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96 White to Green and Brown Flowers 



Yet according to the principle that those herhs which cure 

 may also kill, the Hellebore is best known to us as a very 

 poisonous plant. 



MOUNTAIN ADDER'S TONGUE 



Erythronium montanum. Lily Family 



Stems: scale slender, six to eighteen inches high. Leaves: broadly 

 lanceolate to ovate. Flowers: perianth broadly funnelform, of six dis- 

 tinct broadly lanceolate segments, slenderly acuminate, the inner ones 

 with small teeth at base. Fruit: capsule membranaceous, obtusely tri- 

 angular, seeds in two rows in each cell, ascending, with brown or black 

 rugulose testa somewhat loose at the apex.' 



This Adder's Tongue has lovely white flowers, the seg- 

 ments of the perianth being more or less revolute, and 

 orange at the base. The leaves are pale green, and not 

 mottled, they are oval and abruptly contracted at the base 

 into a winged petiole. One to three flowers grow on the 

 slender stalks that are six to twelve inches high. 



GREEN-BANDED MARIPOSA 



Calochortus macrocarpus. Lily Family 



Stems: stout, erect, rigid. Leaves: radical, solitary, deeply channeled, 

 cauline narrow, convolute. Flowers: sepals lanceolate, acuminate, 

 petals cuneate-obovate. Fruit: capsule lanceolate, attenuate, upward, 

 seeds numerous. 



The Green-banded Mariposa is a very beautiful perennial 

 lily, with one or more flowers growing on a stiff erect stem, 

 and the single long basal leaf being deeply channeled. The 

 three narrow pointed sepals are purplish-green with a dark 

 base inside, sometimes spotted and hairy, and the three 

 broad, more or less concave petals are pale lilac with a green- 

 ish line down the centre. The gland is oblong and densely 

 hairy. This lily grows in very dry places. Its large bulbs 



