a stout 

 stem one to three feet high and long leaves. It is found in 

 marshy places. 



BRONZE BELLS 



Stenanthium occidental. Lily Family 



Bulb: oblong-ovoid, coated. Stems: slender, erect, glabrous. 

 Leaves: few, linear, lanceolate, acuminate. Flowers: raceme simple, 

 flowers campanulate, nodding, segments of the perianth brownish-green ; 

 bracts somewhat scarious ; pedicels slender, spreading, longer than the 

 bracts. Fruit: seeds linear, flat, winged. 



This plant grows only in shady places and is tall, with 

 many brownish-green bells nodding on its slender stalks. 

 It has very narrow ribbon-like leaves growing from the 

 base and also up the stems. 



GREEN LILY 



Zygadenus elegans. Lily Family 



Bulb: ovoid, membranous, coated. Stems: slender. Leaves: very 

 glaucous, narrow; bracts long-keeled, lanceolate, rather large. Flowers, 

 in a single raceme, or a large panicle, its branches slender, ascending, 

 the perianth adnate to the base of the ovary, its segments broadly 

 oval, the inner abruptly contracted to a short claw, gland obcordate. 

 Fruit: seeds oblong, angular. 



A tall attractive plant whose branching stems are covered 

 by many round creamy flowers splashed with green. These 

 flowers are six-parted and have a number of brown-tipped 

 stamens clustered about the large green base of the pistil. 

 The capsule, or dry fruit, which develops as the floral leaves 



